74 problems related to other fuel system pump have been reported for the 2009 Volkswagen Jetta. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2009 Volkswagen Jetta based on all problems reported for the 2009 Jetta.
Fuel pump not shutting off after engine shutoff. Draining battery. This happened one night while vehicle was stationary in my driveway.
My car has 146k miles. It is a diesel. The high-pressure fuel pump failed while in motion on 2/8/2016. Vw limit on hpfp warranty extension is 120k miles which seems low for a diesel car. To repair the fuel system is $5300 which is more than the car is worth. Called vw and they will not offer any financial assistance. . . Even with this car being part of 'dieselgate'. Hoping other drivers with this same problem are complaining and odi considers re-opening the report. . Read more...
"high pressure fuel pump" addendum to complaint #10808605 please add to the previous that my husband was driving the vehicle at the time & I failed to mention that when the (hpfp) failed he was in the fast lane of the freeway & his power was immediately stopped. This happened on the i10 freeway eastbound just before the "county line rd" offramp in yucaipa, CA. There was no shoulder in the fast lane for him to pull over. He was very fortunate that there was no traffic to his right as he had to make it across 2 lanes of traffic in an uphill grade. The car barely made it to the offramp! if there had been traffic (typically slow moving truck traffic), he would have been trapped in the middle of the freeway & surely hit!! in my previous complaint I was angry about vw not taking responsibility for the known failure. We are responsible car owners & regularly service our vehicles. I could understand had this been negligence on our part. My husband commutes 200 miles a day & we rely heavily on having a reliable vehicle, which we thought we had in a vw diesel. They recognized the defect by offering a 10yr, 120,000 mile warranty extension. Mind you this is a diesel engine which has a life expectancy of at least double this. At some point this failure was bound to happen & vw knows it. I spoke with many vw technicians in the diagnosis of this issue & they all acknowledge this is a faulty part. Some of the blogs try to allude that poor fuel is the cause, but the mechanics don't agree. Any assistance you can provide in getting vw to take responsibility would be greatly appreciated. This not only endangered the life of my husband, but this is a $5500 repair!!.
The high pressure fuel pump of the tdi diesel version of this car is easily compromised under regular use and sends the car into a disabled mode while driving. It is dangerous and very unclear what is happening.
Tl-the contact owns a 2009 Volkswagen Jetta. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 10 mph, the vehicle was hesitating causing the engine to stall. The vehicle was unable to restart. The vehicle was towed to a delaer where it was informed that the failure was related to the fuel system. The vehicle was repaired but the failure continued. The vehicle was taken again to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the high compression fuel pump needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The VIN was not provided. The approximate failure mileage was 60,000. Ak.
Upon pulling out of a driveway, vehicle showed flashing "glow plug" indicator and loss of power (limp home mode). Pulled over, turned off vehicle and restarted, indicator cleared and vehicle drove normally. On subsequent trip later in the day, same symptoms appeared. Again, cleared by stop and restart of vehicle. Flashing glow plug indicator returned almost immediately, this time with solid "check engine" indicator as well. Drove to dealership service department where they found metal fragments in the fuel system and likely high pressure fuel pump failure. Currently awaiting results of fuel test to verify failure was not caused by misfueling with gasoline.
Tl- the contact owns a 2009 Volkswagen Jetta. The contact stated that while his wife was driving at 60 to 70 mph, the vehicle stalled and shut off, losing all power. There was no warning indicator. The vehicle was towed to a local dealer who diagnosed that the high pressure fuel pump failed. The dealer stated that the failure was a known issue without a permanent fix. The manufacturer was notified but referred the issue back to the dealer. The vehicle had not been repaired. The failure mileage was 130,000. Fe.
The glow plug light began flashing and the check engine light was on (had been on for the entire duration of my ownership of 1 year for the car). We were on the highway and the car steadily lost power in the span of a quarter mile. We pulled off the side of the road. The engine would crank but not start. The mechanic the next day found metal shavings in the fuel system and suspects a high pressure fuel pump failure. The recommendation was to replace both fuel pumps and fuel lines. We have never misfueled the car - we have only used diesel fuel at top stations like shell and bp.
