Six problems related to car stall have been reported for the 2002 Volkswagen Jetta. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2002 Volkswagen Jetta based on all problems reported for the 2002 Jetta.
Engine abruptly lost all power and turned off while driving down the street. No warning lights came on, and the car restarted and ran normally for 6 months. The same thing happened about 6 months later. 10 minutes after the second episode, mechanic wasn't able to find a fault code and drove it without the stall recurring.
Car stalled without warning. Usually happened when slowing down for a stop or while at a stop. Sometimes stalled when starting up from a stop. This was very dangerous as car stalled and cars behind were beginning to speed up or when trying to cross a busy road and making a left turn. I had about $1000 of service at the local Volkswagen dealer in the past 6 months.
Ignition coil packs are faulty on 2002 Volkswagens with 1. 8t engines. There are four of these parts on each 1. 8t engine. This problem causes the engine to misfire to the point of the car will stall and can not be driven. My 2002 Jetta 1. 8t wagon has been towed to the shop twice in the past month for the same problem. The first time only one coil pack was replaced, leaving three faulty ones still installed. A couple weeks after the first coil pack was replaced another one failed. Currently my car has been in the shop for 15 days waiting on the part to arrive from europe. My car has been in the shop for 19 days total in the past two months. When the part arrives, Volkswagen claims they can only replace one damaged coil pack (not all four faulty ones) because the parts are in such high demand. The vw service garage in durham, nc (southern states vw) told me they have 8 cars waiting on these parts to arrive. The national vw customer service center told me vw is replacing only one coil pack per car, trying to get as many cars back on the road as possible, admitting that any of the other original coil packs may fail again at any time. If there are eight cars on the lot in durham, nc there must be hundreds or thousands of vws across the us in garages across the country with this same problem! vw of America realizes this problem, yet they refuse to do a recall due to limited supply of parts. Meanwhile everyone will be still stuck with a car who's engine may fail at any time due to this faulty engine part! this is a dangerous car to own! someone needs to put pressure on vw of America to recall all 2002's Jetta and beetles with 1. 8t engines. Dt.
When the vehicle accelerated from a stop, the vehicle stalled momentarily and then accelerated. There was approximately a 3-5 second delay in acceleration. Dealer was unable to duplicate problem.
#3 engine coil continues to burn out, causing vehicle to sputter and stall while driving. Vehicle was repaired under a safety campaign two weeks ago ,and it experienced the same problem again.
The vehicle experienced intermittent stalling.