2009 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA Complaints

THIS IS A 2009 VW JETTA, TDI PURCHASED NEW. DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON AND THE VEHICLE, IMMEDIATELY HAD NO FUNCTIONING POWER STEERING. STEERING WHEEL WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TURN. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED IN. SERVICE REPLACED SEVERAL PARTS AMONG THEM STEERING ASSEMBLY AND HARNESS (PART NO.'S 1K1-423-055MX AND 1K1-971-111AJ RESPECTIVELY). *TR

HAS SOME STRANGE NOISE AS SOON AS I MOVED CAR FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. DROPPED OFF SON AT SCHOOL AND LESS THAN HALF A MILE CAR WAS STUCK WHEN I TRIED TO ACCELERATE. REMOVED TIRE AND LOOSENED CALIPER AND NOTICED DISC WAS CRACKED AND INNER PAD MISSING. *TR

WAS DRIVING ALONG AND CAR LOST POWER, ENGINE QUIT AND WOULD NOT RESTART. HAD CAR TOWED TO DEALER WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILURE. ALL INJECTORS, FUEL LINES, AND ASSOCIATED PARTS TO BE REPLACED. TANK HAS TO BE DRAINED AND FLUSHED. DEALER SAID VOLKSWAGON WOULD COVER ALL COSTS RELEATED TO REPAIR! *TR

THE SAME THING HAS OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 10-15 TIMES NOW. WHILE DRIVING, IT IS AS IF THE CAR GOES INTO NEUTRAL, AND APPLYING GAS DOES NOTHING. IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS BECAUSE THERE IS NO WARNING THAT IT IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN, AND IF IT WERE TO OCCUR WHILE PULLING OUT IN TRAFFIC, WE WOULD BE STUCK IN PLACE WITH NO WAY TO ACCELERATE AND GET OUT OF THE WAY OF TRAFFIC. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG AND OUR MONEY FOR THE DIAGNOSTIC WAS SPENT AND SOLVED NOTHING. IT HAS BEEN INCONSISTENT, SOMETIMES NOT HAPPENING FOR WEEKS AT A TIME, BUT IN THE LAST 5 DAYS IT HAS HAPPENED APPROXIMATELY 5 TIMES. IT IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF ASAP! *TR

I EXITED THE INTERSTATE AND CAME TO A STOP. THE GLOW PLUG LIGHT STARTED FLASHING AND THE CAR HAD NO POWER AND STALLED. I RESTARTED THE CAR AND IT HAD NO POWER. IT STALLED AGAIN AND WOULD NOT START. I HAD IT TOWED TO A VOLKSWAGEN DEALERSHIP AND THEY FOUND THAT THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP HAD FAILED AND CONTAMINATED THE ENTIRE FUEL SYSTEM RESULTING IN COSTLY REPAIRS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED THREE DIFFERENT TIMES INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 48,000.

DRIVING AT STEADY SPEED OF AROUND 20 MPH WHEN SUDDENLY SPEED AND RPMS DECREASED WITH GLOWPLUG LIGHT FLASHING. NOTICED A LOSS OF POWER. CAR WOULD PICK UP SPEED VERY SLOWLY. DID NOT FORCE ENGINE IN ANY WAY. 5 MINUTES LATER THE CAR DIED. TRIED STARTING CAR BACK UP BUT WOULD NOT START. HAD IT TOWED TO KNOWN LOCAL MECHANIC SHOP. WAS TOLD IT WAS A FUEL SYSTEM ISSUE IN WHICH THE FILTERS AND INJECTORS WERE BEING CLOGGED UP THEREFORE DAMAGING THE ENTIRE FUEL SYSTEM, WHICH WAS A KNOWN COMMON PROBLEM IN THIS THAT VOLKSWAGEN DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE, AND REPAIRS WOULD COST AROUND $6K-7K TO REPLACE THE WHOLE FUEL SYSTEM. VERY UNHAPPY WITH THIS SITUATION AND DISAPPOINTED WITH VOLKSWAGEN AT THE FACT THAT NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO HELP THE CUSTOMERS THAT DRIVE THEIR VEHICLES CONSIDERING THE AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS ISSUE. *TR

THE FUEL PUMP FAILED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOOSE POWER AND COME TO A STOP ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY. THIS IS A DIESEL VW WHICH SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM, BUT VOLKSWAGEN DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THAT EVEN THOUGH THE LOCAL DEALER HAS DONE 2 OF THESE SINCE JANUARY. IT IS COSTING ME 8000 TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE FUEL SYSTEM. I HAVE TAKEN CAR TO AN INDEPENDENT SHOP AND DEBATING ON MAKING REPAIRS AT THIS POINT. *TR

I WAS COMING TO A STOP OFF A HIGHWAY OFF RAMP. MY CAR DIED WHILE COMING TO THE STOP. THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE AND I'VE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES FOR THIS AND STALLING OUT WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A COMPLETE STOP, AND I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. TODAY THE CAR WOULD NOT STAY STARTED AFTER STARTING 8 TIMES. I STARTED FROM P AND N, BUT ONCE I PUT THE CAR IN D OR S IT WOULD IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN. PUTTING THE CAR IN R MADE A HUGE CLUNK. I WAS STUCK AND BLOCKING A HUGE LINE OF TRAFFIC! I AM GOING TO THE DEALER TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING WRONG, BUT THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE FOR ANY CAR TO DIE FOR NO REASON. *TR

WHILE DRIVING, THERE WAS A BRIEF GRINDING NOISE, AND THE MOTOR SUDDENLY STOPPED PROVIDING POWER, THE POWER STEERING STOPPED, AND EVERY WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. FORTUNATELY I WAS ON A CITY STREET IN VERY LIGHT TRAFFIC AND COULD COAST SAFELY TO THE CURB. I TRIED TO RESTART IT, AND THE ENGINE WOULD CRANK, BUT WITHOUT IGNITION. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALER, AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE HIGH PRESSURE DIESEL FUEL PUMP HAD DISINTEGRATED, AND HAD TO BE REPLACED WITH A NEW REDESIGNED ONE. THIS THEY DID AT NO COST, FOR WHICH I AM VERY GRATEFUL. *TR