general problems of the 2011 Volkswagen Jetta - part 2

While in car was driving for approximately 10 min at least and noticed car was smoking. Pulled into my driveway and popped the hood to check why it was smoking and noticed vehicle was under fire. Car was parked prior for about 2 hours.

Tl the contact owns a 2011 Volkswagen Jetta. While driving 45 mph, the air bag off warning indicator illuminated. After two months, the radio and windshield wipers failed to function. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who stated there was an electrical shortage. The vehicle was not repaired. A dealer and the manufacturer were not notified. The failure mileage was 52,000.

There are multiple lights on the dashboard. The abs, brake, traction control, airbag, and tire pressure light are all on when starting the car and stay on. The tpms light sometimes shuts off but sometimes it doesn�t. There is a similar problem on 2006-2010 Jettas and there was a recall that resolved a similar problem.

Car has less than 44,000 miles and radio stopped working. No warning. . Just stopped working.

The diagnostics mechanism for late model Volkswagen is via the radio, this is the only way the dealer or mechanic can diagnose any issues with these vehicles is via the radio. I was told by the dealer that I could not buy a 3rd party radio, because they can't run diagnostics on the vehicle. This is a huge safety risk if a dealer or mechanic can't look at the diagnostics on the vehicle. My only option is to buy a radio from Volkswagen so they can run safety diagnostics. We need an immediate recall on all affected Volkswagen with this radio issue. Again, this is a huge safety risk!!! the dealer is selling radios on the floor to fix this issue - see attached picture. I was told by the manager of the vw auto shop that all diagnostics computer information about the car is done via the radio - without this information it is a huge safety and cars are out on the road with potentially big problems that could cause a huge safety risk to drivers. Please investigate vw that they maybe trying to cover-up. . Read more...

Multiple lights not working, including turn signal and brake, while driving on a city street. Determined that 30 amp fuse #f16 had failed and there appeared to be heat damage to the fuse box at the location of this fuse.

Key gets stuck in ignition and I cannot turn off the engine.

Takata recall. When starting the vehicle after seating for more than an hour, it takes an excess amount of cranking before the engine fires. 10 plus seconds. One its running it usually drives without issues until you get to 5/16-1/4 tank. While driving down the highway it starts to loose power. The car feels like it is going to shut off. It looses power, gains and loose power causing it to sputter and loose control. After a few moments it is back to normal. Then proceeds to happen sporadically usually every couple miles until it gets fill it up. This happens on city roads and highway. I fill the tank up and I only get on average 10 gallons into the tank, so I know its not out of gas. I have had the fuel pump test numerous times by different mechanics. All of them said its not loosing pressure, and it primes when the drivers door opens like it should. After reading online I have noticed many Jetta owners are having the same problems and can not seem to get it fixed. This is very concerning cause it can cut power at any moment and is very dangerous. This has been happen since I bought the car about a month ago and continues to happen if it falls below the 5/16 a tank. This is a problem that has effected many Jetta owners and prevents a risk to them and other cars on the road. This is a manufacturing problem and needs to be corrected. Thank you.

Defective light switch that controls the headlights, daytime running light low beams and high beams. Daytime running light no longer work, low beams are so dim they are no longer effective.

When shifting gears from park to any other gear after turning the car on,, the lights projecting which gear the car is currently in do not light up, and a wrench appears on the dashboard, but the indicator on the dashboard is also gone.

Nhtsa campaign #11v196000 my fuses blow, my driver window rolls down, but intermittently won't roll up. My engine cuts out for no reason, while in motion and stopped. Happens when slowing down, exiting off the freeway and coming to a stop in town. My epc, check engine , and light sensors come on and off and different times. 3 years ago I had my abs module replaced. But continue to have the same issues. Looking online I found the recall above, but when I took it to the dealer I was told this isn't an open recall. This has been going on since 2014.

For about a week it has been getting harder to turn on and off my car, due to the key not wanting to turn in the ignition. Today, I went to park in a shopping area and I couldn't turn the key at all to shut the engine off. I called the dealership and left them a message and told them I'm on my way right now to bring my car in because I cannot shut my car off. My car has 83,000 miles on it and I do have an extended warranty. The service guy behind the counter said they can't even look at it for a week and a half and if anything is wrong with it it should be covered under the warranty. Obviously, something is wrong with it, the car run was still running in the parking lot and the key feels so loose in the ignition, it feels like it should be able to just fall out. He also mentioned that the part that I might need, if anything is wrong with it, with have to ship from germany which would add another week. I might see my car in 3 weeks. My daughter is taking this car with her back to college in about 3 weeks and I'm not feeling to great about her safety right now with this car.

