2010 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA Complaints

2010 JETTA TDI STALLS WHEN STARTING OUT. MOSTLY OCCURS IN 1ST GEAR AND SOMETIMES 2ND GEAR IF SLOWING DOWN (TO TAKE A TURN FOR EXAMPLE). IT SEEMS AS IF IT NEEDS TO BE GIVEN AN EXTRA SURGE OF FUEL BY DEPRESSING THE GAS PEDAL MORE THAN USUAL IN ORDER TO GET PAST THIS POINT. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING A MANUAL FOR 15 YEARS - 4 OF THEM JETTAS - AND HAVE NEVER ENCOUNTERED THIS KIND OF 'PLAY' IN THE CLUTCH. THIS MAKES FOR AN INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS SITUATION WHEN PULLING OUT ONTO A HIGHWAY WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC. EVEN KNOWING THE POTENTIAL FOR STALLING AND COMPENSATING, I STILL STALL AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK. I'M NOT SURE IF VW HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THIS AS A SERIOUS PROBLEM YET, BUT I WOULD HOPE IT IS INVESTIGATED AND THAT A FIX IS MADE KNOWN ASAP. *TR

HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILURE CAUSED CAR TO STALL AT HIGHWAY SPEED, ~68 MPH. PULLING OFF FREEWAY WITH DEAD CAR CAUSED A MINOR FENDER BENDER. BEING TOLD FUEL SYSTEM REPAIR IS $8700 BUT WILL LIKELY BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. I WISH TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS. 2010 VW JETTA TDI SPORTWAGEN, DSG TRANSMISSION, 3292 MI. *TR

HI, WE PURCHASED A 2010 VW JETTA TDI SPORTWAGEN IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR AND WITHIN THE FIRST 300 MILES IT WENT INTO A LIMP MODE WITH REDUCED POWER AND THE GLOWPLUG LIGHT WAS FLASHING. I LIMPED HOME AT HALF POWER AND PARKED IT. WHEN I WENT TO START IT TO SEE WHAT THE MILEAGE WAS THE CAR HAD NO PROBLEM. I MADE THE DEALER AWARE OF THIS AND THEY BLEW IT OFF AS A FLUKE AND IF IT HAPPENED AGAIN TO CALL THEM. AT AROUND 750 MILES WE WERE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND WERE PASSING A CAR WHEN THE CAR AGAIN WENT INTO A REDUCED POWER LIMP MODE AND ALMOST CAUSED ME TO GET INTO AN ACCIDENT SINCE THE PERSON BEHIND ME ALMOST REAR ENDED US. I HAD TO VERY CAREFULLY PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AT 10:00 PM. I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED IT AFTER WAITING 2 MINUTES AND IT STARTED UP AGAIN LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED. I CALLED MY DEALER AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO DROP IT OFF TELLING THEM I DON'T WANT IT BACK UNTIL THE PROBLEM IS FIXED. THEY KEPT IT FOR TWO WEEKS AND DROVE IT AROUND PUTTING 500 MILES ON IT THAT THEY SAID WERE TROUBLE AND EVENT FREE. THEY COULDN'T REPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND WHEN THEY RAN A DIAGNOSTIC THEY FOUND THAT THE EGR VALVE WAS THROWING A CODE. THEY SAID THAT THEY CHECKED IT, CLEARED THE CODE AND THAT'S IT. NOW AFTER ALMOST 10,000 MILES WE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM AGAIN BUT I DO BELIEVE THEY DID A SECRET FIX AND GAVE IT BACK TO ME. IT WAS VERY SCARY TO HAVE THE STALLING HAPPEN TO ME OUT OF THE BLUE ON THE HIGHWAY. SOMEONE NEEDS TO INVESTIGATE THIS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND STALLED AGAIN ON THE SAME DAY. VOLKSWAGEN WAS CONTACTED AND CLAIMED THAT THEY WERE UNAWARE OF ANY STALLING ISSUES WITH THE 2010 JETTA. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING REPAIRED BY THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 1,400.

2010 VW JETTA WOLFSBURG SHUT DOWN WHILE IN OPERATION ON A HIGHWAY WHILE UNABLE TO GET SAFELY OUT OF THE WAY OF TRAFFIC. ENGINE SHUT OF AND I WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE WITH THE KEY. WITH THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND IN PARK THE ENGINE WOULD NOT TURN OVER. I EVENTUALLY REMOVED THE KEY AND REINSTALLED IT. AT THIS POINT THE ENGINE TURNED OVER AND STARTED. TOOK THE CAR TO THE VW DEALER AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE IGNITION CONTROL MODULE IN THE STEERING COLUMN WAS DEFECTIVE. HOWEVER IT WAS NOT A CONSTANT FAILURE AND THE CAR COULD STOP RUNNING AT ANY TIME. OTHER DEFECT WAS THE WIPER MOTOR STOPPED OPERATING AT APPROXIMATELY 1800 MILES. THIS WAS ALSO REPLACED BY THE DEALERSHIP. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA TDI. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY BETWEEN 25-35 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING FOR THREE SECONDS AND RESUMED. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGE READ NORMALLY DURING THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED AT LEAST TWO TO THREE TIMES A DAY OR GREATER; AND REACHED THE NUMBER OF FIFTEEN TIMES WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DETECT A PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOUR TIMES FOR THE SAME FAILURES WHICH THERE WERE NO RESOLUTIONS. IN ADDITION, THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP WITH AN INCREASE IN THE ENGINE RPMS AND THE TACHOMETER DISPLAYING A DIFFERENT READING. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100.

