2014 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA SPORTWAGEN Complaints

THE CAR WAS IN A SEVERE FRONT END COLLISION THAT TOTALED THE CAR. THE WRECK RESULTED IN MULTIPLE INJURIES FOR BOTH OCCUPANTS. BOTH WERE TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE. THE CAR WAS MOVING ON A COUNTRY ROAD WHEN A COMBINE WITH NO LIGHTS CAME OUT IN FRONT OF THEM. THE VEHICLE STRUCK THE COMBINE. ZERO AIRBAGS WERE DEPLOYED IN THIS CRASH.

LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE 2 PIECES OFF. HAPPENED WILE DRIVING UNIT ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. COMBINATION OF CITY AND HIGHWAY DRIVING. UNIT STARTEF HAVING A CLUNKING NOISE AROUND 100,000 MILES AND THEN A PART OF THE COIL SPRING FELL OUT ONTO THE ROAD IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE.

TURBO FAILED WITHOUT WARNING ON THE HIGHWAY AND I WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN THE SPEED LIMIT. THIS OCCURRED IN A VEHICLE THAT HAD THE TDI EMISSIONS MODIFICATION. THE PROBLEM OCCURRED A SECOND TIME AFTER A WARRANTY REPAIR AT VIC BAILEY VOLKSWAGEN AND APPEARS TO BE AN ONGOING PROBLEM THAT IS RELATED TO THE EMISSIONS MODIFICATION. THE FIRST FAILURE OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 20,000 MILES AFTER THE EMISSIONS MODIFICATION, AND ONLY 1300 MILES AFTER THE PREVIOUS FAILURE AND REPLACEMENT OF THE TURBO.

FRONT AND REAR COIL SPRINGS FRACTURED. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY IN DRIVEWAY, WHEN DRIVING ONTO ROAD, NOTICED LOUD GRINDING AND IMMEDIATELY STOPPED. VEHICLE TOWED TO VW COLONIAL WESTBOROUGH, MA. OTHER VW MODELS FROM 2015 HAVE HAD COIL FAILURES AND RECALL.

THE VEHICLE HAS A HARD TIME ON STARTUP WHEN STATIONARY (WHEN THE TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATES FROM FREEZING TO THAWING), SOMETIMES TAKING THREE TO FOUR TIMES FOR IT TO CRANK OVER. ONCE IT CRANKS OVER IT WILL VIBRATE AND SHAKE LIKE IT IS GOING TO STALL. IT WILL ALSO SHAKE AND ACT LIKE IT'S GOING TO STALL AFTER IN MOTION FOR THE FIRST MINUTE. TOOK TO THE DEALERSHIP, SAID IT WAS AN OLD BATTERY. REPLACED BATTERY, THE ISSUE IS INTERMITTENT (AGAIN WHEN THE TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATES). READ ONLINE THAT IT COULD BE A TDI INTERCOOLER DESIGN FLAW. THE DEALERSHIP WILL NOT COVER UNLESS THEY EXPERIENCE THE PROBLEM. THIS ISSUE SAYS IT CAN CAUSE ENGINE FAILURE. LOOKING TO TAKE IT TO AN INDEPENDENT VW TDI SHOP TO SEE IF THEY CAN DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM AND GET A SECOND OPINION. HOPEFULLY, THIS DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE FUEL PUMP.

THE MOON ROOF DRAINAGE LINE ON THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE CLOGGED UP AND SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF WATER DRAINED INTO MY CAR. THIS HAPPENED WHETHER I WAS DRIVING OR IF THE CAR WAS SITTING IN THE RAIN. THE WATER COLLECTED IN THE REAR/LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT WELL ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO RESULT IN MOLD IN THE CAR, WHICH CAN BE DANGEROUS TO HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYSTEMS. MORE SIGNIFICANTLY, EVERY TIME I GOT IN THE CAR MY WINDSHIELD WOULD FOG UP, SOMETIMES AFTER A STARTED DRIVING, AND I HAD TO PULL OVER TO SAFELY CONTINUE DRIVING. BUT UNTIL I COULD DRIVE SAFELY, I WAS DRIVING WITH IMPAIRED VISION. WHEN I TOOK THE CAR IN TO GET FIXED (OR ANY TIME I TALKED TO SOMEONE ABOUT GETTING IT FIXED) EVERYONE HAD HEARD OF THIS ISSUE AND THERE WAS NO SURPRISE IT WAS HAPPENING. ONE TECHNICIAN TOLD ME "WE SEE ABOUT ONE OF THESE PER DAY DURING THE RAINY SEASON." SO THIS IS CHRONIC ISSUE WITH VWS IN GENERAL IF THEY HAVE A MOON ROOF. I SPENT $385 TO FIX THIS PROBLEM.

CAR PARKED AT CHURCH. COULD NOT INSERT KEY INTO IGNITION SWITCH. NO PREVIOUS INDICATION OF PROBLEM. REVIEW OF PROBLEM ON INTERNET AND DISCUSSION WITH DEALERSHIP SERVICE AGENT REVEALED THAT THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TERM PROBLEM OVER MANY YEARS WHERE A LITTLE PLASTIC PIECE INSIDE THE SWITCH GETS OUT OF PLACE AND BLOCKS KEY ENTRY. I CONSIDER THIS AS A SAFETY ISSUE IN AN EMERGENCY. THE COST TO REPLACE THE SWITCH QUOTED AT ABOUT $450 BUT APPARENTLY THE SAME TYPE OF SWITCH WHICH HAS ONLY A 12,000 MILE WARRANTEE. CONTACT WITH A VW ADVOCATE YIELDED NO HELP WITH REPLACEMENT. GIVEN THE LONGEVITY OF THIS ISSUE, IT SEEMS APPROPRIATE THAT THE SWITCH BE MODIFIED TO PREVENT THIS POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE.

WHEN WE MOVE THE SHIFTER TO D AND YOU ARE DRIVING THE D FLASHES, SOMETIMES IT STOPS WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED AND SOMETIMES IT FLASHES

CAR IS STUTTERING AND HAS STALLED 3 TIMES IN THE LAST MONTH, TWO OF WHICH I WAS DRIVING, THE OTHER, WHILE STOPPED AT A LIGHT. BROUGHT IT TO GET A DIAGNOSTIC AFTER THE FIRST TIME IT STALLED, WHICH WAS ON THE HIGHWAY, THE ALTERNATOR WAS SHOWING LOW VOLTAGE. BROUGHT IT TO THE SHOP, SHOWED NOTHING, ALTERNATOR WAS FINE. IT STALLED AGAIN WHILE DRIVING IN TOWN THE SECOND TIME. THE EPC FLASHED 3 TIMES AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON A FEW DAYS AGO. DID A DIAGNOSTIC, THE CAM SHAFT SENSORY CODE CAME UP. BROUGHT IT TO THE SHOP, A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT CODE CAME UP AS WELL AS THE CAM SHAFT CODE. THEY REST IT, HOOKED IT UP AGAIN AND NO CODES SHOWED UP AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT OFF. THAT WAS TWO DAYS AGO, IT STALLED AGAIN THIS MORNING WHILE SITTING AT A LIGHT, NO WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON.

EPC WARNING LIGHT APPEARS AND SLOWS CAR DOWN FROM 65 TO 15 MILES PER HOUR ON FREEWAY WITHIN 15 SECONDS, EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND EVEN HAD SOMEONE SHATTER MY WINDOW WITH A SCREWDRIVER FOR ALMOST CAUSING ACCIDENT