When slowing down to a stop the car hesitates while idling and then when you start to press the gas pedal to go it hesitates more and almost stalls. The cooling fan seems to run excessively after turning off motor.
2010 Volkswagen Jetta engine complaints
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I have had several issues in the past month with my vehicle either stalling immediately after start (while clutch still depressed) or shortly after driving. Volkswagen has identified this as an issue with the intercooler; there is a flaw in the design that is letting water into the air pipes which is collecting and freezing. Three times this happened in traffic, one time while crossing a lane with oncoming traffic going 50mph. Vw drained the intercooler two weeks ago and sent me on my way because the part is being redesigned and is on backorder. A week later my car failed shortly after leaving my driveway, stranding me on the side of the road. I had to have it towed back to my driveway. Vw dealership and customer care were closed for the weekend. Monday I had to take a tow truck ride 1.5 hours to the dealership. They've drained it again and want me to pick it up but have acknowledged the issue is not fixed. They acknowledge it is a known issue, it is a safety issue, the car is under warranty and yet they want me to pick up an unrepaired car because vw does not have parts to repair it. I live in vermont, the winters are cold, I can't risk getting into an accident because my car fails due to what vw claims is a known issue.
This is the second occurrence in two weeks where my vw jetta tdi automatic (dsg) 2010 car with 58k miles stalled. I am original owner, have no previous issues with the car and have completed all required maintenance. Symptom. Shortly after starting car and commencing to drive, the engine sputtered and stalled with just over 100 ft of motion. I placed the car in neutral and with slight hesitation, the engine started and I was able to resume normal driving. In the first occurrence (approximately 1/5/12), the car was parked outside at work for 8 hours and the outside temp was in the low 30s. This stall occurred in the parking lot the second event (1/15/12), the car had been in the garage for just over 2 hours and the outside temp was 20. This stall occurred after backing out of the driveway onto residential street and stalled after commencing forward motion.
Vehicle hesitates, usually at lower speeds, but sometimes at highway speeds, and stalled completely in intersections twice. Initially this was most often on a cold start, within the first 5-10 miles, but not consistently. It might do it once a day, once a week, or once every two or three weeks. I believe the problem to be fuel system related and not transmission. I have reported the problem to dealer with each service call (3 so far, I have 20k miles to date). Dealer initially suggested bad fuel and to buy only chevron, but there is no correlation between fuel source and hesitation, no evidence of water in fuel filter, etc., and I usually purchase chevron fuel. Dealer reported being unable to identify the problem without "codes". Vehicle hesitated again (11/25/11), within one block of driving after 20k service. I immediately returned to dealer, and they were still unable to diagnose. Dealer has kept the car and contacted vw USA tech service, but remains unable to diagnose as of 12/2/11. My daughter purchased the same car 3 days after I bought mine and has the same problem (30k miles so far), but has not stalled in an intersection - yet. This is not our inability to drive a stick transmission - both of us have owned diesel jettas with manual transmissions for 10 years prior to our recent purchases. I contacted vw USA and have received the same message - unless they can diagnose a specific problem, there is nothing they can do, but they did suggest going to a different dealer. Vw did perform a fuel line recall with my last service, but the hesitation remains. There are a number of reports of this problem on the web, but vw is unwilling to attempt any repair without a solid diagnosis. Stalling in intersections and hesitation while driving are unacceptable performance for a car. Period. I hope you can help. Evenings or early ams are best time to call.
2010 vw jetta tdi with roughly 35,650 miles. While driving up the on-ramp to enter the interstate, glow plug dash light came on and warned to "check engine now." within 20 seconds, the car lost all power, and luckily I was able to coast over to the shoulder of the interstate (with drivers flying by at 65+MPH at 9:45pm). Vehicle would not restart and had to be towed to the vw dealership. Service rep claimed "fuel contamination," with metal shards all throughout the fuel system. Entire fuel system has to be replaced ($10,000 repair) with equivalent, new parts. According to vw service technicians, the parts have not been updated despite vw's knowledge of this problem. As a result, "fuel contamination" could happen again, and the car could shut off while driving at any time without notice. This is a very serious safety concern. Luckily, because I was driving at night, there was not a lot of congestion on the road. Had this happened during rush hour, there very likely would have been a severe accident. Vw claims the problem is a result of the poor quality of american diesel fuel supply, saying the tdis are designed in germany to run on 100% diesel that's found in europe. If this is the case, why are they selling german designed cars in the united states that doesn't have fuel supplies that are 100% diesel? Volkswagen needs to issue a recall of the 2009/2010 jetta tdi.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 volkswagen jetta sportwagen tdi. The contact stated that while going uphill, the vehicle stalled without warning, followed by the battery light illuminating on the instrument panel. The dealer was notified, but was unable to determine the cause of the failure. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and the current mileage was 22,000.
