Car Stall problems of the 2001 Volkswagen Jetta

The contact owns a 2001 Volkswagen Jetta. While driving 50 mph or less, the vehicle would rev and performed as if it would stall. The check engine warning indicator also illuminated on the instrument panel. No repairs have been made. The current and failure mileages were less than 100,000.

The contact owns a 2001 Volkswagen Jetta. The contact purchased a used car and, within the same week, it began to stall. The dealer could find no failures. She took the vehicle to another Volkswagen dealer and they gave her a list of all the failures. The list included the transmission, rattling in the engine, and the brake sensors. There are four different tires on the vehicle and each are the incorrect size. The contact stated that she does not have the money to repair all these failures. The failure mileage was 110,000.

1). Incident happened without warning. Vehicle stalled out while driving, leading to a loss of power and manueverable. Owner had to drift into right-hand lane to find a place to pull over. 2). No damage or injury was caused by the incident, as there was minimal traffic on the highway at that time of day. However, losing power suddenly and without warning could be disastrous in heavier traffic situations or adverse road conditions. Consequence was to limp to car dealership to have them diagnose and make repair to vehicle at owner's out-of-pocket expense. 3). Car dealerships diagnosis found faulty engine speed sensor (part # 06a-906-433-c). Sensor was replaced at owner's expense.

Cel light would turn on and off. Car started to idle bad, sometimes it would not move when cold even with gas fully depressed. Then the car began to stall while driving. I took it to the dealer and they replaced the maf but the symptoms are still here and the car is returning to the shop today. I have read many, many accounts of the same issue.

My wife owns a 2001 Volkswagen Jetta vr6 glx. Currently it has about 40,000 miles on it. In September we noticed that the vehicle was not accelerating properly. When the engine is cold, the car hesitates and feels as if it is about to stall. When it warms up the car works perfectly. We took it to the vw dealer last month to correct the problem and perform the needed service. They replaced the battery (which was needed) and performed the service, but did not fix or address the stalling issue. Their thought was that the stalling was related to the battery. When the stalling continued my wife took the car to a mieneke repair shop. They ran diagnostics but were not able to identify the problem. They did not charge us and suggested we take the car back to the dealer. On October 3, 2005 my wife called the dealer (dick hannah at the vancouver automall) to make an appointment. They asked what the problem was, and when she mentioned the stalling they immediately knew the problem. Before my wife could explain what the problem was, they mentioned that they continuously get calls at the dealership about this problem, it only occurs when the vehicle is cold, and it is occurring with several of the vw models. They went on to say that their management is aware of the problem and there currently is no solution. What they recommend is that my wife buy a fuel additive and see if that helps. They have noticed that after adding it to a few tanks of gas the cars seems to perform better, but that the problem does not go away. Vw thinks it is a problem with the valves, and that is a problem specific to the fuel used in the northwest. This is not an acceptable solution. When my wife is entering a roadway I do not want her car to stall or slow and put her in a situation where her safety is at risk. Please do something before there are injuries. Joe bessman.

Car started hesitating during acceleration and stalled a couple of times upon stopping. Epc light flashed on briefly once, then not again. Today, the car started decelerating on the freeway for no apparent reason, then rapidly accelerated again, which seemed like an extreme safety hazard to me. Mechanic replaced the air flow meter and told me that he regularly replaces them on Volkswagens and it is a known problem. I read several other complaints of the same behavior on this site, though the problem was not identified. If this is a part with known problems, why has Volkswagen not recalled it?.

After starting the vehicle it stalled. Consumer had to restart the vehicle. Dealership was notified , but did not resolve the problem.

The vehicle vibrated and then stalled.

While driving, vehicle loses power with out warning. No lights illuminate before or after vehicle stalls. Dealer is aware of problem. The vehicle was towed to the nearest dealer for repairs. When consumer received the vehicle back, the mileage was run up to an inappropriate amount. Vehicle had been in 4 times prior for vehicle not starting. Dealer explainded nothing could be found wrong and that they had driven the vehicle approx. 120 miles. There is an unanswered 82 miles to be accounted for. Dealer has replaced the ecm power relay and a pin at the ecu connector.

Vehicle would hestate and stall out when applying the acceletor pedal from a stop position. Please provide more details. Ts.