2009 Volkswagen Jetta: wrong fuel gauge reading

Filed Mar 2, 2018 · Driver assistance, Electrical · 130,000 miles · TX

In april of 2016 car just had 6 indicator lights on dash. Just happened one day on the highway. Speedometer, gas gauge none of the dash worked. Red light constant flashing. We ended up having to park it for 6 months while still paying 300 a month car payment and full coverage insurance until I had money to fix it. Around the same time the back passenger window stopped working and still doesn't work. I got this car in march of 2015 I believe. It has cost me so much money and I am hoping that I may be able to get a reimbursement on the 800 I spent to fix it, only to have it do this stuff randomly every few months. Just 2 weeks ago I had to slam on the brakes while driving and there was a bang sound and I drove it home. The next day it drove to work ok and then on way home when it started it immediately was running badly and check engine light and all that was on again. We took it to mechanic and he said thermostat was stuck open and it did need a coil and wires or something also. It has been just constant with this car and I am spending a ton of money. It's really difficult raising a family and working 30 miles away from my home and dealing with this constantly. Oh, and the air conditioner only works in the winter time. Definately not when idleling. Mechanic says that's a 400$ part so I'm just trying to scrounge up the money to fix that part of the electric disaster this car is before it hits 101 on my days sitting in traffic. Please help. The document I have to upload is the reciept from the repair. It was messed up for almost a year before I could fix it. Mostly just sitting.

Filed Oct 2, 2017 · Brakes, Driver assistance · 109,000 miles · PA

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 volkswagen jetta. The contact stated that while the driving at 25-35 MPH, the etc, the ABS, traction control, the fuel gauge, and the brake warning lights all illuminated. The contact stated that the brake pedal was depressed and the brake seized and the steering became difficult to turn. The vehicle was taken to day audi located at: 1580 golden mile hwy, monroeville, pa 15146, (724) 327-4900, to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the ABS module needed to be replaced. The vehicle was included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 16v913000 (service brakes, hydraulic, electronic stability control). The vehicle was not repaired. The contact stated that the failure was intermittent. The manufacturer was contacted and notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 109,000.

Filed Apr 7, 2017 · Brakes, Driver assistance · 130,000 miles · GA

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 volkswagen jetta. While driving, the contact stated that the vehicle performed abnormally. Also, the speedometer and fuel gauge ceased to function, and the ABS warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the ABS module needed to be replaced. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 16v913000 (service brakes, hydraulic, electronic stability control), but the technician refused to perform the repair due to the hydraulic pump needing to be replaced. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 130,000. Parts distribution disconnect.

Filed Nov 26, 2016 · Brakes, Driver assistance · 105,000 miles · CA

The failure that occurred was while the vehicle was in motion, on a city street, almost all the indicator lights turned on (brake, ABS, check engine, and stability control) and the fuel and speedometer gauges went out. After pulling over and restarting the car, it seem to operate ok, but then everything lit up again. I pulled over on a side street to test the brakes and it seemed to brake "normal" without engaging the ABS. It seem like the car operates without ABS, stability control, the speedometer, and fuel gauge.

Filed Nov 10, 2016 · Driver assistance · 85,000 miles · PA

During normal driving of the vehicle, it had many dash lights turn on simultaneously, including ABS, traction control, brake (even though emergency brake was not engaged), epc, and power steering. The gas gauge dropped to zero intermittently and the speedometer dropped to 0 while the car was being driven at around 25mph. On the short drive home, the car went into limp mode and lost power steering. The issue has been diagnosed as the ABS module needing replaced for over $2000. The car has approximately 85k miles on it, and this part should last the lifetime of the car. Thankfully, there was no accident involved like some of the other complaints. If this happened on the freeway it could have caused a serious accident. Beyond the complaints with the federal safety agency, there are countless other drivers on vw forums of jetta and other models from 2009 with the same issue.

