2013 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA HYBRID Complaints

VEHICLE BEGAN EXPERIENCING FAILURE WITH THE AUTOMATIC START STOP UNIT IN THE CAR. AT STOP LIGHTS CAR WOULD CYCLE BETWEEN BATTERY AND GAS ENGINES CONTINUOUSLY. TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY SAID THE TRANSMISSION IS OUT. CAR IS ONLY AT 86000 MILES DRIVEN IN NORMAL CONDITIONS. SEEING RECALLS OF VEHICLE RELATED TO TRANSMISSION BUT MY VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. ADDITIONAL RECALLS RELATED TO DQ200 TRANSMISSION IN OTHER COUNTRIES THAT HAVE RESULTED IN WARRANTY EXTENSIONS. VW OF AMERICA IS YET TO RESPOND TO INQUIRY ON WHY VW HAS EXTENDED POWERTRAIN WARRANTY RELATED TO DQ200 TRANSMISSION IN OTHER COUNTRIES WITH PRODUCTION DATES THROUGH NOVEMBER 2013 BUT NOT THE UNITED STATES.

GASOLINE SMELL WHEN ENGINE STARTS. MORE OFTEN WHEN VERY COLD. ALSO WHEN CAR SHIFTS FROM ELECTRIC MOTOR TO GASOLINE POWER WHEN CAR IS MOVING OR STOPPED. AUTHORIZED VOLKSWAGEN DEALER COULD FIND NO FUEL LEAK WHEN THE CAR WAS SERVICE IN MAY 2018. THIS HAS PROBABLY HAPPENED 12 TIMES SINCE 1/1/2019.

COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT AT HIGH SPEED (50MPH). VEHICLE ENGINE REMAINED ON BUT NO POWER TO WHEELS. VEHICLE HAD TO BE MANEUVERED WHILE "COASTING" TO SIDE OF ROADWAY AND SUBSEQUENTLY TOWED TO SAFETY. DQ200 DSG MECHANTRONIC UNIT FAILURE. VEHICLE HAS 30,203 MILES ON ODO. VOLKSWAGEN SERVICE TECHNICIAN STATES FAILURE AS "(VERIFIED TRANSMISSION DOES NOT ENGAGE REVERSE OR DRIVE. 3 FAULTS IN TRANSMISSION, P117B, P0841 AND P189C. ALL RELATED TO TRANSMISSION FLUID PRESSURE LOSS. FRONT MECHATRONICS COVER BENT OUT AT TOP AND MASSIVE FLUID LOSS. INTERNAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE)" VOLKSWAGEN PERFORMED A RECALL SERVICE ON THIS UNIT IN 2014 IN ORDER TO PREVENT THIS FAILURE, YET THE FAILURE HAPPENED REGARDLESS. (I WAS NOT AWARE OF THIS RECALL UNTIL ONLY AFTER THE FAILURE OCCURRED AND I RESEARCHED THE HISTORY OF THIS VEHICLE.)

WHEN DRIVING CAR IT JUST STOPS OUT OF NOWHERE,ON HIGHWAY AND ON STREET. VERY DANGEROUS. THEN IT DOESN'T START UP RIGHT AWAY ,AND I HAVE TO WAIT BETWEEN 5 AND 20 MINUTES. THIS HAPPENS IN MOTION

UPON ACCELERATION ONTO A HIGHWAY OR FROM A LIGHT, THE CAR WILL ONLY ACCELERATE SLIGHTLY, THEN LOSES POWER AND JUST COASTS. IT REQUIRES SHUTTING OFF THE CAR AND RESTARTING. THIS IS INTERMITTENT. I WAS ALMOST REAR-ENDED ON THE HIGHWAY DUE TO THIS ISSUE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA HYBRID. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PULL THE VEHICLE OVER SAFELY TO THE ROAD SHOULDER AND TURNED OFF THE ENGINE. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED, IT WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO DRIVE AND THE SERVICE REMINDER WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MIDLAND VOLKSWAGEN OF COLUMBIA (655 BROAD RIVER ROAD, COLUMBIA, SC 29210, 803-988-1000) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT A NEW TRANSMISSION OR "E MACHINE" NEEDED TO BE INSTALLED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEIR MECHANICS WERE NOT SKILLED ENOUGH TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 104,000.

AFTER LEAVING WORK, I WENT ABOUT TWO BLOCKS, TURNED THE CORNER AND MY CAR STALLED OUT ON ME, I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND OUT THE WAY OF TRAFFIC. I SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF AND BACK ON AND IT WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR, DRIVE OR REVERSE. I TOWED IT TO NEAREST VW DEALERSHIP WHICH WAS 4 HOURS AWAY AND THEY SAID I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION AND EVEN THOUGH IT IS THE SAME YEAR MAKE AND MODEL AS OTHER VEHICLES WITH RECALL PROBLEM, VOLKSWAGEN SAYS MY VIN DOES NOT FALL UNDER THE RECALL AND I HAVE TO PAY $7295 FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION. MY CAR ONLY HAS 67,000 MILES ON IT, AND THE WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER THE PROBLEM.

TAKATA RECALL: THE HYBRID SYSTEM FAILED WHILE I WAS DRIVING. THE ENGINE STILL RAN BUT I COULDN'T DRIVE. I WAS STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.

COMING TO HOME AND WAS ABOUT TO TURN ONTO ANOTHER STREET WHEN CAR SUDDENLY JERKED AND WOULDN'T GO IN DRIVE. HAD TO STOP PUT IN PARK AND WAIT FOR A FEW MINUTES AND THEN IT BEGAN TO MOVE. DEALERSHIP SAID IT IS TRANSMISSION BUT THE CAR ISN'T OVER 130,000 MILES

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA HYBRID. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CONTACT POWERED OFF THE ENGINE. ONCE RESTARTED, THE VEHICLE DROVE NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,000.