2009 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA Complaints

DRIVING ON BUSY STREET WHEN I HEARD A CHIME & A PIGTAIL SHAPED LIGHT STARTED FLASHING ON DASHBOARD. VEHICLE STALLED IN MIDDLE OF STREET. VW SENT A TOW TRUCK & TOWED VEHICLE TO NEAREST DEALER. I WAS TOLD THE FUEL PUMP HAD COME APART & METAL FLAKES MAY BE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE FUEL SYSTEM. VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED AND A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AND IT WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENTIRE FUEL SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 59,000.

ON AUGUST 6, 2010, WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT ABOUT 65MPH, THE GLOW PLUG LIGHT ON MY 2009 DIESEL JETTA SPORTWAGON BEGAN TO FLASH. THE CAR LOST POWER AND I EXITED THE FREEWAY AND CAME TO A STOP. THE CAR STALLED AND COULD NOT BE RESTARTED. IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT IT. I WAS TOLD THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP HAD FAILED AND THAT THERE WERE METAL FILINGS IN IT AND THAT THESE FILLINGS HAD BEEN DISPERSED TO OTHER ASPECTS OF MY FUEL SYSTEM. IT WAS INITIALLY BLAMED ON FUEL CONTAMINATION, BUT FURTHER ANALYSIS OF THE FUEL DID NOT SHOW ANY SIGNIFICANT CONTAMINATION. THE EXPENSIVE REPAIR WAS FINALLY PAID BY THE VW WARRANTY. THIS ENTIRE INCIDENT CAN BE MUCH MORE EXTENSIVELY DOCUMENTED IF THIS IS NEEDED. *TR

WHEN PULLING OUT FROM A STOP, THE CAR WILL OCCASIONALLY STUTTER AS IF IT IS ABOUT TO STALL (HASN'T STALLED YET) AND THE ENGINE ALMOST SHUTS OFF. THIS HAS HAPPENED OFF AND ON FOR ABOUT A YEAR. CURRENTLY HAVE 60K MILES ON THE CAR, GUESSING THE ISSUE BEGAN AROUND 30-40K. *TR

THE DAY AFTER 20K MILE SERVICE (OIL/FILTER CHANGE, FUEL FILTER CHANGED) AND ABOUT 20 MILES FOLLOWING A REFUELING, THE ENGINE STALLED WHILE IDLING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. WOULD NOT RESTART AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. *TR

CAR SHIFTS INTO NEUTRAL WHILE DRIVING,ENGINE REVS AND CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE. WHEN ENGINE GOES TO IDLE, TRANSMISSION WILL SOMETIMES ENGAGE. PROBLEM STARTED AT 4000 MILES (NOW 37000) MULTIPLE CALLS TO VW AND TRIPS TO VW SERVICE WITH ZERO RESULTS. NO FAULT CODES,NO REPAIR. LAST CALL TO VW CUSTOMER SERVICE I WAS TOLD BY THE REP. BUY A NEW TRANSMISSION AND SEE WHETHER THE PROBLEM IS RESOLVED . THIS AUTOMOBILE WAS TROUBLESOME FROM THE BEGINNING WITH HARD SHIFTING AND SLAMMING INTO FIRST GEAR. I ALSO HAVE A 2006 TDI WITH ZERO PROBLEMS. *TR

ENGINE DIES WHILE AT SPEED, ESPECIALLY WHEN MAKING A SHARP TURN AT INTERSECTION. HAS OCCURRED ROUGHLY 6 TIMES IN 7000 MILES. ENGINE ALSO ROUTINELY "HICCUPS" OR MOMENTARILY DIES AT ABOUT 1800 RPM UNDER LIGHT LOAD. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM. *TR

AT LOWER SPEEDS (<40MPH) UNDER ACCELERATION MY 09 VW JETTA TDI HESITATES AND EVEN STALLS FOR A SPLIT SECOND BEFORE ACCELERATING AGAIN. IT SEEMS AS IF IGNITION OR FUEL SUPPLY IS DISRUPTED ABRUPTLY AND COMPLETELY FOR A SPLIT SECOND. THE PROBLEM EXISTS WHEN PULLING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY (JUST BEGINNING A DRIVE) OR AFTER DRIVING FOR AN EXTENDED TIME FRAME. I ASSUMED THAT IT WAS CAUSED BY DEBRIS IN THE FUEL FILTER. MY CAR CURRENTLY HAS OVER 40K MILES AND THE PROBLEM HAS EXISTED SINCE THE CAR WAS BRAND NEW AND CONTINUES EVEN NOW. ALSO, WHEN TAKING OFF (ESPECIALLY WITH THE A/C ON) THE CAR STALLS VERY EASILY. IT REQUIRES MUCH MORE FUEL THAN I HAVE HAD WITH A MANUAL TRANSMISSION TO KEEP FROM STALLING OUT. *TR

I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2009 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA TDI DIESEL CAR WITH A 6 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION AND 20,000 MILES. I HAVE NOTICE THAT THE CAR IS EXTREMELY EASY TO STALL WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE IN FIRST AND SECOND GEARS. IT SEEMS THE INJECTION TIMING MAY BE TOO FAR ADVANCED. I HAVE DRIVEN LOTS OF SIMILAR OLDER MODEL DIESEL CARS IN EUROPE AND ELSEWHERE WITHOUT ANY SUCH PROBLEMS. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. I HAVE NOTICED THAT YOU MUST SPEED UP SIGNIFICANTLY IN FIRST GEAR BEFORE SHIFTING TO SECOND. THE ENGINE SEEMS TO BE UNABLE TO LUG AT A LOW RPMS. *TR

SOMETIMES WHILE ACCELERATING IN MY 2009 VW JETTA TDI, THE VEHICLE WILL NOT RESPOND TO INPUT ON THE ACCELERATOR. ALSO WHILE CRESTING A HILL, YOU FEEL THE ENGINE MISS. *TR