2010 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE SHIFT LEVER INDEPENDENTLY SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL AND BACK INTO DRIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE SPARK PLUGS AND IGNITER COIL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

VEHICLE LOST POWER AND WENT INTO LIMP MODE, DASH SAID SERVICE ENGINE. CAR DIED A FEW MINUTES LATER AS I TRIED TO LIMP IT TO THE DEALER AND IT WOULD NOT RESTART. I HAD TO TOW THE VEHICLE AT MY OWN EXPENSE BUT VOLKSWAGEN DID PAY FOR A COMPLETELY NEW FUEL SYSTEM. CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM WAS A FAILURE OF THE DIESEL HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF CASES OF THIS SAME PROBLEM DOCUMENTED HERE: HTTP://FORUMS.TDICLUB.COM/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?T=299854 VOLKSWAGEN NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTED FOR A DEFECT IN THEIR COMMON RAIL DIESEL CARS IF THERE ARE THIS MANY PROBLEMS. *TR

I WENT TO DRIVE TO WORK AND TURNED ON MY CAR. NO RADIO. NOTHING. NO POWER TO IT. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. NO BLUETOOTH FOR SAFE AND HANDS FREE DRIVING, NOTHING. CAN'T GET IT FIXED FOR LESS THAN $1000. NOTHING TO EXPLAIN WHAT CAUSES IT. NO BLOWN FUSES NO ANYTHING. NO EXPLANATION WHATSOEVER. *TR

WE WERE DRIVING ON A STRAIGHT WELL PAVED ROAD, NO POTHOLES OR DEBRIS, THE WEATHER IS CLEAR AND SUNNY WHEN OUR SUNROOF EXPLODED OUTWARD. FEDEX DRIVER FOLLOWING BEHIND US STATED THAT NOTHING HIT US, BUT SAW THE SUNROOF EXPLODE OUTWARD. *JS

WENT TO START THE VEHICLE AND THE RADIO/SATELLITE/BLU TOOTH PHONE SYSTEM QUIT SUDDENLY. SYSTEM WENT DARK. DEALER SAID IT WAS A BAD SYSTEM. REMOVED SYSTEM FOR REPAIR AND FOUND THAT IT HAD A BAD IC CHIP THAT IS DESTROYED. FORTUNATELY NO FIRE RESULTED FROM THE LOSS OF THE CHIP ON THE SYSTEM CIRCUIT BOARD. BOARD IS NOT REPAIRABLE DUE TO THE CHIP BEING BAKED ONTO THE BOARD AND NOT SOLDERED. BOARD IS NOT REPLACEABLE DUE TO NO PARTS AVAILABILITY FROM DELPHI OR VW. VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS RADIO AND VW HAS IGNORED THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE DEFECTIVE SYSTEM. *JS

MY HUSBAND LEFT FOR WORK AND GOT ABOUT 1/4 MILE FROM THE HOUSE AND WAS NOT ABLE TO ACCELERATE ABOVE 30 MILES PER HOUR. THE GLOW PLUG LIGHT WAS FLASHING ALONG WITH THE ENGINE LIGHT. MY HUSBAND WENT ABOUT A MILE TOTAL BEFORE RETURNING HOME. HE LET THE CAR SIT FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND TRIED TO START THE CAR. THE CAR WOULD NOT TURN OVER AND THE GLOW PLUG LIGHT WAS FLASHING BUT NOT THE ENGINE LIGHT (THIS TIME). AFTER SEVERAL MORE ATTEMPT TO START THE CAR IT STARTED BACK UP. HE DECIDE TO DRIVE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHERE WE PURCHASED IT, TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. THE DEALER SHIP IS 30 MILES FROM OUR HOUSE. HE MADE IT ABOUT 20 MILES AND THE CAR DIED WHILE MAKING A TURN AT A STOP LIGHT. THE LIGHT TURNED RED, AS MY HUSBAND WAS STILL TRYING TO START THE CAR. IT WAS STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION. I WAS FOLLOWING MY HUSBAND IN ANOTHER CAR AND HAD TO STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WITH MY HAZARDS ON SO CARS WOULD NOT HIT US AND GO AROUND. AFTER SEVERAL TRIES OF STARTING THE CAR HE WAS ABLE TO GET IT STARTED JUST LONG ENOUGH TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CAR DIED AGAIN. AT THIS POINT WE HAD TO PUSH THE CAR TO A PARKING SPOT (DOWN A DEAD END ROAD) AND CALL A TOW TRUCK. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE CAR DEALER SHIP THAT WE PURCHASED THE CAR. IT HAS BEEN AT THE CAR DEALERSHIP OVER A WEEK WITH NO NEWS OTHER THAN THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP IS BAD AND SHRAPNEL HAS GOTTEN INTO THE ENGINE. *TR

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD LISTENING TO MUSIC, HEARD A LOUD POP (LIKE A STATIC ELECTRICAL POP) AND THEN THE ENTIRE RADIO SYSTEM WENT DEAD INCLUDING BLUETOOTH FOR MY PHONE. RADIO WILL NO LONGER TURN ON. I HAVE SEEN A LARGE NUMBER OF SIMILAR CASES (POP AND THEN DEAD RADIO). *TR

2010 JETTA TDI (DIESEL) STALLED WHILE DRIVING SLOWLY ON RESIDENTIAL ROADS AND WOULD NOT START AGAIN. CAR WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP WHERE METAL FRAGMENTS WERE FOUND THROUGHOUT FUEL SYSTEM DUE TO FAILURE OF HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP (HPFP). VW OF AMERICA PAID FOR ENTIRE FUEL SYSTEM TO BE REPLACED (~$7000). OWNER IS SURE THAT VEHICLE WAS FILLED WITH CORRECT FUEL. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2010 JETTA AUGUST 2014 WITH 48,000 MILES. I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD CAR FOR MY DAUGHTER'S FIRST CAR. NOW 5 MOTHS LATER SHE WAS DRIVING AND THE RADIO JUST WENT OUT AND SCREEN WENT BLACK.CHECKED FUSES AND NOTHING. TALKED WITH VOLKSWAGEN AND NO RECALLS WHICH IF YOU GOOGLE IT THERE ARE ALOT OF THE SAME PROBLEMS. THEY WON'T DO ANYTHING. THIS MAKES ME VERY MAD THAT MY 16 YEAR DAUGHTER USED HER MONEY TO BUY A CAR AND ONLY HAS 50,000 AND THEY WANT 800.00 TO FIX. THAT IS CRAZY! I WILL NEVER BUY VW AGAIN THEY DO NOT HELP ANYONE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 37 MPH, THE ENGINE AND THE GLOW PLUG SYSTEM WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A IMPOUND LOT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.