Motor lost most power but was able to go 10-15mph to get to end of trip. Check engine light came on and glow plug light flashed on & off. Called vw and they scheduled appt for next day, said it was ok to drive in. Began drive home on major city street. While driving, the engine died and would not restart. Car stalled in left lane blocking rush hour traffic. The driver of the following car was able to stop traffic enough to allow us to push the dead vw off the road to the right. Cars were attempting to pass us as we pushed it to the side. Called vw and they sent a tow truck. Diagnostics the next day found metal in the tdi diesel high pressure fuel pump. Fuel system is to be replaced under warranty.
While driving at 35mph, car stalled out. Battery light flashed, radio etc stayed on, but car had no power at all. Rolled to next intersection, turned car off, and restarted it. Took it to dealer, they said it was a software update, which they then performed. Aug. 24 exiting i95, 65mph, same thing happens, I pressed the gas and the engine was totally dead. Lights and radio stayed on. Once again I rolled to a stop, and restarted the car. Took it to the dealer, they kept it for an hour and said there was nothing wrong with my car. So I took it to another dealer. After having my car for a week they were able to duplicate my problem. Their computers were hooked up to my car at the time, and showed no faults. So they were back and forth with vw tech support, and they are flying in an engineer, and they think it might be the steering control module malfunctioning. They have had my car for two weeks now, I have no idea when it will be fixed, if ever.
I was driven up a small hill going about 20 MPH and as I was coming to a stop sign the engine stalled. There was no apparent reason for the stalling. I lost power completely and there was no way that I could restart the car. I knew that it was not electrical because I was able to put on my flashers.
2010 tdi jetta sportwagen stalled on deceleration lane, exiting highway.
During second vw dealer service at approximately 9,000 miles , check-engine light went on during the process, tech read code as a failure in a secondary air-flow sensor, part was replace and the light was off. At third vw dealer service at 17,000 miles, approximately one week after the service, the check-engine light went on at start-up. Checked gas cap, re-seated and light did not clear. As of this report problem coded: p2431, p2433, secondary air injection pressure sensor circuit out of range, a quick google search revealed similar errors in conjunction with oil and filter changes.
On july 21 at approx 1730hrs while driving less than 15mph the engine shut off and had to pull over with no engine. I pulled over and the engine would not start in neutral but had to start with the engine in park. The vehicle is a 2010 vw jetta diesel. Vehicle was checked by the vw dealer on 7/23 and no codes could be found and they indicated nothing was wrong. Called you complaint office 8/8 and odi # 10417948.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 volkswagen jetta diesel. The contact stated that while driving approximately 10 MPH, the vehicle suddenly stalled without any warning. After waiting a few moments, the vehicle was restarted. The vehicle was inspected by an authorized dealer and they stated that they were unable to diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was notified and the contact was awaiting a response. The failure mileage was approximately 44,100.
As I was driving on the highway and I was about to shift to a lower gear to slow down, the engine stalled and died. Luckily I was able to come to a complete stop, and restarted the engine again. I drive a diesel manual transmission engine.
My vw jetta tdi stalled while coming to a stop sign after the clutch was depressed. It did this occasionally during the first year of ownership. After a year of ownership and a dozen or so incidents, the car started to stall multiple times during a one half-hour commute. Twice recently, once on my way to work and once on my way back, the car stalled two and three times respectively. It even stalled on the highway going 65 MPH when the clutch was depressed. Usually, it stalls when coming to a red light or stop sign when the clutch is depressed in order to take the car out of gear. At 12000 miles, the engine light came on and off a few times and then remained on. The diesel particulate filter and egr valve were replaced which is highly unusual for a car with such low mileage. Also, after my 20000 mile service the engine light went on again and the dealer replaced the #4 exhaust gas temperature sensor. Before the 20k service I had called the dealer the day I stalled 3 times and reported my engine light went on. I went to the dealer a few days later, thursday, for the service and the light had gone out by then. The dealer said there was a software update for the ECM to be done in addition to the regular service. I left the dealer after the 20k service only to have my engine light go on again and the car stall again. So I went back to the dealer and that is when they changed the #4 exhaust gas temperature sensor. It did not sound to me like a proper fix for this problem as I believe it could be either an electronic glitch with the ECM or other electrical components or some fuel system problem whereby fuel flow is interrupted when going from load to no load scenarios, I.e. Clutch engaged. Anyhow, I stalled again two miles from the dealer from which I had driven. The dealer says they can't duplicate it or find any codes related to it. They will call vw again.
My 2010 vw jetta tdi has had 5 episodes of stalling (actually it does not stall in the normal sense of the word, the engine just stops running). In all 5 incidents the car needed to be placed in park, the ignition needed to be turned off and then the car could be restarted and ran normally. In 4 of the incidents it was either raining or had just recently rained. The 5th incident had high humidity. The o2 sensor has been updated twice. The first time as a response to the problem, the second time as part of normal maintenance.
