Volkswagen Jetta and Tiguan vehicles allegedly have defective 8-speed transmissions.
November 26, 2021 —
A VW transmission class action lawsuit settlement has been reached after customers complained the 8-speed transmissions have multiple defects.
Volkswagen denies all the allegations and maintains the 2019 VW Jetta and 2018-2020 VW Tiguan transmissions function properly and are not defective. But the judge allowed the plaintiffs to amend their class action lawsuit four times which finally sent Volkswagen to the settlement table.
The VW transmission class action lawsuit was filed by three customers.
California plaintiff Dominique Parrish owns a 2019 Volkswagen Jetta and says the transmission rattles and hasn’t been repaired by a dealer.
California plaintiff Ludwig Combrinck leased a new 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan and complained about a transmission oil leak which was repaired under warranty, and hard shifting from first to second gear which he claims was not repaired.
Utah plaintiff Trine Utne leased a new 2019 Volkswagen Tiguan and complained of transmission hesitation problems which were not repaired.
The plaintiffs allege Volkswagen “calibrated the Transmission’s software to engage higher gears at insufficient speeds and insufficient revolutions per minute (`RPMs’) and likewise programmed the torque converter to lock up at insufficient speeds and at insufficient RPMs.”
The transmission class action lawsuit alleges the 8-speed transmission “grates, scuffs, scrapes, grinds, suffers hard and sudden shifts, delayed acceleration, hesitation, banging into gear, and ultimately suffers broken seals and oil leaks, resulting in catastrophic failure.”
The 8-speed transmissions allegedly contain separate problems, with certain 2019 Volkswagen Jetta vehicles suffering rattling noise from the transmissions.
Then other 2019 Jettas suffer from transmission oil leaks from the cooler seal rings, and 2018-2020 Volkswagen Tiguans allegedly experience transmission hesitation or jerking.
VW Transmission Class Action Settlement
All current and former owners and lessees of 2019 Jettas may receive software updates of the transmission control modules and damper weights installed on the driveshafts.
The Jetta must be diagnosed as making rattling noise due to the transmission, and the update will be available up to one year after the class action notice date.
In addition, current or former owners or lessees of 2019 Volkswagen Jettas may be reimbursed for expenses paid to repair a diagnosed transmission rattling noise. The repairs must have been paid prior to the notice date and within 72,000 miles from the in-service date of the vehicle.
If the past transmission repair for noise was performed by a non-Volkswagen dealership, the Jetta owner will need to show documents to prove the owner first tried to have the repair performed by a dealer under warranty but …….