2010 Volkswagen Golf: sudden loss of power

Filed Apr 19, 2014 · Acceleration, Engine · 114,000 miles · KY

Had just refueled vehicle a day prior when on lunch break vehicle lost power while driving. Upon entering a heavily congested intersection the vehicle lost power and stalled causing steering, braking and control to be compromised. Started vehicle to move out of heavy traffic and drove directly to an automotive repair shop. Upon inspection the repair facility discovered metal particles throughout fuel system causing unsafe driving conditions listed above including stalling and loss of control.

Filed Sep 24, 2012 · Engine · 30,200 miles · DE

I have a 2010 golf tdi manual transmission car. The car was stalled during driving, after just down shifted from 2nd gear to first gear. After turning off the engine completely, I still couldn't restart the car right away. I had to wait for several minutes, and tried again. The car started on the next attempt. I experience the similar type of stalling soon after I purchase the vehicle, and it persists and recurs quite often. Other times, also during driving, mostly noticeable in 4th gear speed, the car could all of a sudden lost power, for about 2 seconds, although the engine was not stalled or stopped. I also noticed after a difficult start, the driving is less smooth. And when the car is stopped and completely turned off, the engine/fan would keep on running idle for several minutes. And during that idle time, a large amount of heat is dispensed out from underneath the front hood.

Filed Mar 7, 2012 · Engine · 19,000 miles · WA

Tl* the contact owns a 2010 volkswagen golf tdi. The contact stated that while driving at any speed, the vehicle would lose power. The failure recurred intermittently. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and a diagnostic was performed but the diagnostic was unable to locate a failure code. The vehicle was also test driven, but the failure could not be duplicated. The manufacture was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 19,000 and the current mileage was 20,000.

Filed Feb 15, 2012 · Engine, Fuel system · 5,491 miles · CA

Upon making a lane change to merge into a faster moving traffic lane, the vehicle accelerated normally for one second then lost all engine power leaving me in a dangerous position. Upon depressing the clutch, the engine stalled. I was able to restart the engine after which it worked normally. This has happened approximately 20 times since. It usually creates a dangerous situation such as leaving the car without power in an oncoming traffic lane during a left turn or moving too slowly in a merging maneuver. Sometimes the check engine light will also come on and the glow plug warning light starts flashing. Clouds of white smoke always appear at the tail pipe during the power loss. The dealer has replaced a sensor 4 times which makes the warning lights go out, but the engine cutting out problem is never addressed. Vw simply state "cannot reproduce problem" and return the vehicle. The behavior is very dangerous.

Filed Aug 9, 2011 · Fuel system · 8,000 miles · FL

2010 volkswagen golf tdi; on multiple occasions very noticeable loss of power lasting 2-5 seconds usually while accelerating; no stall noted but very disconcerting. Has occurred more than 20 times. Also, has very sensitive clutch with easy stalls from start in 1st gear, have driven manual-transmission cars for 20+ years and have never stalled a car with such ease as the tdi golf. Has created multiple dangerous situations but no accidents. Car has 8k miles on it so far.

Filed Jun 5, 2011 · Engine · 34,600 miles · GA

2010 vw golf tdi - engine died after accelerating while entering a highway from a parking lot. I had to coast back into the parking lot at a dangerously slow speed. If there had been oncoming traffic it could likely have LED to an accident. The car did restart after parking and turning the ignition off and back on. I did not lose power to any of the electronics, only to the engine. The tachometer went to zero and the accelerator was unresponsive. The car currently has approx. 34k miles on it.

Filed Apr 29, 2011 · Fuel system · 18,800 miles · MA

2010 vw golf tdi loss of power and subsequent engine stall while driving on a highway. This happened on two separate occasions at 17500 miles and then again at 18,800 miles. The vw dealership replaced the fuel pump under warranty after the second incident. I understand vw is having 2009-2010 hpfp problems and is claiming that 90% of the failures are due to fuel contamination. I have been driving diesel cars for 10 years now and I'm the sole driver of this car. There was no fuel contamination in this case.

Filed Dec 19, 2010 · Fuel system · 10,000 miles · WA

2010 vw golf tdi 2dr, 6 speed manual: loss of power occurs on occasion, typically under hard acceleration after shifting from 1st into 2nd and pushing down accelerator, car will lose all power, but not stall, for 2-5 seconds followed by regaining power. When it regains power there is a huge plume of white smoke out the tail pipe that quickly dissipates, leading me to believe fuel or water. Car also done exactly same even while attempting to pass a car: downshifting from 5th to 3rd gear, hitting the accelerator and exact same lag/loss of power. Car now has 15k miles and I have experienced this about 6-10 times over the past 6 months. Dealership mechanics claim they can not replicate or find any error codes plus claiming they've never heard of this type of complaint, also they claim/suggest this could be a poor fuel issue, suggesting going to another gas station. Salesperson who sold me car informed me, off the record, this is a common complaint and their is safety campaign currently going on with the 2009 jetta tdi, but clearly this is the same engine as the '09. This type of complaint is also all over the internet and found in numerous complaints on the 2009 jetta tdi on this same website, therefore it sure sounds like a cover-up when the mechanics tell me they've never heard of any complaints like this??? As a veteran law enforcement officer and accident investigator for the past 20 years, this is a very major safety concern.

Filed Sep 2, 2010 · Fuel system · 11,799 miles · WI

Was driving at approximately 65 MPH on an illinois highway when I suddenly lost power and heard a tapping coming from the engine area. This was very dangerous because I was almost rear ended after losing power. Then diesel fuel started spraying all over the car and the highway. Pulled over and fire department came to clean up as much fuel as they could. Car was towed to local vw dealer. It turned out that the fuel line to injector for cylinder #2 was leaking. They removed and replaced this part. 03l-130-301-r line was replaced.