2010 Volkswagen Jetta: hesitation when accelerating

Filed May 12, 2018 · Engine, Transmission · 89,000 miles · TN

When driving this vehicle it will at times hesitate and stumble severely to the point where you will have to pull over. No check engine light or codes noted when scanned. Problem started right after vw tdi emissions fixes. Vw dealer claims no connection.

Filed Jul 14, 2016 · Acceleration, Transmission · 66,793 miles · NV

Tl* the contact owns a 2010 volkswagen jetta. While shifting the vehicle between the park, reverse, and drive positions, the vehicle made an abnormal noise without warning. In addition, when the accelerator pedal was depressed, the vehicle hesitated to accelerate. The vehicle was taken to a dealer, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 66,793.

Filed Jul 30, 2015 · Engine, Fuel system · 10,000 miles · MI

Tl* the contact owns a 2010 volkswagen jetta. While at a stop light, an abnormal noise could be heard coming from the engine without warning. The contact stated that the vehicle hesitated prior to the engine failure. The vehicle had to be towed. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was confirmed that the engine was defective. The high pressure fuel pump relay needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The failure mileage was approximately 10,000.

Filed Jan 22, 2015 · Engine, Fuel system · 68,000 miles · NY

While driving home from work, about 30 minutes into a 40 minute drive, driving about 30 MPH, in 16 degree f weather, my vehicle, a diesel with a 6 speed manual transmission suddenly stalled. I was able to engage the clutch, go to a lower gear, release the clutch and re-start the engine. With the engine bucking and hesitating, I was able to drive the rest of the way home. The next morning, the vehicle would not start. I had it towed to a vw repair shop where they found a completely blocked intercooler, full of ice. Doing some research, I have found that vw has a tsb to correct intercooler icing, which involves replacing the original factory unit with a new intercooler design. As I looked on vw forums, I found that many drivers have had similar unpredictable failure due to intercooler icing. When I requested vw correct this design flaw at their expense, they refused, claiming the vehicle is off warranty. I would like the federal safety agency to look into this, as I feel vw needs to either make a safety recall, or correct the problem on any car on which it occurs. This problem strikes me as similar to the recent gm ignition key failure issue. Thank you for your consideration.

Filed Aug 6, 2014 · Electrical · 31,000 miles · CA

Incident first started with the car turning off for no reason. Just stalling out. Then it hesitated starting. Replaced the battery. Seem to be okay, but then both brake lights went out, the radio/control console went out most recently, the seat belt light and chimes come on for no reason and yesterday when I pulled the key out of my ignition the key was so hot I could not touch it. Clearly, there is a serious, even dangerous electrical issue with this make, model and year. I have read countless stories online of people having the same problems. Why has there not been a recall of this car yet? Does somebody's car have to catch fire first? Who needs to die before vw does the right thing?

Filed Mar 11, 2013 · Fuel system, Transmission · 30,000 miles · CA

My engine stalled unexpectedly. I was able to start the engine again but there has been frequent hesitation when finding gears.

Filed Dec 18, 2012 · Acceleration, Engine · 55,000 miles · MA

The car abruptly decelerated from 65 to 35 MPH on a major interstate as the engine went into 'limp mode'. The sudden deceleration caused swerving and I had to pull over to the curb in order to avoid an accident. The coil/check engine light turned on and car hesitated as it drove. This is the third incident that this car has had with the exhaust problem causing engine to force deceleration and abrupt stopping even stalling. The system this time diagnosed a defective exhaust control module/flap. The previous emissions issue while the car was under warranty involved defective egr valves. Problem seems to show up every 10-15k miles on this diesel model.

Filed May 9, 2012 · Transmission · OH

We purchased a demo vw jetta sportswagon tdi the summer of 2010, the vehicle had @ 2600 mi. On the odometer. After driving it for a while we noticed that when you step on the accelerator there was often a hesitation before the car engaged and you started forward. We talked to the dealer and they told us it was the transmission, several other people had complained about it but there was nothing they could do. When you try to get out in heavy traffic you often put yourself and others at significant risk because the car hesitates as you try to accelerate from a stop leaving you hanging out into traffic. Someone is going to cause an accident, I hope it isn't us.

Filed Mar 13, 2012 · Engine · 30,000 miles · DC

Engine completely and suddenly stalled out after stopping at an intersection. The car was restarted without hesitation or delay.

Filed Feb 15, 2012 · Engine, Fuel system · 39,000 miles · PA

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.

Filed Jan 16, 2012 · Engine · 58,500 miles · CT

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.

Filed Dec 2, 2011 · Engine, Fuel system · 500 miles · CA

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.