2019 Volkswagen Jetta: engine failure

5 of the 553 complaints about the 2019 Volkswagen Jetta describe engine failure.

owner complaints: 5
of this car's complaints: 1%
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 168 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Engine failure by model year

2024
1
2023
1
2022
1
2020
1
2019
5
2017
4
2016
2
2015
2
2014
10
2013
10
2012
6
2011
17
2010
20
2009
35
2008
2
2007
6
2006
12
2005
7
2004
5
2003
11
2002
12
2001
12
2000
12
1999
7
1998
1
1996
1
1995
1

What owners say

Filed Dec 29, 2025 · Engine · CA

Miles on car 79,000 December 1, 2025 Car started to slow down while driving on bay bridge, San Francisco speed went suddenly from 55 miles an hour to 30 miles and hour Lights went off EPC and RPM maximum was showing on dashboard. Car suddenly started running at 25 to 35 miles an hour while driving on the highway. I was at risk of getting hit by another vehicle since everyone else was driving at 55 and 65 miles an hour on the highway. I was Unable to drive to the mechanic or dealer and requested a towing company to take it to the dealer Important facts to add Transmission was replaced with only 50 thousand miles (2 years after bought from the dealer) On Feb 2025 Car was making noises and showing EPC light and RPM maximum. Car taken to dealer and dealer said that EVAP line was lose and fell from designated connection. Per dealer findings The Engine needs to be replaced at 79,000 miles The car was bought in December 2021 with 22,678 miles. In my opinion the car was sold defective and required two major repairs with less than 79,000 miles

Filed Oct 1, 2025 · Engine · IL

Exhaust camshaft actuator oil cap bolts loosen and fall out and could cause engine failure. Volkswagen has issued a service bulletin for this problem but not a recall.

Filed May 25, 2022 · Engine · TN

Car started making a weird noise after service. It sounded like a tractor trailer idling next to me. Brought the car up to the dealership and determined it was due to a faulty engine. Luckily I didn’t avoid the sound since there was metal shavings in my oil pan which could have caused a complete engine failure. Car only had 27K miles on at the time.

Filed Feb 22, 2021 · Body, Engine · 30,000 miles · OH

Bought car new march 2020. Back cover of driver side mirror came off in april 2020. January 15, 2021 while driving on interstate at 70 MPH. The car began to jerk and sputter. Every attempt to accelerate would cause the car to jerk more. After exiting the interstate I was able to drive 25 MPH to nearest dealership. I was told cylinder 1 was dead and others are misfiring. I have since been told that something broke off and was sucked into cylinder 1 damaging cylinder 1. I have been waiting for a new engine since january. I have been repeatedly told it is on back order with no eta. It is now 2/22/21

Filed Oct 4, 2019 · Engine · 100 miles · CA

My car is 2 weeks old with 400 miles on the car. Since the odometer had aprox 100 miles on it the car has been having a issue with stalling when coming to a stop. In the past 2 weeks it has stalled aprox 26 times when coming to a stop. I have brought the car back to the dealership for this issue because the car stalled 3 times in a 15 mile drive on the freeway in bumper to bumper traffic. The car is very unpredictable as to when it will decide to stall but becomes a very dangerous situation when commuting on the freeway and it decides to stall. The car is a manual transmission and does not have the auto start stop function but stalls out when coming to a stop. I have informed the dealership that this car is very dangerous to have my family or anyone ride in as you do not know if it will fail and put you at risk of being hit by another vehicle. This is a brand new car and should not have stalling or engine failures at any point let alone having over 20 in a 2 week period. The car is at vw being evaluated but I do not feel comfortable or safe knowing this situation is happening.