2011 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA Complaints

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE CAR SPUTTERED, AND HESITATED WHILE LOSING POWER. REGAINED POWER BRIEFLY THEN SPUTTERED, LOST POWER AND ENGINE CUT OFF COMPLETELY. STARTED ENGINE AFTER LETTING SIT FOR A FEW MINUTES DROVE HOME OK. HAPPENED AGAIN A WEEK LATER AND TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP. DEALER DIAGNOSED IT AS FAULTY IGNITION COIL AND ARCING. *TR

DRIVING AT 45 MPH, ENGINE DID NOT STALL BUT LOST POWER. MOTOR STALLED AFTER ABOUT 10 SECONDS. AFTER PUTTING IN NEUTRAL AND ROLLING TO A STOP THE MOTOR WOULD NOT RESTART. AFTER TOWING TO LOCAL VW DEALER, WAS TOLD THE MECHANICAL FUEL PUMP FAILED. THEY SAID IT WAS 4-5 THOUSAND JOB BUT VW WAS PICKING UP THE REPAIR AND NOT CHARGING IT OUT TO OUR EXTENDED WARRANTY. WAS GIVEN A LOANER CAR UNTIL REPAIRS ARE MADE. NO INDICATION OF HOW LONG. IS THIS AN ADMISSION BY VW THAT A SERIOUS PROBLEM EXISTS WITH TDI MODELS? *TR

HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILURE. ALWAYS FUELED UP WITH ULTRA LOW SULFUR DIESEL. *TR

CAR WAS RUNNING SMOOTH AND PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY AND THEN WOULDN'T TURN OVER. BATTERY POWER WAS FINE, HOSES WERE FINE(VACUUM OK) AND THEN IDENTIFIED THAT FUEL MIGHT BE THE PROBLEM, USED MULTIMETER TO IDENTIFY THAT FUEL PUMP UNDER BACK SEAT WAS DEAD AND PROMPTLY ORDERED A NEW ONE AND REPLACED IT. NOT EXPECTED FOR A CAR WITH 45,000 MILES AND A 2011 DIESEL BUT THIS IS APPARENTLY A COMMON PROBLEM. HAD IT IN FOR REGULAR MAINTENANCE AT THE DEALER TOO. *TR

I WAS IN THE DRIVE THRU OF MC DONALDS THEN CAME A TERRIBLE RATTLE FROM UNDER THE CAR, 10 SECONDS LATER THE CAR TURNED OFF. TURNED IT BACK ON AND GLOW PLUG LIGHT WAS FLASHING PARKED THE CAR IMMEDIATELY. TURNED IT BACK ON AND HAD LITTLE TO NO POWER THEN CAME TO A HALT, TRIED TO TURN IT BACK ON AND WOULD NOT START. HAD IT TOWED TO VW THERE LOOKING AT IT I'M WAITING ON A RESPONSE. THIS IS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN THIS EARLY. I ALWAYS HAD IT SERVICED AT THE DEALER. ON TIME. HELP US!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FROM THE OTHER COMPLAINTS MY STRESS HAS HIT A LIMIT. IF IT COSTS 10K TO FIX. THEN I COULD OF BOUGHT A BMW OR WHATEVER. 24K + 10K = 34K I'M SAD :( *TR

THE VEHICLES GLOW PLUG LIGHT STARTED FLASHING, THE CAR STARTED RUNNING SLUGGISH, I QUICKLY PULLED INTO A GAS STATION. I TURNED OFF THE CAR AND WHEN I TRIED TO RESTART IT, IT WOULD CRANK BUT NOT START. I HAD IT TOWED TO MY MECHANIC, WHO AFTER SOME INVESTIGATION DISCOVERED THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILED AND SENT METAL SHAVINGS THROUGHOUT THE FUEL SYSTEM. LINES, INTAKE, FUEL INJECTORS ALL HAVE BEEN AFFECTED. I AM BEING QUOTED SEVERAL THOUSANDS TO REPAIR. THIS SHOULD SIMPLY NOT HAPPEN, I SEE IT AS FAULTY ENGINEERING! *TR

GLOW PLUG & CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON , ENGINE DIED 30 SECONDS LATER. WOULD NOT RESTART, TOWED TO DEALER, DIAGNOSED HPFP CATASTROPHIC FAILURE, METAL DEBRIS IN FUEL SYSTEM. WHOLE FUEL SYSTEM REPLACED, TANK THROUGH TO INJECTORS. NO WARNING OF FAULT CONDITION WITH NO TIME TO PULL OFF TO SIDE OF ROAD, LEFT STUCK IN MIDDLE OF HIGHWAY. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THROUGH TOWN 35 MPH MY TDI SPORTWAGON GLOWPLUG LIGHT STARTED FLASHING. I IMMEDIATELY TURNED INTO A PARKING LOT WITHIN SECONDS AND PUT THE TRANSMISSION IN PARK. THE CAR SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS NOT FIRING ON A CYLINDERS. I TURNED THE CAR OFF. AFTER THAT IT WOULD NOT START BACK UP. FROM WHAT I HAVE READ, IT HAS TO DO WITH THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP. THIS MADE THINGS UNSAFE AND THEIR ARE NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF LEAKS/ CORROSION/ OR SIGNS OF WEARING. THE MALFUNCTIONING FUEL SYSTEM CAUSED MY CAR TO FAIL AND STALL IN A BUSY INTERSECTION. THE FUEL SYSTEM SHOULD BE RECALLED. AT LEAST THE PUMP SYSTEM. *TR

WENT TO PASS A VEHICLE AND I FELT A SURGE THEN A SIREN SOUND STARTED COMING FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF ENGINE. WAS TOLD BY DEALERSHIP IT WAS A VACUUM ISSUE AND IT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE. WHEN I GOT TO DEALERSHIP THEY TOLD ME IT WAS A BLOWN TURBO. WONDERING IF THIS IS TIED TO THE INCIDENT I HAD WITH THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILING AROUND 100K. TOO MANY MAJOR CATASTROPHIC ISSUES WITH THIS CAR. I'VE BEEN QUOTED 15,000 FOR REPAIRS ON A CAR I'M STILL MAKING PAYMENTS ON AND ONLY COST 28K TO BEGIN WITH. *TR

MY CAR HAS HAD 3 STALLS WITHIN 3 MONTHS. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE ASSEMBLY. SINCE THEN I WAS PULLING OUT OF A PARKING SPOT AND PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE AND THE CAR STALLED. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. *TR