Had been driving for well over 100 miles on the interstate and was exiting from one interstate onto another in moderate traffic in louisville, kentucky. During lane change, flashing "glow plug" indicator light came on and "engine fault! workshop!" came on. Car immediately decelerated, causing hard breaking from following traffic and near collision. Able to drive at 40 mph for approximately one mile to another exit. Stopped at traffic light at the bottom of that exit and car stalled in the middle of the road and would not restart. Towed to nearest dealership. Two days later, learned from vw dealer that it was the "hpfp". Again. A similar incident happened with this car in the fall of 2011 -- around the same time vw issued their recall of the faulty pump. I was told that the hpfp was replaced at that time. This was only 4 years ago and precisely the same issue. I have had the diesel fuel pump modification (another recall), the car is under the 120k on their "extended warranty" and I only use very-low sulfur diesel gasoline at major national chains when traveling cross-country like this.
Was driving when the engine fault workshop warning came on. The glow plug warning light also appeared. Car wouldn't go past a lower rpm but was able to make it to a parking lot. After grocery shopping, turned the engine on again and started to drive. Both warning lights came on again and then the engine stalled. Was able to start it again and parked it in a parking spot. Waited about 5 minutes and started it again and was able to drive it around the parking lot. Engine light was on but car was running ok. Pulled out onto the street and went about a 1/4 of a mile and the warning lights came on again and stalled. Was able to start it again and make a u-turn and then the lights and stalled happened again. Parked along the curb and called a tow truck. This apparently is a common issue with the fuel pump on vw tdi's. Car is currently at a vw dealership waiting on the results for a gas test to see what type of fuel I had in the tank. My call has the gasoline nozzle blocker installed per the recall a few years ago. There is not any gasoline in the tank.
For the 2nd (!) time in 2 years, the high pressure fuel pump failed on the car. As my husband was driving the mountain highway, he lost all horsepower and the dash lights all lit up with various warning signals and a system failure warning. Fuel pump has exploded and introduced metal shavings throughout the entire fuel system.
Gas smell inside car, fuel spraying/leaking out of metal fuel line from fuel pump to fuel rail.
We were driving on down the road and the cars lights started blinking and then car stop running and stopped dead in the raod. Could not get it started agian. If it had been on the freeway I am sure I would not be typing this we would be in hospital or worse. We had to get out and the sterring was not wroking to get it to side of road. I am elderly and do not have alot of strength. We had to pay extra to aaa to tow it since we were far away from dealer. The dealer called and said there was metal shavings in fuel line and componnents. I reserched online and have seen several of the same things happening to other cars. This is a real safety issue. . Read more...
The contact owns a 2009 Volkswagen Jetta. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 45 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle failed to restart after several attempts. The vehicle was towed to the residence where the contact replaced the fuel filter. The contact informed that the high pressure fuel pump needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 75,000.
Glow plug warning light began flashing and engine lost much of its power. After about 1 minute of additional driving engine stopped in the middle of the road leading to loss of power steering and brakes. Managed to coast car off to side of the road and stop without incident. Car towed to local mechanic and diagnosed as a high-pressure fuel pump (hpfp) failure which resulted in metal flakes contaminating the entire fuel system.
While driving in local, I was so scared when my 09 vw Jetta sportwagen tdi suddenly stopped, completely out of power. The car stopped right before we entered the intersection. It couldn't be able to restart. There were no engine light on, no warning signs. The car just completely shut down without any signs and we have to have it towed. I consider this as a serious safety issue since if the car just shut down like that while on freeway, it could lead to many car accidents and deaths. The diagnosis showed that there is metal pieces flow inside the fuel line which cause fuel system damage and break down the high pressure fuel pump. This issues has been happening to cars in the same model which has been reported over the years. Nhtsa should have solutions for this safety issues with these vw's car models to prevent serious car accidents especially on highway.
Driving down freeway at 61mph, engine turns off. No power steering or breaks while I changed lanes in heavy traffic to get to the shoulder of the road. Car would not start and had to tow to the dealership. Dealer replaced battery, primed fuel system, gave car back. After five days, check engine light came on, so I took car to dealership. They replaced glow plug control module and gave car back. Driving down highway when car again dies, engine turns off without warning. I have to change lanes again with no power steering or breaks to get off the road. Towed vehicle to dealership where they say the high pressure fuel pump needs to be replaced. This is a very scary and dangerouse problem to have a car turn itself off while driving down the freeway.
