general problems of the 2012 Volkswagen Jetta - part 2

Car lost all power and would not restart. I was driving about 55mph on a rural road, thankfully there was not a lot of traffic at the time the car failed. The glow plug light started flashing as the engine was losing power. There was no warning that the car would fail like this. I was able to pull off the the road in neutral. I suspected a high pressure fuel pump failure since vw had just sent out a letter notifying me that the warranty on that part had been extended to 120k miles. After it was towed to the dealership, they confirmed it was a hpfp failure and I am waiting to find out if vw will cover the repair. Was told that this failure caused damage to the entire fuel system ($8,800. 00usd). I do not see how vw can put a car on the road with a part that could potentially fail and cause this much damage.

Engine would not start after standing in cold weather x 10 days. Moisture from the intake air condensed & collected in in the charge air cooler. This moisture then froze, and caused blockage of the intake air system. TSB issued in June 2011, amended September 2011, this issue. Vw revised the charge air cooler design to avoid the formation of moisture and freezing in the boost system. Purportedly, 50,000 Jettas already affected; local dealer reports a car/day entering shop for same issue, and requires same repair @ $1300. Vw will repair tdi's under warranty @ vw expense; those vehicles no longer under warranty are responsibility of owner. However, because vw knows of the problem, is aware of the TSB and issued the revised charge air cooler kit, vw will negotiate with owners whose vehicle is no longer under warranty. Given the magnitude of this issue with Jetta tdi's, why has there not been a recall? why is vw not assuming the liability for all these repairs, regardless of warranty status? would ask NHTSA to 1) recall these vehicles for repair, and 2) ask vw to assume liability for all repairs associated with this known design defect, & 3) ask vw to assume all costs, including parts, labor, towing, and car rental for us.

Upon returning home on Sunday 12/21 at 3 pm, smoke was coming from our garage. We opened the garage door to discovery my car on fire and a garage full of smoke. We called 911 and requested fire assistance. We then proceeded to extinguish the fire using 5 commercial size fire extinguishers. The fire department arrived and extinguished the flames and dragged the car from the garage. The car had not been driven for approximately 18 hours.

Accelerating up from a stop sign vehicle would not shift. Pushed on accelerator and vehicle lost all power and went into limp mode. Could have resulted in accident if I had been merging on a very busy highway. Had vehicle towed to dealership and they found a engine code but are unable to duplicate and want to return vehicle back to me without resolving defect.

When starting from a full stop in drive mode "d" I pressed the accelerator and the car responded with almost zero power to accelerate. It just rolled forward as though I wasn't pressing the accelerator at all moving 1 to 2 mph. After 5 seconds of pressing the accelerator and the rpm climbing slowly, it would achieve normal driving power. Even at speeds of 20-30mph the initial response upon hitting the accelerator was the same lagging response. Applying the gas pedal felt like starting from a stop with a manual transmission in 5th gear. I stopped the vehicle several times, even shutting off the car, without any change in the behavior during my 10 minute drive. After leaving the car off for half hour the problem didn't yet return.

The vehicle tends to stutter, lurch, or hesitate at low speeds. This has caused several dangerous situations when attempting to accelarate into another lane or onto the road from a driveway. The dealer has informed me that this is normal behavior for thedsg transmission and there is no fix. An internet search shows that many other drivers have experienced this problem. I cannot believe that this is "normal" performance, and I am concerned about it.

I drove the car to work win I gatt out of work start the car put in reverse and the car staled out cant star towed to the dealer I whose told at that time car have fuel contamination no warranty . Towed it home my husband check car found fuel filter sum metal rust change filter clean line and filter housing and all parts connected to fueling car start fine for a 3month same ha pin did same now car staled as I whose driving with no start tow home an we are in contact with vw to see were this going. Culprit is hpfp.

Engine light and ecm (engine control malfunction) light both come on. Have taken this new car in 6 times in 2 years, and the lights are on, yet again. After vw replaced sensors (four times), and wiring (module), and harness. . . . All under warranty, this is still a problem. And I do not know if it is a safety defect or not. I want to know that before a crash, fire, or fatality happens. Please. . . . If this is happening to your vehicle, make it known to this site. Thanks.

Car lost power and coasted to the side of the road . Towed to vw dealer . No fuel pressure . Removed fuel filter , full of metal . Fuel pumps , filter , lines and injectors replaced under warrenty. Not a miss fueling issue,.

Picked up the car from the dealer on 10/03/12 at 11:00 a. M. It was new---had 47 miles on the odometer. Drove it to work and then arrived home at 6:45 that evening with odometer reading 81 miles. As I was parking the car in the garage I put it into reverse to back it into the spot and then switched the gear(this is a automatic transmission) to drive to straighten out. The car continued to move backwards in reverse and if I had not had my foot on the brake I would have crashed into the concrete wall of the garage. Tried to put the car back into drive--the gear shift was stuck in reverse. I turned off the car and of course, could not start it again because the car was in reverse. The electrical panel on the dashboard continued to read that the car was in park. Tow truck driver arrived and he had to manually pull the cable wire in the engine while the car was running to change gears and get the car to start. This is a very serious problem---the dealer and Volkswagen claim it has been fixed by simply tightening a clasp on the transmission cable. Why was the clasp loose? I maintain this is a design flaw. If I had been trying to make a u turn in traffic or park on the street the result could have been horrific. . I am petrified to drive the car again and the dealership and Volkswagen want to sweep this incident under the rug. Please investigate and prevent this from happening to someone else. Thank you.

Vehicle was traveling at 25 mph, suddenly lost power and died. ## VIN passed ## vw Jetta sportswagen tdi 2012 ##.

On 9 March 2012, I bought a vw tdi Jetta sportswagen with automatic transmission. From the time I took possession of the vehicle, the transmission bucked, hesitated, and lunged. I took the car back to the dealership on 26 April to have it examined, but they said that it was ?normal? and there was nothing wrong with the vehicle. I told them that if that was normal, I was surprised that anyone would want to buy one. After 2 months of this, I took the car back and exchanged it for one with a manual transmission. I believe the so-called automatic transmission (which is really a manual transmission with 2 clutches controlled by a computer) is inherently dangerous.

Upon entering an on-ramp and also accelerating around a turn, experienced no response to depression of gas pedal. Basically car had serious lag before taking off. Worried about safety issue when trying to get out of someones way. Very unpredictable in occurance and do not want to have a wreck. Also experienced "stuttering" around 30 mph as if vehicle did not know which gear to get into. This happens frequently and creates a physical shutter of vehicle felt by driver and passengers.