The key gets stuck in the ignition when attempting to turn off the engine; thus preventing the engine from being able to be turned off. I was lucky enough to be close to an auto repair shop, and they had to pull off a relay from the engine compartment. Upon replacing the relay, I was able to start the car so that I could drive home. Once I got home and once again attempted to shut the engine off, the key once again would not turn. The mechanic at the shop said that this is a known issue with my model car but that Volkswagen refuses to acknowledge the problem. Upon doing a google search to see what I can do to shut the vehicle off, I found a few hundred pages describing the issue, so I'm sure this is frequently happening. Apparently, the only solution is to have the failed parts replaced which costs upwards of $600. Also, the key has been getting stuck on and off for the past year, but in each case, I was able to wiggle the key so that it would turn off. Today, I wasn't able to even turn the key to the off position from the on position.

Once the car is started and engine is running, it has been difficult to turn the key off and stop the engine. On Saturday it was impossible to turn the key to the off position and remove the key when we wished to park the vehicle. We had to stall the engine to make it stop running. There are multiple reports of this online in various vw forums for multiple model years. We were only able to get the key out by using one of the tricks we found online.

Takata recall. Key wont turn in ignition on or off in car was in park.

Tl- the contact owns a 2011 Volkswagen Jetta. The contact stated that when the vehicle was parked on an incline, it rolled backward. The contact stopped the vehicle . With the emergency brake. There was no warning. The contact also stated that the key pulled out when the vehicle was not in park or turned off. There was no warning. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 19v615000 (electrical system, steering) the contact called the bozzani Volkswagen dealer (626-967-6325, located at 528 s citrus Ave, covina, CA 91723 ) and it was confirmed that the parts were not available. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue the vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 100,000. VIN tool confirms parts not available. Additionally, the contact stated that in 2017, while driving about 40 mph, the vehicle rear-ended a vehicle in front which stopped abruptly. The contact stated that the air bag did not deploy. There was no warning. A police report was filed. The contact sustained a concoction and hit her cheston the steering wheel. The contact also sustained neck and back injuries. The vehicle was damaged but was not totaled. The vehicle was towed to a tow yard. The dealer was not called. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and did not do anything. The contact was provided a case number. The case number was not provided. The failure mileage was approximately 50,000. Fe.

My vehicle is keyless entry and most of the time the back passenger side door is faulty and does not unlock. The mechanism that unlocks the door only unlocks if the car is parked on a hill. This is a safety issue because the car automatically locks all doors when driving and if I were in an accident, I could not open the back passenger door from the outside. I have an infant daughter and I always have to load her in the car from the back drivers side, also a safety hazard. I see many other Volkswagen owners complain about this same issue in online forums. I've asked the vw dealership to fix the problem, but they don't acknowledge it is a faulty part that was installed in manufacturing. The car has had this problem since I purchased it used in 2013. The car is no longer under warranty.

Vehicle stationary, ignition locked/cylinder lock malfunction while car on, not able to turn car off. Wheel locked while car on. This occurred twice before.

My vehicle will cut off at random times while driving and steering locks up, also my alarm will make the sound to disarm the vehicle when driving I have to pull over shut down car and disarm it and start again. While at a stop light the vehicles rpm will raise and go down raise and go down until car just shuts off. I was pulling into my parking stall and car shut off and locked up I had to hit the brake and re start the car to pull in safely or it would have ran into the carport. On this date the car shut itself off in motion 2 times and it cut off with brake on at a light 3 times.

I got into my car after filling the fuel tank and the the car started fine, but the radio is suddenly gone blank. Radio does not work. The vehicle was stationary. The radio was working just fine prior to my stop for fuel.

The radio is completely dead. I have checked all applicable fuses, none of them are blown.

My boyfriend and I drove to get dinner. On the way there my radio was fine we were singing and laughing. We get to the restaurant and I turn my car off and there were these little buzzing sounds, didn't think anything of it. It was a hot day cars make sounds. After diner getting in the car and getting ready to start driving I realize I can't play music! I always use the aux cord. At first I thought it was my phone then I looked up and seen that my touch screen was black. . . . Then I just thought it was turned off so I tired pushing the power button. . . Nothing. So on the way home my boyfriend looked up the fuses got the chart, and we pulled it out and it was perfect no nothing. Then I immediately got on the internet and started reading. No only did I find that similar models and previous years have had the same problem, but in a few months it leads to dead batteries, and the possibly that's your car is not reliable and it should be with an easy fix. I also found that the type of radio is very hard to find, I couldn't find it in vw parts and replacements, but instead finding earlier, and more update versions!.