On 11/3/2014 I drove my 2009 Volkswagen Jetta tdi to work on interstate 90 , when the cars enginelight came on and the vehicle immediatedly started to decrease speed. By the time I found a safe spot to pull over the vehicle shut down completely. My car had to be towed to an autoshop where I was told that my cars highpressure fuel pump shut down and contaminated the whole fuel system with metal from the secondary fuel pump. I had purchased this car used just this February for $15000 and now I have to pay a bill of $7000 to be able to drive it again. I did do some research and dicovered that I am not the only driver with a 2009 vw Jetta where the highpressure fuel pump failed.
High-pressure diesel fuel pump (hpfp) began to fail. Heard high-pitched whine coming from hpfp after engine had been taken at least once past 2100 rpms after startup. Vw dealership service department confirmed hpfp imminent failure and replaced it under warranty.
This problem is caused by fuel pump failure in vw diesel engines. It happens in two ways. Fuel pump fails sending metal shards throughout the fuel system or fuel pump provides inadequate pressure and car enters 'limp mode'. In the first case the car stops running and entire fuel delivery system must be replaced. The second case happens under load (passing, entering freeway or climbing incline). 'limp mode' means loss of power. The car must be pulled over, ignition turned off and then back on to clear error code. This is very dangerous when freeway driving. I've had both cases of failure. Vw has opted not to recall but rather deal case by case. My last failure was with a pump with only 2000 miles on it. Bosch makes the pumps. After a few pump replacements, vw refuses to pay. After the last replacement I was told that it would take an 'act of god' to break the new version of pump. So I guess god broke it. There is much documentation online for 'limp mode'. . Read more...
High pressure fuel pump failed (2. 0l tdi clean diesel motor). This is covered under ea11003.
My husband and I were driving, and we heard a very faint, high pitch screeching sound, like a pulley system was going out. We drove another 500 feet, and then the engine stalled. Then the blinking glow plug light came on. Thankfully we were not going very fast, and the road was not busy. We were able to coast to the side of the road. We tried to start the car again, but it wouldn't turn over. We had to get the car towed to a shop. There are small pieces of metal found in the fuel filter, which indicated the high pressure fuel pump failure.
While driving my 2009 Jetta sportwagon tdi on a 3-lane arterial, the engine began to sputter and at the same time the glow plug dashboard light began flashing. Within 5 seconds the engine stalled completely and would not restart, leaving the car disabled in the middle of the lane. An independent repair shop discovered that the high pressure fuel pump (hpfp) had shattered and sent shards of metal downstream through the fuel system. Those shards in turn damaged the fuel lines and fuel injectors. The independent repair shop was unable to secure a replacement part for the hpfp from its usual sources and contacted the local Volkswagen dealer. The vw dealer would not sell the part to the independent shop but indicated that Volkswagen would repair the problem at no cost even though the car was no longer under factory warranty. When I spoke to the parts manager at the vw dealer, she indicated that hpfp failure was a known but uncommon problem and that she saw cars where this had happened "about 10 or 12 times a year. " when I had the car towed to the dealership and spoke to the service manager, however, he said that my car was the 7th or 8th car on his repair floor at that time with a failed hpfp, and that he had been seeing "about 15 to 20 cars a month" with this problem. He said that some of them had probably failed due to misfueling, but that others failed for no apparent reason. He said it was probably due to a slightly different diesel formulation in the us vs. In europe. When I picked up the repaired car two weeks later, I asked the service manager if there was any evidence of misfueling in my car and he said "no. " I asked how many hpfp failures he had seen since I dropped my car off and he said "you don't wanna know, probably a dozen. " he also said he had recently become aware of hpfp failures happening even on vehicles with previous hpfp repairs.
Flashing glow plug light and engine warning with loss of power. Engine died within several minutes. Coasted to safe spot to pull off road. Towed to vw dealer who diagnosed high pressure fuel pump (hpfp) failure with metal throughout fuel system.
We bought our 2009 Jetta tdi used at a kia dealership on 5/4/14 with 99k on the odometer. The car was running fine and we had no issues during test drive or the month after until 6/18/14 when the glow plug light came on. We took it back to the dealership we bought it at because it had a 12/12000 warranty on it and they couldn't find a problem. They replaced the battery. It happened again and we took it in to them, this time they sent it back to the vw dealership they had obtained it from to have it checked out. It was there for 4 days while mechanics tried to find the problem and then they brought in an expert to tell them that the high volume fuel pump was failing and it would cost $1,500 to replace. It was not covered under the 12/12000 dealer warranty. We chose not to have the work performed there and I am taking it to another mechanic to have it done. We have driven it for the past couple of months with only minor issues with the glow plug light coming on and we have learned to pull over, shut the car off and turn it on again. This will go for a few weeks before happening and then we have to do the same thing all over again. It is now failing more often and I will be taking it in to repair. The problem here is that the hvfp is a well documented failure on the tdi models and I believe based on the cost I have been seeing on forums that this should be a recall. When the failure happens it is not always in a safe place and I have to make some unsafe moves to get off the road to shut down. I have been lucky that it didn't hard fail as others have and take out my fuel system. We also located the original owner and she had the same issues, this is where we learned to just shut the car off and restart it and all would be fine.
