2012 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA Complaints

2012 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO KEY STUCK IN THE IGNITION. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE TURNED OFF. A MECHANIC UN-PLUGGED A WIRE. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER. *JB

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND WHILE DRIVING TO DEALER FOR SERVICE THE CAR ENGINE FAILED COMPLETELY WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH ON FREEWAY. CAR HAD NO PROPULSION AND CAME TO A ROLLING STOP. UNABLE TO RESTART CAR. TOWED TO VW DEALER AND THEY SAID VW TDI FUEL PUMPS HAVE HAD ISSUES AND COULD FAIL. LUCKILY NOBODY WAS INJURED BUT COULD HAVE BEEN VERY DANGEROUS AS ENGINE SHUT DOWN IMMEDIATELY AND FAILED COMPLETELY WHILE ON FREEWAY. I WAS VERY SHAKEN BY THE INCIDENT AND WAS UNABLE TO MOVE ALL THE WAY TO SIDE OF FREEWAY. STILL DO NOT HAVE CAR BACK AND VW DEALER INDICATED IT WOULD BE A LARGE REPAIR

VEHICLE ENGINE (JETTA 2.0 TDI) ABRUPTLY STALLED AND WOULD NOT RESTART. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP HAD FAILED; AND HAD DISINTEGRATED IN A FASHION THAT THE DEBRIS HAD CONTAMINATED THE ENTIRE FUEL SYSTEM. FUEL TANK, LINES AND INJECTION SYSTEM WERE CLEANED, FUEL PUMP AND FILTERS WERE REPLACED. HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE HAS STILL EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT STALLING PROBLEMS EVER SINCE THIS WARRANTY REPAIR, AND THE DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO RESOLVE AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN (AND CURRENTLY REMAINS) AT THE DEALER FOR 33 OF THE PAST 40 DAYS.

AT THE TIME OF A ROUTINE TIRE ROTATION, IT WAS NOTICED THE INSIDE OF 3 TIRES WERE SPLIT. ONE OF THESE SPLITS WAS SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH THAT THE TIRE TECHNICIAN RECOMMENDED NOT DRIVING FURTHER. THE TREAD ON THE TIRES AND OUTSIDE SURFACE WAS STILL IN GOOD CONDITION. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THERE WAS ALMOST HALF THE REGULAR TREAD LEFT. IT SEEMS UNUSUAL TO HAVE SPLITS ON THREE TIRES AT ONCE IN THE SAME LOCATION ON WHAT OTHERWISE WOULD STILL BE GOOD TIRES. THIS CAR HAS NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY UNUSUAL ACCIDENTS OR INCIDENTS WHICH WOULD HAVE HAD A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON TIRE WEAR. THESE ARE THE ORIGINAL TIRES THAT CAME WITH THE CAR.

DURING FEBRUARY, THE 2012 VW TDI JETTA SPORTWAGEN WITH 59,7000 MILES STALLED TWICE WHEN TRYING TO START THE VEHICLE. ON THE THIRD START THE VEHICLE STARTED BUT THE GLOW PLUG LIGHT WAS FLASHING AND THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE TO MORE THAN 45 MPH. THE VEHICLE LIMPED TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHO FOUND METAL FLAKES IN THE FUEL FILTER AND STATED THAT THE IN-TANK FUEL PUMP HAD FAILED. THE IN-TANK FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED AND THE FUEL SYSTEM WAS APPARENTLY CLEARED OF METAL. AT 63,000 MILES, THE GLOW PLUG LIGHT BEGAN TO FLASH WHILE AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. I GOT THE VEHICLE TO AN EXIT, STOPPED IT, TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTED. THE GLOW PLUG LIGHT WAS NO LONGER FLASHING AND THE CAR WAS DRIVABLE ALTHOUGH IT WAS LACKING SOME ACCELERATION AND THERE WAS A MOAN/WHINE NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. GOT THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND LEARNED THAT THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP HAS FAILED AND THAT THE ENTIRE FUEL SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THERE IS NO MIS-FUELING ISSUE, AND DIESEL RECEIPTS ARE KEPT AT FILL UP.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. WHILE AT A COMPLETE STOP ON AN INCLINE, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THERE WAS A TWO SECOND DELAYED RESPONSE. THE VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH AN ELECTRONIC HILL START ASSISTANCE FEATURE. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. ON A SEPARATE OCCASION, THE UNOCCUPIED VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON A SLIGHT INCLINE AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ENGAGED. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A TREE. FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE OPERATED AS DESIGNED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 9,000.