Vehicle driven earlier in the day without any issues. Later in the day, I was unable to turn the key while in ignition to turn on the vehicle. Towed it to nearby Volkswagen dealer and diagnosis proved that ignition lock and cylinder have failed without any explanation of what could of caused it. Searched online and discovered that there are numerous owners of 2011 and up experiencing the same issue. Currently, my vehicle has 76,000 miles.

The contact owns a 2011 Volkswagen Jetta. While driving approximately 45 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. The engine and battery warning indicators illuminated. The failure recurred numerous times. The vehicle was taken to wray automotive Volkswagen (located at 655 broad river rd, columbia, SC 29210) where it was diagnosed, but the technician could not find a failure code. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and informed the contact that there was no recall under the VIN. The VIN was invalid. The approximate failure mileage was 210,000.

The contact owns a 2011 Volkswagen Jetta. While driving various speeds, the vehicle stalled and the battery warning indicator illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing, but no failure could be determined or duplicated. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 11v196000 (electrical system). The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 36,000.

The contact owns a 2011 Volkswagen Jetta. While driving 35 mph, the vehicle inadvertently stalled without warning. The contact coasted the vehicle over to the side of the road and was restarted. The failure recurred three times. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed, but a failure could not be found. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The VIN was unknown. The approximate failure mileage was 96,000.

Map sensore (manifold absolute pressure sensor) has repeatedly went bad even a day after changing it. I had replaced the sensor in February then again in March and again in March a day or 2 then again in July after just replacing it. It has no hose leaks or anything wrong with it that Volkswagen couldn't find anything that would make the map sensor continue to fail.

The radio loud popping went dead . Turns on by itself sometimes about 1 time every 2 weeks or so. Loud popping statled while driving.

Driver side low beam not working. The headlights were replaced but this did not fix the issue. The problem might be with faulty parts or electrical.

Lights started randomly going out, and control center started naming several different bulbs that were out. When taken to dealer nothing was wrong. I took car home and everything was fine. The next morning car acted up again, so I video taped it and took it back to dealer while leaving running so they could see. This time their computer recognized the fault, which was a faulty fuse panel that was melting yet not tripping fuse.

The right half of my Jetta lost all of its exterior lighting suddenly. The vehicle was taken to the university Volkswagen dealership here in seattle. It was determined that fuse sb16 aka f16 melted causing the fuse panel to also melt. Repair involved replacing fuse panel and new updated version of sb16 fuse. This fuse was the subject of NHTSA campaign id number: 13v569000 in my 2009 - 2011 Volkswagen tiguan and the 2009 -2010 Jetta. It seems that this has been happening in the my 2011 Jetta.

Automatic car was "parked", turned off. Key removed, though it was not in p. Emergency brake works and applied, but may not have been applied all the way. Rolled back across the low low grade parking lot and our white car bumped a . . . Black Porsche! doesn't appear to be any damage other than paint smudge/transfer from the bumper. Normal safety feature where the car needs to be in park before the key comes out isn't working properly. Any advice on how to fix this? if possible myself? is this something I can get the mfg to pay for? it's not under warranty. It's under a 3 yr power train warranty, but pretty sure at best this is a only related to a transmission issue, not directly a transmission issue. No recalls as of now for this on my vehicle. Any advice is appreciated.

Tl-the contact owns a 2011 Volkswagen Jetta. The contact stated that while driving at night, the front driver side, front passenger side exterior head lights and the rear driver side tail light became inoperable as the lights out warning error displayed. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 90,000. Ss.

My cars low beam headlights unexpectedly stopped working after bringing it into the west broad Volkswagen of richmond, va for a safety recall. I thought there may have been a chance that they both burned out simultaneously and had the light bulbs changed, but still no luck. I also purchased a new light switch for my dash and it still does not work. I am a college student and do not have a lot of money to spend on blind diagnoses. My daytime running lights work and my high beams, just not my low beams. I have done research online and have found that this is an issue with many Volkswagen Jetta drivers from their standard models, through se-sel, and up into the tdi trims. I believe there should be a recall on this, because it is unsafe for me to drive during dusk and if I ever need to drive at night I am forced to use my high beams.

Radio popped and went dead causing a amperage drain on the battery. Fuses have been verified as good but the radio will not turn back on even after resets.