2019 Volkswagen Jetta: jerking or lurching

Filed Jul 16, 2026 · Transmission · 73,816 miles · AL

The contact owns a 2019 Volkswagen Jetta. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle failed to properly accelerate while depressing the accelerator pedal. Additionally, the RPM was revving high with the vehicle violently jerking and vibrating. The vehicle was later towed to the local dealer, who diagnosed the vehicle and determined that the transmission was faulty and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not yet repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted about the failure. The failure mileage was 73,816.

Filed Apr 30, 2026 · Electrical, Transmission · 45,000 miles · VT

The contact owns a 2019 Volkswagen Jetta. The contact stated that after driving and shifting into reverse(R), the vehicle failed to reverse as intended. The vehicle was towed to a dealer, where it was diagnosed and determined that the valve body, the wiring harness, and all fluids needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired; however, after driving 5 miles, the vehicle started jerking and the message "Transmission Error - Please Pull Over Safely" was displayed. The vehicle was towed back to the same dealer, where the contact was informed that the seal was installed incorrectly, and the seal and the valve needed to be repaired. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure reoccurred the same day. The vehicle was towed back to the dealer, where it was determined that the ignition switch needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure persisted. The contact stated that while driving 30 MPH, the engine revved, but the vehicle failed to accelerate. There was an abnormal clunking sound coming from the engine compartment, and the vehicle lost motive power. The message "Error Start/Stop" was displayed. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic, where it was diagnosed and determined that the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 45,000.

Filed Nov 28, 2024 · Fuel system · OH

I had a recall on a fuel pump in the previous years. After that, if I was trying with about half a tank of gas and let’s say speeding up to get on the highway, the car EPC light would come on and say can’t go over 4000 rpm . Then my car would speed would be so slow. I told the dealership about this before. Heard nothing. It is dangerous because I can’t speed up going onto the highway. Now this it happens when the gas is a lil more than half a tank. My car will slow down when speeding up . Almost feels like a jerk back and sounds like it. Sounds like something is gonna break and drop out of my car. I try to keep my gas up to avoid this but mostly I can’t. Ever since the pump got repair and covered by warranty/recall.. this is what happens. I slowly have to accelerate and speed up my car . Now I have a canister purge leak from a hose crack and I have read recalls but it doesn’t have my affected. I believe all of this goes together and the dealership should be paying for this. Also, the EPC light does turn off once I stop somewhere and turn the car off and I turn it back on without even refueling the tank

Filed Jun 6, 2023 · Driver assistance, Transmission · PA

When vehicle is at a stop and then goes to accelerate, between 25 and 30MPH there is a low growl from the engine area and a lag in acceleration and a drop in power, which has proved dangerous when trying to avoid a collision when someone ran a stop sign and I had to try and hurry through to avoid being hit. Sometimes if foot is not on accelerator letting the vehicle coast and then reapplied with vehicle going a decent speed there is also a jumping/jerking motion. Also, the blind spot censor illuminates when nothing is present.

Filed May 2, 2022 · Brakes · 78,000 miles · TX · crash · 1 injury

The contact owns a 2019 Volkswagen Jetta. The contact stated that when depressing the brake pedal the vehicle would lunge forward. While driving approximately 40 mph and suddenly depressing the brake pedal the vehicle lurched forward and crashed into the rear of a second vehicle. During the crash, the driver sustained an injured left hand. A police report was taken at the scene and the vehicle was towed away. The cause of the failure was not determined. The manufacturer and local dealer were notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 78,000.

Filed Feb 13, 2022 · Fuel system · MD

Metal on metal sound at low speeds, whirring grinding noise. Then when it gets a little gas it lurches forward like a maniac and the sound goes away til speeds drop again. If the Jetta starts leaking fluids like others complain of then maybe VW will have to acknowledge that this cars transmission and turbo systems are truly messed up. Someone is going to get hurt.

Filed Aug 20, 2021 · Transmission · GA

2019 VW Jetta SE 1.4 tsi *82000 miles *regular car maintenance There is a weird grinding/ whirring noise when accelerating around 1500-2500 rpm id say 2ed or 3ed gear so around 25-35mph. I havent got any warning lights and from what i can read online from numerous others with the same year make and model i have this is a known problem. Ive tried getting it into the dealership but they keep telling me they dont have any loaner cars for me to use because 2021 customer's are priority reason for the loaner is because it takes 3 days for them to be able to proform a full diagnosic on the car but i have took the car to the VW dealer in union city ga 2 times the first time they said the noise was the turbo wastegate and after 8 long hours in the waiting room i get the car back and the dar after the noise is back (on the paper from them the part number isnt a wastegate repair its a boost sensor and my research shows the turbo that VW puts on the car dont make just the wastegate to repair the whole turbo has to be replaced) the second time i took it up there for the same problem they lied about having a loaner car and made me waste a hour drive and gas and i had to ask for the day off to do this. The safty issue concerned with is that when this noise happens its like the car has low power the the specified rpm/mph and when it passes that threshold it takes off and jerks my head back to the headrest reguardless how much the gas pedal is being pushed with the sudden power it could cause me to rear end someone. Another thing im concerned about is that this problem could be due to another car component failing witch could become something serious to be a newer car i dont believe this should be happening ive tried to get it seen about and have had nothing but problems and feel like its getting worse is there anything that could be done to get this looked at and again there are numerous reports online about the same exact problem im having with the 2019 VW jetta se 1.4tsi

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 Dec 5, 2018 · Transmission · 6,000 miles · AZ

Well again my I had to take my 2019 jetta back to lunde's in peoria, az. After the transmission leak was fixed in august, I noticed about a month later the car was jerking a lot and not accelerating when I had my foot on the gas pedal. ( like when you push on the gas, but discover your car is neutral and not drive.) this became very dangerous and the delay time was getting longer and longer to the point where it was about half a minute before it would accelerate. Or would be accelerating fine then mid drive or when turning, it would just stop and coast and nothing would happen when you pushed your foot on the gas other then the car revving and not moving. I took my jetta back into lunde's (again) and they had my car for a month. They replaced the o rings, as people have mentioned on here and I was told that now vw has remade all the o rings to work and fit properly in the transmission. I picked up my car at lunde's and immediately went to get gas. I was waiting in line with the car in park & still running. When I went to put the car in drive said restart engine! So the car shut off on me! I called lunde's back and was told if it happens again to call them. Well, it did, and I did not call them back because I opened up a case with vw of america to try to get a buyback or replacement vehicle. Now I have to wait to see if my auto loan company first investors will process the substitution of collateral request. This way I can keep everything the same on my loan (bc I upgraded and now have negative equity the buy back option is not financially a good option for me) so of course my auto loan company states "they do not do that anymore". So now I am going back and forth with them so I am not stuck in an unsafe car. Do not buy a 2019 jetta until vw gets it figured out on all the faulty parts and do not get an auto loan with 1st investors. Why is this car not recalled yet?

Filed Oct 30, 2018 · Transmission · 6,500 miles · AZ

After purchasing my vehicle 2019 jetta at the end of june, I had to have my transmission leak fixed and the transmission repaired for a large leak. It took over 2 wks to get the car back. Then for about a month now, the car has been running rough, not accelerating without a huge delay & jerking. It's like the car is in neutral when you try to step on the gas. The dealer said they have to send a rep out from volkswagen to inspect my vehicle and they have no idea how long that will take so I will have the loaner vehicle indefinitely. I called volkswagen customer care to open a case to see if I can get a buyback option because the dealer stated there is nothing more they can do at this point.