I own a 2009 volkswagen jetta tdi sportwagen. It has approximately 8,000 miles on the odometer. I believe that this car has a serious design flaw, which creates a very unsafe driving condition. On a daily basis, I experience a situation in which I am waiting at a stop light to turn left, and when I depress the pedal to accelerate through the intersection, the car moves a few feet (into traffic) and then stops altogether. After pressing the pedal all the way to the floor for 2-3 seconds, it reluctantly starts moving again, and I observe a huge cloud of white vapor pouring out of the tailpipe as the car takes off again. My fear is that I, or someone else, will be unable to clear an intersection in a dangerous (or otherwise normal) situation and will be involved in a head-on or t-bone accident that will cause serious injury and/or death. The car displays no error codes, and otherwise drives perfectly normal.
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I had my 09 tdi towed into a v.w. Dealer today for a major oil leak. The details are as follows: I parked my tdi in my driveway this morning after a local drive. No mechanical problems were observed. In the afternoon I went for another drive. I barely got out of my driveway when the cars oil light started blinking, and the mfd said stop the vehicle-low oil. I pulled back in my driveway and noticed several liters of oil on the ground under my car. I had my vehicle towed to the dealer by a flatbed tow truck. The service manager called me into the shop and showed me that the oil filters housing cap had been screwed loose, and placed on-top of the housing upside down. The cap had a small piece missing just before the threads begin. Since the car had 1 1/2 quarts of oil still in the oil pan the service manager did not feel that any engine damage occurred. I explained to the manager that I had been home all day, that my car was locked, alarmed, and parked in my driveway. The manager insisted that someone did this damage to my vehicle. He could not explain how someone was able to get in the vehicle without the key, and without causing any damage or leaving any tool marks, or setting off the car alarm. I had my vehicles 10k service done at this dealership 800 miles ago. During that service the wrong oil was used, and the vehicle was severely overfilled with oil. These problems were caught by myself, and corrected before leaving the dealership. Is it possible that the dealer caused a third problem during my 10k service, such as not properly tightening the oil filter's cap, or was my vehicle vandalized by a mission impossible impersonator? Is it probable that engine damage occurred to the vehicle? If what the dealer said is true this vehicle has a severe security flaw!
Tl*the contact owns a 2009 volkswagen jetta. While driving approximately 35 MPH on normal road conditions; the transmission exhibited a pulling sensation and began hesitating intermittently. The failures progressed between 0 to 55 MPH and the engine surged while maintaining speed. An authorized technician informed the contact that the problem was a manufacturers design without a remedy. The computerized system code was reset to the manufacturer's service code. The vehicle was inspected by an authorized dealer to further diagnose the failure. The contact had concerns of the safety risk involved. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 150 and the current mileage was 6,500.
The vehicle has a 1 to 2 second lag when accelerating from a standing start or when I step hard on the accelerator pedal. It acts like it has to think about it for a while before the motor starts to rev up and the transmission engages. This has caused several near-accidents when pulling into traffic, and at stop signs when other drivers decided I'd waited too long and started into the intersection at the same time my car finally decided to get around to going. This is a tdi with the dsg transmission. I had the dealer run a full diagnostic and they didn't find anything. I see others reporting the same behavior here and elsewhere. I suspect faulty programming in either the engine or the transmission software, though it may be just the inherent behavior of the system. I'll put today's date on the "approximate incident date" although it's been this way since I bought the car in november 2008.
I own a 2009 volkswagen tdi. It now has just over 11000 miles. After only a couple thousand miles on the vehicle, I started noticing that the engine hesitates and in some cases produces severe bucking for maybe 2-3 seconds. During these incidents, the vehicle has less power and this can be a serious problem if one is trying to merge into traffic and suddenly has less power than anticipated to accelerate. The problem unfortunately can't be replicated on demand. It is more off a sporadic occurrence. I have taken the vehicle top the dealership 3 times and each time there is nothing that they can find wrong with the car. There are no error codes that show up when they use their diagnostic tools and they have not been able to replicate the issue. The only thing that was done to try to solve the issue was during the most recent visit to the dealership the fuel was sampled and left overnight in a freezer to check for gelling, I don't think it was sent to a lab for analysis. The fuel filter was also changed. These actions have not corrected the problem.
I bought my brand new 2009 jetta tdi on 5/28/2009 and 2 days later after I had only driven the car for 200 miles, the air conditioning stopped working when the car was sitting still. I opened the hood after I got to my destination to realize that the cooling fans were not working at all. They would not even come on to cool the engine. This occurred on a saturday, and the vw dealer where I bought it was closing in an hour. Their master tech agreed to stay until I got there and he ran some tests on it, and told me he simulated a severe engine overheat and the fans still did not come on. He said the car could not be driven and it would have to stay at the dealer. He said the fan relay was faulty and would have to be replaced. Then monday morning the service manager whom did not believe the master tech decided to drive my car with a non-functioning cooling system to see if he could replicate the problem. He called me to discuss the fact that the air conditioning worked while he was driving to which I said it will when you drive it, however, it does not work when your come to a stop because the fans do not turn on. He finally decided after a day of wasted tests to order the part. I finally got my car back today after they had it for 5 days of the first week I owned it. I am so glad I purchased the 100,000 mile warranty, because that sort of problem after 2 days of ownership does not say much for vw. Everything was covered under warranty, but I was still without my car for just shy of a week. Diagnosed part= cooling fan module failure.
This complaint is for a 2009 v.w. Tdi (diesel engine). When I press the accelerator pedal when the engine is not yet warmed up, and shortly after the vehicle is started a hesitation occurs. This is very dangerous when it happens in traffic. This was reported to platinum volkswagen on 1/6/09 during a vehicle courtesy check. The car dealer could not find the problem; however, the problem continues. This hesitation happens several times per week.
Vehicle's motor engine's fan would not stop running even after vehicle was shut off causing the battery to run out.
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