general problems of the 2009 Volkswagen Jetta - part 2

Car: 2009 Volkswagen tdi sportwagen on December 16th at approximately 1230pm, I entered interstate I-95 via exit 19 in southport, CT heading southbound. As I accelerated and merged into the lane from the onramp as I got up to speed (@60 mph) the "glow plug light" came on and then the engine light came on. The car immediately began losing power and I pulled over to the side of the very busy interstate. It was dangerous as I lost power and had to maneuver between passing cars in order to get to the shoulder to pull over. I turned off the engine and let the car rest for a minute or so. I turned the engine back on and the check engine light came on again. I attempted to accelerate and the car had very limited power so I immediately stopped the car again and turned off the engine. I got out of the car, opened the hood, and noticed what appeared to be gasoline coating the engine as well as trailing behind the car. I called aaa and had my car towed to the riverbank Volkswagen dealership in stamford, CT which was closed due to the fact that it was Sunday. The following day I spoke with the service manager and was informed that the car would not be looked at until Friday December Dec 21st when a "specialist" from vw would arrive to inspect the car. I have performed my own diligence and have found that similar issues with the 2009 Jetta tdi's have been fairly common and I expect (hope) vw will cover all repair and rental car costs for me in this matter.

I was stopped at a traffic light on a busy street when my Jetta tdi sport wagon made a loud rumbling noise and stalled. It would not restart and was towed to the dealer. The dealer found metal shavings in the fuel system and suggested this was due to gas contamination of the diesel fuel since I had just fueled my car. However the diesel fuel was not contaminated with gas and the dealer replaced the entire fuel system, blaming this on a pump failure. I'm glad it did not happen 15 min earlier when I was traveling 55mph.

Car flashed engine malfunction, died soon after, will not start up again.

Tl- the contact owns a 2009 Volkswagen Jetta tdi. The contact stated that while traveling 60 mph the vehicle stalled. The driver was able to merge to the side of the road. The vehicle was towed to a private mechanic where it was found that the fuel system had failed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure and current mileage was 90,000. The VIN was not available. Pmb.

While driving down the road, my warning light flashed a coil symbol, pulled the car to the side of the road and looked up the problem in the manual. Blinking coil indicated 'drive to local service' so I tried to crank the car, which started. Began to drive, but as I approached a hill and intersection the vehicle became sluggish and slow. Upon braking at intersection, the vehicle shut off. I was in the car with three of my four children, the oldest is 17 and has a dl, so I put her in the drivers seat and my 12 year old and I pushed the car out of the intersection to avoid collision. Called dealership, they said tow it in, and I have extended warranty to cover defects. The next day I am told that there is bad fuel, not gasoline but sweet smelling diesel. ( SC is running cars on biodiesel which has a sweeter smell), warranty company sending inspector. His report says he smelled gasoline, but tech says impossible as the vehicle would never have gone 450 miles on gasoline before this malfunction. We feel that vw is trying to hide the problem under the gas companies and avoid major cost. Staring at $8000 repair bill for a car now worth $12k. We cannot afford this kind of expense as I am sure most consumers in America would concede. We have read and documented many cases where vw has repaired this problem in or out of warranty because of the defective part. Feel that this is just now an issue with the fuel, they knew the standards for highway diesel when they put the part in the car, shouldn't have sold it if it would not stand up to the pressure. Will not accept this as our fault. Cannot accept this as our fault.

I had just left my vw dealership it have an unrelated issues looked at, I had a service that wed. I pulled out of the dealership drove about a mile and my car flashed so kind of warning. I turned around to go back to the dealership and it died. I was less than a mile away from getting on the interstate where I would have been traveling at 70 mph.

Started my car for the second time that day, nothing out of the ordinary. About a mile away I experienced the car shutting down. I downshifted into second, turned back on but when I gave it gas it sputtered. I was on the side of the road for 1. 5hrs waiting for tow truck. Mechanics computer describes the problem as low fuel pressure.

While leaving a concert, the vehicle was fine leaving the parking lot. Once we increased speeds to 45 mph, the engine completely shut down. The dials on the dashboard all fell to zero and the gas pedel no longer worked. We coasted into a small campground area off to the side of the road. After trying to restart the car three times, it finally started and we proceeded to go down the road, only to make it 500 more yards and pulled in to a hay stack pad. After numerous attempts to start while sitting on the phone wiht our insurance company, the car started once and died after sitting idle for three minutes. We then attempted to start it one last time and drove 25 mph to the nearest gas station. We all got out of the car, locked it up thinking it may have something to do with an antitheft feature. We got back in the car and were able to drive 41 miles home at hiway speeds. The following day we drove 5 miles into town and it died again going 25 mph. The closest volkswagon is another 25 miles away.

This is a vw Jetta 2009 tdi with 74,200 miles. I have been the only owner. Vehicle suddenly lost power and black smoke came from exhaust, red lights on dashboard came on with error message "engine failure". Technician at vw dealer found the turbo charger had an internal failure. The faulty turbo pumped oil throughout the exhaust system into the cat converters, and hoses. All would need to be replaced and costs $7,200.

I was going down the road at approximately 45 mph, the engine lost power and stalled. I was able to pull to the side of the road, then have it towed. My spouse is an engine machinist, and after talking to a Volkswagen dealership, and taking the car apart, found metal shavings throughout the fuel system. So far, he has spent $3200 for parts which has depleted our saving account. He is self employed and I work part time and part time student, paying $400 a month for a car we thought would be safe, dependable and economical! this is clearly a safety issue, documented for over 2 years with no responsibility taken by vw, who has falsely denied any ongoing issue of this sort. Fortunately, my husband can do the labor, but people are spending $8,000 to $10,000 to get this vw problem fixed, and in some cases has happened again. This high pressure fuel system is faulty and unsafe. Vw needs to take responsibility for their product to ensure customer safety on the roadways.

Car lost power and stalled. Glow plug light started flashing. Had the car towed to the dealer. Warranty repair. They said it was the accelerator sensor, but that made no sense to me. The car has performed okay since then, but I'm concerned the same thing will happen again. I am now out of warranty. This is a 2009 tdi Jetta wagon.