The car chronically stalls in first or second gear in stop and go traffic, at very slow speeds or when coasting. When giving it gas and letting out the clutch, it just stalls with no warning. Have spoken with other jetta tdi owners and they acknowledge same problem
I had come to a full stop and was idling at a red light in a busy intersection when the engine stopped suddenly. No misfiring or rough moments before stopping, just a sudden cut off. I put the engine in park and tried restarting the engine. No success. I put the engine in neutral and got a push to the side of the road. Tried starting the engine several times, in park, with no success. Vw called a tow truck. Before accepting a tow I turned the ignition fully off and tried restarting the engine. This time it started. I cancelled the tow. Car is running normally again. This sudden stopping of my engine happened one other time when the car had about 4000 miles on it. I was pulling out of a parking place and the engine shut off as I was pulling forward after just having put it in drive. I restarted the car and a few seconds later the engine started misfiring, but only for a second. Then it ran fine. No further mishaps until may 17, 2011 at 17,500 miles. I notified vw of the mishap when I took it in for it's first check-up. Vw said they didn't find anything wrong and didn't know why it happened. I currently have a call in to vw again, but have not yet heard back from them.
I purchased my 2010 jetta tdi new at the end of september 2009. It is a manual transmission. I'm a pretty conservative driver and attempt to maximize my mpg. Each day after the vehicle has been setting overnight and is cold, I start up and drive to the store, a 4 mile drive, the engine will pause usually within that 4 mile drive. Sometimes it is a short jerk and sometimes it is a greater jerk. Other times it will happen on the return trip home. But it'll happen only once until it sets and cools off. I have had it in the shop twice with no help. My research finds some problems with the high pressure fuel pump which may be the issue, but I haven't been able to talk to vw america to see if they will confirm or deny this. This problem has happened since I've had the vehicle. It has 6,500 miles on it and I'm hoping to get it fixed before the warranty expires. Not sure what will happen when the mileage gets higher.
Jetta tdi stalling.
I pulled into a parking spot , took my foot off the gas pedal to coast in and applied the brake (approx 3 to 4 MPH). The engine revved and accelerated. The car lurched forward. I pushed the brake pedal as hard as I could. The car moved approx 6 feet and over a 6 inch curb. Suddenly the engine returned to normal revs. Luckily there was only lawn in front of me or I would have done significant damage. Strangely the car radio changed stations at the exact same time of the acceleration. The engine type is the vw diesel tdi with automatic transmission.
We have 2010 vw jetta tdi and we have the stalling problems. It started about 3 months after we bought the vehicle. In ca highway traffic I had the car stall on me 15 times, I was wreck by the time I was able to exit the highway. I refuse to drive the car anymore. It has been to the dealership now 6 times to fix the problem and they keep giving us all these stupid reasons and then tell us they can't duplicate the stalling problem so they can't fix it. I just want the problem fixed and I am tried of getting the run around with volkswagen on this. Obviously there is a problem with these cars. We take it the dealer it runs great for about 2 days and then the check engine light comes on and then 4 hours later the glow plug light comes on and back to the dealer we go with nothing in the end. They keep telling us it is electrical nothing to do with the fuel problem. It is extremely frustrating that volkswagen won't do anything about this problem.
2010 jetta sportwagen tdi; vehicle lost power but continued running. Dash warning lights(glow plug lamp flashing) were illuminated. Dealer stated fuel contamination. Fuel tests, by an actual fuel lab, show fuel in the system met all astm standards for diesel fuel oils. Premature failure of the materials which compose the fuel filter/ water separator housing were apparent however they were attributed to "water" in the fuel which is ironic being that it is a fuel filter/water separator. The hpfp ( high pressure fuel pump ) was most probably the root cause of the entire failure. Vw's resolution was to involve my insurance as the method of payment to replace the entire fuel system(tank to injectors). I can not however use the insurance to complete this claim as it would be fraud knowing that the actual problem is the responsibility of volkswagen.
2010 volkswagon jetta sportwagon tdi automatc transmission.the vehicle loses total power if the driver "power brakes" the vehicle. Ie: if you are sitting at stop sign during heavy traffic, left foot on the brake, and you attempt to accelerate quiclky, the car will move forward slightly as if it stalled, your first response is to brake quickly, thinking the car stalled, when you realize this is not the case, then accelerate, this can create the same effect, because of a panic situation and the foot still on the brake this has happened to me several times, almost causing a serious t style collision. I asked the dealer and he confirmed that if the driver brakes and acclerates at the same time this will occur. To demonstrate this further, I have attempted to brake while traveling at various speeds and the car seems to "brake and lose enormous mount of power". I feel as though a saftey warning should be given directly to the new owner of this type of vehicle, such as a caution sticker that any driver, especially that may have borrowed the vehicle, will be aware of the grave consequenses of power braking a vw. Diesel. Im glade that this happened to me rather than to my wife or daughter the outcome may not have been the same.
