# 2010 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF — POWER TRAIN
> NHTSA complaint `1767148` · 2021-09-07 · Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** VOLKSWAGEN
- **Model:** GOLF
- **Year:** 2010
- **Manufacturer:** Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
- **Component:** POWER TRAIN
- **Speed:** 15 mph
## Narrative
I call my call Inspector Gadget because it shifts on it's own.  I could be braking and it leaps forward as if I put it in 4th or 5th gear.  I heard of gears "slipping" but it is the reverse - it's rev's on it's own and speed increases.  I was told it might be the manifold but I can't get that confirmed from auto mechanic and it won't pass smog now.
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