Filed Aug 4, 2016 · Brakes · 67,000 miles · IA

Abs module failed on my vehicle without warning and for no apparent reason as I was driving at about 40mph. Car has only done about 67,000 miles. The failure of the part affected not only the ABS itself but the power steering, the gas gauge and the speedometer, all of which started to intermittently fail. The part cost over $1600 to replace and I was without a vehicle for several days as it took them a long time to reprogram the car. It would seem this is a very common problem with the 2009 volkswagen and as the part is so expensive to replace, vw needs to address this.

Filed Jul 7, 2016 · Brakes, Driver assistance · 100,000 miles · CA

Here's another ABS module failure thanks to vw's horrible design. The failure is causing the entire dash cluster to go haywire. Car beeps all the time because it thinks the emergency brake is on. Speedometer doesn't work! Fuel gauge jumps up when engaging brakes. Abs, traction, epc, cel lights constantly on, and sometimes it goes into limp mode making it dangerous to drive on the highway. Vw charges $2,000 for the part excl labor which is 20% of the price of the car new. This should not happen with a seven year old car at only 100k miles

Filed May 18, 2016 · Brakes · 20 miles · GA

I had scary moments while I was driving my vw jetta last friday may 13, 2016. Suddenly the vehicle started acting up. The lights on the dashboard that comes on for warning started blinking included engine, brake lights are constantly flashing, steering, ABS, and e.t.c. (electronic throttle control) + bold red line flashing across drive gears display all in one!!!!!! Which is not makes any sense. ''. Had to maneuver over to the side of the road, lucky we didn't get in an accident!!!! What actually happens when it comes on it is hard to steer, acceleration goes slow, beeping hearing test noise frequents, gas gauge goes to e, and speedometer goes all the way to the end. This happens frequently and doesn't matter what road or highway I'm in, which makes it more dangerous when it's hard to steel and the brake lights are constantly flashing and when I steer the vehicle goes back not forward. I towed my vehicle to a local vw dealership and it was determined that the ABS module failed and caused the problems. The cost to replace ABS module is $2350 ($1650 ABS module +$700 labor). This is obviously a manufacturing defect which can cause an immediate harmful affect if I was on a highway or not being careful I could have easily been in a life threatening accident I don't think it's fair that consumers should absorb the cost of this type of repair I think vw should send a recall immediately. Vw knows about this problem and they replaced the ABS part # 1k0 614 517 bef with new part # 1k0 614 517 bk bef ( I request the old parts from the dealer) -attached my video that I recorded at the time that I had this incident. Https://drive.google.com/file/d/0b1qrivbdbo7qmla2z1rmanbru3m/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0b1qrivbdbo7qwdbmrnhgedheeee/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0b1qrivbdbo7qbfa2two5ofvit2m/view?usp=sharing

Filed Feb 26, 2016 · Brakes, Engine · 95,000 miles · VA

The ABS module needs to be restore or replace. The lights on the dashboard that comes on includes engine, brakes,steering, ABS, and e.t.c.(electronic throttle control).what actually happens when it comes on is it hard to steer,acceleration goes slow, beeping hearing test noise frequents , gas gauge goes to e, and speedometer stops working. This happens frequently and doesn't matter what road or highway I'm what makes it more dangerous when its hard to steel and the brake lights are constantly flashing.

Filed Sep 9, 2015 · Brakes, Driver assistance · 72,015 miles · CA

I was driving down the street when a loud beeping and the red ABS failure + every light on dashboard lit up. Every gauge stopped working (the gas gauge, speedometer, etc) I was close to home and carefully proceeded to the house. After a half mile the car stalled and the engine died. Because I was prepared for an event, I immediately set hazards and rolled to the side of the road. I restarted the car and made it the rest of the way home (2 blocks) without it stalling again. I have not driven the car since, I took it the vw dealer and it was determined the ABS module failed / broke and caused the problems. This is obviously a manufacturing the defect which can cause an immediate harmful affect. If I was on a highway or being careful far beyond any normal sense I could have easily been in a life threatening accident.