2012 VOLKSWAGEN SPORTWAGEN TDI. WHEN TRAVELING ON THE FREEWAY 4/11/15 GLOW PLUG LIGHT BEGAN BLINKING, WE NOTICED AN IMMEDIATELY SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF POWER. AT THIS MOMENT WE WERE TRAVELING ON A TWO LANE FREEWAY THAT HAPPENED TO HAVE ONE LANE BLOCKED. VEHICLES IMMEDIATELY BEGAN STACKING UP BEHIND US. AFTER PULLING OFF THE FREEWAY ATTEMPTED TO STOP AND RESTART THE ENGINE, WE HAD A VERY DIFFICULT TIME RESTARTING THE MOTOR. WAS ABLE TO DRIVE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP, HOWEVER HAD A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN POWER, SAFETY WAS A CONCERN AND WAS VERY WORRIED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL WHILE ON THE FREEWAY. BECAUSE OF THIS WE PULLED OFF THE FREEWAY AND CONTINUED TO LIMP TOWARDS THE DEALERSHIP ON LOCAL ROADS. THERE WAS SO MUCH REDUCTION IN POWER THAN DRIVING UP A SMALL HILL ALMOST BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO A STOP. DEALERSHIP ACCUSED US OF FUELING THE VEHICLE WITH GAS INSTEAD OF DIESEL, GAS STATION WAS ABLE TO PRODUCE A RECEIPT SHOWING THAT WE HAD FILLED THE VEHICLE WITH DIESEL. HOWEVER, VW IS COVERING THE REPAIR, AND VEHICLE IS READY TO BE PICKED UP 4/16/15. DID NOT FEEL THAT THE FUEL PUMP FAILURE HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH MISFUELING, AND WHILE VW IS COVERING THE REPAIR, IT APPEARS THAT THIS ISSUE IS A WELL DOCUMENTED FAILURE WITH VW. WE DO FEEL THAT OUR SAFETY COULD HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED WITH THIS FAILURE. *TR

TIRE HAD CATASTROPHIC FAILURE ON SIDE WALL. 4TH TIME THIS HAS OCCURRED WITH SPECIFIC TIRES "DUNLOP SP SPORT 01 AS". *TR

WAS DRIVING 40 AND WAS HEADING DOWN A HILL AND WAS COMING TO A STOP WHEN MY 2012 VW JETTA SPORTSWAGEN POWER FLICKERED, COIL LIGHT (GLOW LIGHT) CAME ON, IT MADE A LOUD NOISE AND DIED. I WAS UNABLE TO MOVE IT, COULD OF BEEN A BAD SITUATION. THANKFULLY VW DEALERSHIP SERVICE GAVE ME A NUMBER TO A LOCAL TOWING COMPANY. I WAS QUICKLY TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. IT SOUNDS LIKE SO MANY OTHERS HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM. WAITING TO HEAR OFFICIAL DIAGNOSTICS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING IN THE FREEWAY AT SPEED OF 20 MPH DUE TO HIGHWAY TRAFFIC, I SMELLED DIESEL FUEL THROUGH THE AIR VENTS. THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY BEGAN TO LOOSE POWER AND THE PEDAL WAS NOT FUNCTIONAL COMPLETELY AFTER, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF AND STALLED ON THE HIGHWAY. THE MIL (MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP) AND BATTERY DASH WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. THE CAR WOULD NOT START OVER AND WAS TOWED OUT OF THE HIGHWAY. I NOTICED THERE WAS A DIESEL FUEL LEAK UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE CAR WAS THEN TOWED TO A VOLKSWAGEN DEALER AND DIAGNOSIS WERE MADE RESULTING IN FUEL PUMP REPLACEMENT. *TR