I lost power and a mechanic has since attributed it to the hpfp (high pressure fuel pump) issue outlined in a technical service bulletins. The issue causes metal fragments to contaminate the entire fuel system. Vw recommends over $9,000 in fixes for the compromised car, something that in a single stroke exceeds the remaining value of an otherwise well maintained car.
Driving on I-95 at 70 mph, glow plug light began to blink, then engine failure light came on. Engine began to slow, turned onto next exit and when I released the gas pedal, the engine stopped running. Was able to coast to edge of roadway. Towed to vw dealer in florence, SC and was told I had fuel pump failure and would need a new fuel system costing between $8,000 - $10,000.
Tl - the contact owns a 2009 Volkswagen Jetta. The contact stated that while at a stop, the vehicle stalled and was unable to be restarted. The vehicle was towed to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the diesel fuel pump failed. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure and current mileage was 166,798. Kmj.
As the car (a 2009 vw Jetta tdi) was entering an intersection the high pressure fuel pump malfunctioned (completely) causing the car to stop in the middle of the intersection. It could not be restarted, was pushed to the side of the road and subsequently towed to the dealer.
High pressure fuel pump failed while driving on the freeway. This is the diesel model of the car. Tdi trim. The car suddenly at 65 miles per hour gave a failure/workshop error. Traffic slowed down and needed to brake. When traffic picked up, the car was not able to accelerate as quickly, barely gaining 1mph a second. The car went into limp mode with a max speed of 40 mph. Took the car to dealer and was diagnosed with a high pressure fuel pump failure, requiring the entire fuel system flushed and everything near and ahead of the fuel pump to be replaced.
Driving at approximately 65 mph on the interstate on Thursday March 27, 2014, the car began to flash the "glow plug" warning light along with a message "engine fault workshop". At this point in time the car would only do about 50 mph on the interstate for about 2 more miles until I found a safe location to pull off the interstate. The cars engine stalled as I was making my way off the road. I was unable to get the car to start again. The car was towed the same day to a local garage of my choice. The technicians took five days to diagnose the problem, which was determined to be a failed high pressure fuel pump. I was told the entire fuel system must be replaced in order for the car to run properly, due to the fact that the entire fuel system gets contaminated with tiny metal shavings when the pump fails, the cost was estimated at $8000-$10000 from a local vw dealer. I called the dealer and explained the problem, they told me they are aware of this issue on some models but there are currently no recalls, so nothing would be covered under a warranty. I am not having the car fixed due to the fact that I don't have that kind of money and the car itself is only valued at around $14000. My choices are to let the bank repo my car and ruin my perfect credit that I have been building for 15 years, or keep paying the $350 a month for a car that doesn't run for the next 4 years. It is a crime that vw is aware of this but are continuing to rob us unfortunate people that own these cars because they will not issue a recall or cover repair bills. Thank you for your time on this subject.
High-pressure fuel pump failure (hpfp) while driving on highway at 60mph misfiring and stalling glow plug light is flashing and check engine.
High-pressure fuel pump failure (hpfp) while I was driving 60mph on highway has glow plug light flashing and check light, car is misfiring and stalling.
While driving on a 3 lane road my vehicle lost power and showed a warning message of "engine fault". It had about 50% power for approximately 30 seconds and died. The vehicle was towed to vw dealer and they report that it was the high pressure fuel pump failure with complete fuel system contamination.
My Jetta lost power from going 60mph to 35-40 and after a min it shut down on highway. I managed to push it on a shoulder and tried to start again but nothing happened. I towed it away to mechanic and found out that my high pressure fuel pump shattered and released bunch of tiny metal peaces in to the fuel filter and engine. Mechanic told me that it happened because of a design flaw with the pump that vw admitted but haven't done anything about that. So I'm wondering what if a semi truck came at the same time and hit me would they do something about it then?.