2010 Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen: check engine light

Filed Aug 20, 2022 · Acceleration, Fuel system · CA

In June of 2021 my car had a warning light for the DPF filter come on and told me to follow the instructions in the manual to drive it on the freeway at certain RPMs to get it to clear well that didn’t work and eventually the check engine light came on as well, I took it to the dealership and found out that the Diesel Particulate Filter was bad and needed to be replaced, the DPF was under an extended warranty because of the whole Dieselgate issue, my car had approx 95k miles or so on it when the filter was replaced along with my timing belt. Well six months later the DPF filter light came on again so I brought it back to the dealership that replaced it and they said it wasn’t their fault and that now the glow plugs and thermostat needed to be replaced to get the filter to work so I spent a bunch of money fixing that and now just recently the DPF light and check engine light came on again so I brought it back to the mechanic and they said I needed a new O2 sensor and that would fix this problem, well the replaced the sensor and I drove away and now my Turbo blew which was incredibly scary cause my car lost all power and made a crazy siren noise as I tried to get to a safe area. and my car isn’t driveable at all, my car only has 101,000 miles in it and it going to cost me over $3000 to fix the turbo when I just spent $600 to replace the sensor, $600 on glow plugs and themostat, and $1000 on the timing Belt. This is a lot of extra money to spend on a car in just one year. I don’t think that the DPF filter should be giving me problems every 6 months. I’m a single mom and I don’t know what to do, I can’t afford a new car but I also can’t afford to keep fixing this one. My car is currently at the VW dealership waiting to be fixed and I hope I’m not wasting my money just for it to break again. I’m going into Credit card debt just to keep This car running at this point.

Filed May 12, 2020 · Airbags · CA

My check engine light is constantly on and I have never gotten a recall notice.

Filed Jul 22, 2019 · Airbags, Brakes · 64,000 miles · VA

Abs engine light is on. Found evidence online that vw extended coverage for replacement of this module. Fault code for safety recall for ABS module is 16v‑913. Was told by the dealership that module is not under warranty. In addition, air bag indicator is on and check engine light is on. Just had the cheat device removed two months ago.

Filed Jul 31, 2018 · Airbags, Brakes · FL

Abs control module problem/failure we saw a recall for 2009 models with this issue! Our vehicle is a 2010 jetta sportwagon with less than 80k miles on it which we purchase din december of 2009 with a 7 year/100k mile extended warranty. We were always really happy with the car until we got the notice that this was one of the cars with the emissions cheats in it. As we had such little mileage on the car we elected (after much contemplation mind you) to have the car "fixed" and took the $5k in restitution they offered. Just after the emissions "fix" the car started sputtering when in idle speed so we took it to the dealership but were told they did not see any error codes and could not duplicate the problem so we kept driving the car but this issue did not go away and is still a constant aggravation to us as the entire car shakes when this occurs. June 2018 the brake light, the traction control light, and the ABS light came on. We took it to the dealership and they hooked it up to the computer which instructed them that the ABS module and pump need to be replaced, approximately a $3,000 repair. We took it to another mechanic who instructed us that the pump was fine but the module needed to be replaced due to the fault they read. July 2018, in addition to the previous lights coming on, now the diesel pre-heat light came on, the steering light came on, the airbag light came on and the esp light came on, the engine light came on. Once again we took it to the dealership and got the same answer: the ABS control module is faulty. We are getting a third opinion as we have a bad feeling that the software update they installed for the emissions "repair" is setting off some of these communications issues. After 8.5 years without any issues to have these problems after they "fix" the software seems awfully coincidental.

Filed Mar 17, 2016 · Fuel system · 93,000 miles · NJ

Engine began to run rough and glow-plug light illuminated. Within 3 miles the power diminished and check engine light came on. Stopped for a stop sign and the car stalled in the intersection and would not start. Dealer has identified metal in the high pressure fuel pump.