Tl*the contact owns a 2010 volkswagen jetta tdi. The contact stated that while driving through a traffic light the vehicle stalled. The contact tried to restart the vehicle for approximately five minutes. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who performed a diagnostic test and could not duplicate the failure. The contact stated that he refueled his vehicle prior to it stalling. There was a defect investigation opened on february 7, 2011 and was open when the complaint was filed for the fuel system, diesel, the federal safety agency action number: ea11003. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage 3,337. Updated 05/03/11*lj updated 08/05/11
This vehicle has experienced continual problems with engine shuddering and stalling. Mostly, while in 2nd , 3rd or 4th gear, early on into a trip the engine will suddenly decelerate and in some case stall out completely. It is as if there is a sudden loss in fuel getting to the engine. This started soon after purchasing the car. It has been into the dealership numerous (6 or 7) times for this warranty issue, including extended stay periods of seven and ten days. First they faulted my fuel, then they replaced the fuel pump, then they have done other work and replaced components, but claim they can not make the car fail as I have reported. They claim to have alerted vw and had a vw technical advisers look at this car. They refuse to do any additional warranty work on the car for this issue since they can not diagnose it. I have kept a log of these failures since my last servicing. Between 10/22/2010 to 3/12/2011 this vehicle has had 19 of these failure events. They usually occur when the outside air temperature is above 32 degrees fahrenheit. The vehicle is still under warranty (28,500 miles on the odometer). I am finding other owners experiencing similar problems. Please help.
I have encountered complete loss of throttle response when pulling out into traffic on 8 to 10 occasions over the 6 months that I have owned the car. On one occasion the motor completely died but restarted on first attempt after waiting five minutes.
On a 40 degree day I drove the car about 1 mile. At a traffic light it stalled. I had to keep the car in park until the light changed, then I put it in drive. When the car was initially started it didn't seem right. It didn't seem to have power or pick up. I noticed the tachometer was quickly bouncing between 1800 RPM down to 400 RPM prior to stalling. Car had half a tank of diesel, outside weather conditions were dry. *tr the consumer stated the stalling is still ongoing. The dealer believed the stalling was a result of different additives in the fuel between winter and summer. Updated 09/14/11
I purchased a 6-speed manual transmission jetta-tdi at the end of december of 2009. I have been driving manual transmission cars since 1975, and I was upset that my car was stalling either just starting out in first or in the lower RPM range of the lower gears when turning and moving through intersections or trying to go uphill when the rpms were in the lower range. Keeping the rpms up a bit seems to have helped, as I am not having it stall as much as before. I also noticed what seemed like a slight hesitation or jerking when cruising . It would be just for a split second and then be gone my accident occurred when I was parallel parking on a hill. I went to back up a bit to straighten out my car and it stalled, rolling forward into the car parked in front of me. Fortunately, no one was injured. Damage was minor, but was submitted to my insurance company. At this point I was just blaming myself for not being able to adjust to the difference of clutching with a diesel engine because I couldn't figure out how to explain it. Then a heard 2 radio reports about the complaints being filed. I called vw of america who listened to my story. They told me that in order to be compensated for my accident, that I would have needed to have had the car towed immediately to a dealership and had it diagnosed. She suggested that I take it to be diagnosed. I took it to the dealer who kept it for two days and could not find anything wrong. A week later, I was coming to a stop for a red light and the rpms began to fluctuate like it was going to stall and then it would come back to normal rpms. When I started to drive it was a little rough, then smoothed out. I called vw of america who recommended that I take it back to the dealer. I am waiting for them to return my call. I have also 3 intermittent problems with my am radio cutting out--are the problems connected?
Multiple incidents that appear to be the same problem/defect. 1. The car sometimes will not start for several minutes, and once it does finally start, has a very rough idle and stalls. After several tries, it finally starts and runs normally. This has happened 7-8 times from july 2010 until the present. 2. Now, over the past two months, the car tries to stall out while driving also, and has resulted in my wife having to pull off the road and restart the car. This has only happened twice so far, but the starting and rough idle problem continues to occur approximately once every couple of weeks. On another note, I want to ensure that if any recalls occur as a result of everybody's complaints, that u.s. Military stationed overseas are not left out. Many of us purchase these u.s. Spec cars from local dealer agencies who (re)import the cars back to europe for this purpose. Oftentimes recalls are not enforceable overseas, however, this is a volkswagen and there are plenty of authorized vw dealers in germany, and in europe as a whole.
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