general problems of the 2010 Volkswagen Jetta

When making a left hand turn car stalls. Dash panel lights go out and battery warning light flashes and car shuts off. Car has to be completely stopped,ignition turned to the off position and put into park, before it can restart. Very dangerous when driving in high traffic areas. You don't have time to pull over. The car just dies!.

Over a week and 200 miles after filling up. With diesel. The car suffered a fuel system failure resulting in a complete engine shutdown at 45 mph with no restart. This included a reduction in steering and braking power. Vw dealer still has the car as of 3/27/2012. Claiming high levels of gasoline in the fuel. When asked how they determined the presence of gasoline they said they could see it in a sample. No real analysis. Just visual assessment. Opened an incident report with fuel supplier and they say it is most likely a difference in seasonal mixes of diesel fuels. Vw says they are going to repair the car for free then void my warranty on the fuel system.

Driving southbound on interstate I-75 at approximately 12:30am vechile suddenly lost power and engine stalled out. Vehicle was able to make it off interstate safely and coast to a stop five miles from our exit. Vehicle would not restart at all, engine would crank over but not start. The vehcile was towed to dealership later that morning. This is the second incident of vehicle losing power and not being able to restart it. First incident was approxiamtely six months prior to this one. There have been only two drivers for this vehicle and there has been no issue of cross contamination of fuels. The vehicle is a 2010 tdi Jetta.

2010 vw Jetta tdi with roughly 35,650 miles. While driving up the on-ramp to enter the interstate, glow plug dash light came on and warned to "check engine now. " within 20 seconds, the car lost all power, and luckily I was able to coast over to the shoulder of the interstate (with drivers flying by at 65+mph at 9:45pm). Vehicle would not restart and had to be towed to the vw dealership. Service rep claimed "fuel contamination," with metal shards all throughout the fuel system. Entire fuel system has to be replaced ($10,000 repair) with equivalent, new parts. According to vw service technicians, the parts have not been updated despite vw's knowledge of this problem. As a result, "fuel contamination" could happen again, and the car could shut off while driving at any time without notice. This is a very serious safety concern. Luckily, because I was driving at night, there was not a lot of congestion on the road. Had this happened during rush hour, there very likely would have been a severe accident. Vw claims the problem is a result of the poor quality of american diesel fuel supply, saying the tdis are designed in germany to run on 100% diesel that's found in europe. If this is the case, why are they selling german designed cars in the united states that doesn't have fuel supplies that are 100% diesel? Volkswagen needs to issue a recall of the 2009/2010 Jetta tdi.

The contact owns a 2010 Volkswagen Jetta. The contact attempted to start the vehicle but it would not start. Approximately twenty minutes later, the contact was able to start the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where the contact was told that there was water in the fuel system. The vehicle was repaired. The failure and current mileage was 18,000.

The car chronically stalls in first or second gear in stop and go traffic, at very slow speeds or when coasting. When giving it gas and letting out the clutch, it just stalls with no warning. Have spoken with other Jetta tdi owners and they acknowledge same problem.