3 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE CAR WAS STALLING LIKE IT WANTED TO TAKE OFF, BUT WAS DRAGGING. I WAS TOLD BY DEALER SLIGHT DEFECT PARTS WERE REPLACED. RECENTLY, CAR STOPPED ON ME TWICE WHEN I MADE A COMPLETE STOP AT THE LIGHT. POWER REMAINED ON, BUT I HAD TO RESTART THE CAR. *TR

2010 VW SPORTWAGON DSG STALLED AT TRAFFIC SIGNAL. HD TO SHIFT INTO PARK AND TURN IGNITION OFF LOCKING STEERING WHEEL, AND THEN BACK ON TO RESTART ENGINE. *TR

I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE WITH A NEW 2010 WOLFSBURG JETTA I HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE WHEN IT ACCELERATED UNEXPECTEDLY OVER A DECORATIVE DIVIDER. THE CAR DID NOT RESPOND TO REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO STOP IT. I USED TWO FEET AND WAS LITERALLY OFF MY SEAT TRYING TO CONTROL THE CAR. IT FINALLY STOPPED. I WAS LUCKY NO PEDESTRIANS OR MYSELF AND PASSENGER WAS INJURED. VW SUPPOSEDLY CHECKED THE CAR AND SAID IT IS OPERATIONAL; HOWEVER AT THE FIRST THEY SAID MANY CODES CAME UP BUT NO ONE WOULD TELL ME WHAT THE CODES WERE. THIS CAR HAD 345 MILES AND I THINK IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE THE COMPUTER OVER RODE WHAT I WAS WANTING THE CAR TO DO. UPDATED IVOQ 09/08/10 *TR

2010 JETTA TDI MANUAL TRANSMISSION--CLUTCH STALLS DANGEROUS DUE TO NEW CLUTCH RESPONSE COMBINED WITH DIESEL TURBO LAG. WHEN I PURCHASED MY NEW CAR, THE SALESMAN AT VW OF LANGHORNE, PA, WAS CERTAIN THAT I WOULD "KILL THE CLUTCH" ON THE FIRST DRIVE AS HAD ALL OTHER PEOPLE WHO PURCHASED A MANUAL 2010 TDI. THE CLUTCH RESPONSE IS SOMEHOW DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER CAR AND AFTER ADDING THE "DIESEL TURBO LAG," IT MAKES FOR A DANGEROUS FIRST ACCELERATION. TO MY SALESMAN'S SURPRISE, I DID NOT STALL THE CAR WHEN I DROVE IT OFF THE LOT. HOWEVER, I HAVE SINCE STALLED IT SEVERAL TIMES IN TRAFFIC. WHEN THE CLUTCH STALLS, DRIVER MUST COMPLETELY TURN OFF IGNITION AND TURN IT BACK ON BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO CLUTCH-DRIVE AGAIN. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE AMONG 2010 MANUAL TDI OWNERS AND ONE FREQUENTLY DISCUSSED BECAUSE IT IS VERY DANGEROUS. SOME OWNERS ON "TDI CLUB" LIST SERVER ARE CHANGING OUT THEIR OWN CLUTCHES TO STAY ALIVE. I AM AN EXCELLENT "STICK" DRIVER WITH 25 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN MANY VEHICLES. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS CLUTCH ISSUE BEFORE PEOPLE GET KILLED. IT'S NOT MY DRIVING PROBLEM OR MY PARTICULAR CAR'S PROBLEM--IT IS A PROBLEM WITH ALL 2010 MANUAL TDI CLUTCH STARTS. I CANNOT LET ANYONE ELSE DRIVE MY CAR, EVEN MY OWN HUSBAND (WHO DRIVES A 2003 MANUAL TDI GOLF), BECAUSE I AM AFRAID HE WILL GET KILLED PULLING OUT IN TRAFFIC AS CLUTCH STALLS ARE FREQUENT WITH THE 2010 MANUAL TDI JETTA MODEL--EVEN AFTER YOU GET USED TO IT. I PREVIOUSLY OWNED A 2001 MANUAL TDI JETTA AND DROVE IT FOR 10 YEARS WITH NO CLUTCH COMPLAINTS. I STALL THE 2010 CLUTCH AT LEAST ONCE PER DAY. WHEN MY HUSBAND HAS ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE IT, HE STALLED IT FIVE TIMES IN A ROW THE FIRST DRIVE, AND IN SUBSEQUENT DRIVES STALLS IT EVERY OTHER PULL OUT. THE PROBLEM IS MOST DANGEROUS WHEN LEAVING A DRIVEWAY, PARKING LOT, OR MAKING A LEFT TURN WITH WHAT WOULD NORMALLY BE ENOUGH SPACE IN THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC, BUT WHAT IS NOT ENOUGH WHEN THE CLUTCH STALLS THE CAR. *TR