general problems of the 2009 Volkswagen Jetta - part 2

My 2009 Jetta tdi engine started running rough when I pushed the clutch in while turning into a parking lot 3 weeks ago. I coasted to a parking spot and turned off the ignition. I started the car back up immediately to see if it was going to be ok and it sounded good so I shut it off. When I returned about 45 minutes later, the car started but sounded like it was running on only one or two cylinders and then died. I called a tow truck and it would not start at all when he arrived. The dealer asked if I had ever run gasoline through it. I said 'no, why would I do that?' he said that the entire fuel system needed to be replaced and that vw would pay for this 'one time' even though the warranty has run out. Well, if they are at fault this time, they will be at fault the next time too. My concern is the next time. I drive on a 70 mph interstate 90 miles round trip to work 5 days a week. What are the chances that I will be lucky enough that it did not happen in traffic at that speed the first time and just where will I be when it happens again? if they are replacing this shredded high pressure fuel pump with the same model made of the same materials, it will happen again. Is there ethanol being put into diesel in this country? what about the additives to diesel that are necessary for lubricity that are put in by the different companies? is one or more types of these the culprit? this problem is all over the internet and I hope that vw can come up with a permanent solution before someone is seriously injured - if it hasn't happened already. Meanwhile - still waiting for my car to be returned to me.

Engine abruptly stalled entering large multi-lane intersection, as engine repair light came on. Suddenly inoperative power train on the vehicle without any prior warning. Tdi diesel powered vehicle. Towed to dealership and diagnosed with hpfp (fuel pump) & fuel system failure.

When starting to move the car such as at a stop sign or at an intersection, when putting the accelerator pedal down to start the vehicle moving, the whole car almost stalls as engine power disappears for a terrifying few seconds. This is very dangerous because you pull out into traffic and expect the car will move forward and not stall. I went onto a vw forum and learned that this is a common problem for vw.

While the car is in the "drive" position I can turn off the car and take the key out of the ignition. This allows the car to roll freely if on any sort of a slope.

2009 vw tdi Jetta. Engine runs rough, sutters at certain points and lacks power. Will sometimes stall in traffic. Have documented with dealers. Vw America refuses to answer. Vw has software fix, but will not apply it to vehicle. Do people have to be killed before these people pay attention.

The contact owns a 2009 Volkswagen Jetta. The contact stated that the clutch connector was fractured. The vehicle was taken to a dealer and they advised him that he needed to replace the clutch plunger. The vehicle was repaired. The failure recurred approximately one and a half years later. The contact stated that the plunger was dangling from the vehicle. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer but they offered no assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 45,000.

Dsg transmission at slow speeds will suddenly downshift into 1st causing abrupt engine breaking in traffic without warning (<25mph). Trying to accelerating from the slow speed or stop will causing a 1-2 second delay/jerk in traffic (narrowly avoiding being rear-ended in stop-go-traffic).

Dsg transmission mechatronic unit failure (integrated cpu unit) resulting in severe to erratic behavior of the car. Cars would suddenly stall. . . Buck or lunge forward or backward depending on the shift mode. Many people are complaining on the vwvortex website about this most recent and severe transmission malfunction. Vw is taking up to several months to repair cars. It appears to be vw-Audi cars 08 through present that are severely affected.

2009 vw Jetta tdi (turbo-diesel) equipped with dsg (direct shift gearbox) transmission. Vehicle prematurely downshifts from 2nd into 1st gear at slow speeds. When driving in 'tiptronic' (manual) shift mode at slow speed conditions, such as right turns, parking lots/garages, yield conditions, etc. , the vehicle will downshift unexpectedly from 2nd gear into 1st after reacceleration has already begun, resulting in the engine's rpms to "skyrocket". If this occurs within a turn in traffic, the vehicle's acceleration is stalled due to the lower gear. Panicking, one shifts the vehicle into 2nd at the high rpms and the transmission jolts under the power and causes the vehicle to surge forward rapidly under power. This has contributed to near rear-end crash situations for both drivers following at the downshift/stall condition as well as vehicles in front at the upshift/acceleration condition. In parking lots while moderately traveling in 2nd gear looking for a parking stall, without warning, again the vehicle will sometimes downshift into first causing this braking "bucking effect and the engine rpms skyrocket until one either lifts off the accelerator or shifts back into 2nd. This condition has been intermittent for over a year now an overall makes it very difficult and unnerving to drive in stop and go traffic, parking lots, areas with speed bumps, garages, or any other slow speed environments where one would prefer to operate the vehicle in 'manual' shift mode as provided by the dsg's design. It seems apparent to me that the software and/or sensor components related to the shifting characteristics of the dsg while in these modes, should not allow the vehicle to downshift into the 1st gear unless the vehicle comes to a stop, or at least at an almost non-detectable speed, thereby allowing the driver to reaccelerate in 2nd which, in combination with the high-torque nature of the diesel engine is more than sufficient for these scenarios.

The contact owns a 2009 Volkswagen Jetta. The contact stated that the vehicle would stall whenever driving uphill. The contact was able to restart the vehicle after the failure. The vehicle was neither diagnosed nor repaired. The failure mileage was unknown.