Tl* the contact owns a 2009 volkswagen routan. The contact stated that while driving 30 MPH, the engine stalled without warning. The vehicle was coasted to the side of the road and restarted. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection where they stated that the wind module needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 80,000. The VIN was not available.
2009 Volkswagen Routan engine complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2009 volkswagen routan. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the engine stalled without warning. The contact was able to restart the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the technician stated that the failure could not be duplicated. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 11,046.
Vehicle engine will turn itself off and lose power while driving down the road. Able to pull the car off the road and immediately restart the engine. It causes a loss of power steering, power brakes, etc. This has happened multiple times and whenever taken to dealer for diagnosis the issue can not be duplicated. Usually happens when the car is cold, but yesterday it happened after we had been driving for a couple of hours. You can watch the RPM's drop every now and then and sometimes it will catch it and keep the motor running, but sometimes not.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 volkswagen routan. The contact stated that the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection where the contact was informed that the wireless ignition node receiver needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the incident. The approximate failure mileage was 61000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 volkswagen routan. The contact stated that while traveling approximately 30 MPH, the vehicle suddenly stalled. The vehicle was moved to the shoulder where it was restarted. The vehicle resumed normal function. The contact also mentioned that the brakes had to be replaced often. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the failure could not be diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted about the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 47,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 volkswagen routan. The contact stated that while driving 35 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact was able to safely move to the shoulder and restart the vehicle. The vehicle was not repaired and the manufacturer was notified. The approximate failure mileage was 54,000.
When I purchased the car they checked the oil and I saw it was clean and full. After a week my wife told me the oil light came on. I checked the oil and their were no oil on the dip stick. I filled the oil to the correct spot on the dipstick. A week later I check the oil and again there were no oil on the dipstick. So I call the dealer and they sent me to sears who could not find a leak and they changed the oil. I checked the oil the following week and again there were no oil on the dipstick. So I call the dealer again and they sent me to another mechanic who could not find a leak. I'm now checking and adding oil weekly.
While driving at various speed the car suddenly shuts off and loses power steering. This has occurred 4 times now and is extremely dangerous. Car can only be restarted when at a complete stop and placed back in park.
Notice oil light coming on between oil change....filled oil to proper level...I took car in for service today (1/7/13) was told by dealership the gasket will need replace, that was the reason for oil usage. I just had my vehicle in to fix the sliding door (tsb recall not honored) in october and in was inspected with no problems. Doing research on internet and finding the oil, door is a common problem in vw routan ( also talked to another owner was in for same problem, stated has been given runaround since day one about problems with his routan).
10/7/12: entering onto road, began acceleration up to 20/25 MPH -then all power, controls dead. Lost power steering and coasted into parking lot. Shut car down, flooded/pumped accelerator pedal. Difficulty starting but worked, drove like normal, again. 10/14/12: turning from sidestreet, on to main street -going 20 MPH. Lost all power again-manually turned coasted car into left middle turning lane. Re-started, operated normal.
During the first month of purchase of my 2009 vw routan I experienced problems with the rear sliding doors. At first it was getting them to open an close an went to the point of the door trying to open while car was in motion. I have had the car in for multiple problems like I have gone through 26qrts of oil in the last 9 months an they have supposedly fixed it 4 times now . The rear sliding doors are a whole other issue, I have had the car in for this issue atleast 12-15 times an 5-6 of those times was during the first year of ownership. My most recent time of having it in the vw service dept was about 6 wks ago an nothing was resolved after it being there for a week. I did not know of the lemon law or I would have talked to a lawyer then. There has to be something that someone can do to help consumers with this vehicle. I cant keep worrying about the door opening while my children are in the car an I am driving the dealership an vw customer care have been made well aware of the issues an have done nothing but tell me to bring it to the service dept where nothing is done.
Engine shutdown-resulting in loss of steering. During normal driving speed between 15-25 MPH, engine shuts down (quits running) during turns (either direction) . Male driver of vehicle is retired law enforcement , trained in emergency procedures, during failure it takes extreme effort to maintain physical control of vehicle to bring to a stop. Vehicle will not restart when shifting to neutral while moving, ignition is on when failure occurs. Vehicle can be restarted after stopping and placing in park. Can reoccur without warning . Vehicle has been at volkswagen dealership for a total of three weeks as of this report. First diagnosis is vehicle ESC system (trouble code for faulty switch). No result. Failed again. Second trouble code indicates problem in dash assembly - waiting for parts expect another 6-10 days for repairs to start. Additional. Writers spouse lost control on 2/24 - into ditch lost a tire. Further incidents of engine shutdown over a period of two weeks during which vehicle has been in dealership for analysis until this last 3 week period. Again - during turns . The engine will shut off - no power with lost of steering control- in turns - living in west virginia - it is a serious safety problem.
2009 volkswagen routan. 1) normal vehicle, 22000 miles, put away in attached garage at night. Bedrooms above garage. 2) before going to bed I checked to be sure garage door was closed. I found vehicle in garage running. 3) vehicle has remote start key. Key should only activate pushing first door lock button and then remote start button twice. Checking system I found only pushing remote start button will start the vehicle unlocked. This is a possible deadly incident as carbon monoxide would undoubtedly have killed my whole family as we slept had I not been thorough in checking the garage door. A child could push the bottom or it can be pushed inadvertently in a pocket or if something were set on it. I know this now we are safe but other people are bound to encounter this incident.
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