NHTSA Complaint #10929566 — 2012 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA

MY 2012 JETTA WITH DSG AUTOMATIC 6 SPEED TRANSMISSION WOULD HAVE AN ISSUE OF EVERY 30-50 MILES, THE SERVICE WRENCH WOULD POP ON + CEL AT TIMES. THE CODE CAME UP P0106. AFTER CHECKING WITH DEALER, THEY CLEARED CODE UNDER WARRANTY MANY TIMES AND COULD NOT COME UP WITH THE SOLUTION. AFTER WARRANTY WENT THIS WAS HAPPENING FREQUENTLY. TOOK IT INTO THE DEALER +-7 TIMES TIL WE, SORT OF, FOUND THE ISSUE AT HAND. THE MAIN ISSUE IS WHEN THE WRENCH/CEL WOULD POP UP, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD START TO SHIFT EXTREMELY ROUGH UP AND DOWN UNTIL IT SIMPLY, WENT AWAY..... VERY CONFUSING AND FRUSTRATING TO SAY THE LEAST. ALSO, WHEN ON, I WOULD GET A RICH SMELL OF FUEL. WAS TOLD BY DEALER/VW THAT WHEN THIS COMBO OCCURS, THE ENGINE READS A DIFFERENT FUEL LOAD TO COMPENSATE FOR THE "AIR" GETTING IN. THIS HAPPENED FOR +-20,000 MILES. GRATEFUL CAR IS RUNNING GREAT NOW..... THEY CLEANED THE THROTTLE BODY A FEW TIMES + TIGHTENED INTAKE MANIFOLD TO FACTORY SPECS, AND THE ISSUE STILL CAME BACK AFTER +-400 MILES. FINALLY, THEY DID A "WIGGLE TEST" ON THE MAP SENSOR. THEN RECOMMENDED I REPLACE THE MAP SENSOR. AFTER READING ONLINE WITH PEOPLE IN SIMILAR ISSUES, IT APPEARS YOU SIMPLY NEED TO KEEP THIS SENSOR CLEAN. AFTER THAT DIAGNOSTIC, THEY WANTED TO CHARGE +-$125 TO REPLACE THE SENSOR. I REFUTED. SINCE THEY DID THE TEST BACK IN EARLY SEPTEMBER, I HAVE HAD 0 ISSUES WITH THE CAR. I HAVE CONTACTED MY LOCAL VW REP AND THE DEALER TO FOLLOW-UP MONTHLY. WHERE THE SENSOR IS LOCATED, IT IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO GETTING DIRTY. WHICH WILL THEN THROW OFF THE ENGINE CODES FOR NO REASON. I AM THANKFUL THIS IS SOLVED, FOR NOW. I HAVE READ MANY "P0106"ERS WITH THE SAME ISSUE WITH JETTA'S N PASSAT'S FROM 2010-2013 WITH THE DSG AUTO TRANSMISSION.