Fuel Pump problems of the 2012 Volkswagen Jetta

The contact owns a 2012 Volkswagen Jetta. The contact stated that while driving 70 mph, the vehicle reduced in speed and stalled without warning. The vehicle was unable to restart. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the high pressure fuel pump failed as a result the fuel pump and the fuel system needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 12,000.

My wife was driving our 2012 Jetta tdi and it went into limp mode on the highway, losing nearly all power. We took it to the dealer and the problem had gone away. It occured again the next day and we took it in again. They ended up replacing the high pressure fuel pump. My fuel pump did not fail catastrophically as others have, but it still failed. This is a systemic issue with common rail vw deisels and is somthing that I feel should be investigated further and a recall should be issued. I was lucky that my particular pump did not fail catastrophically and just supplied low fuel pressure and that I'm still under warranty, but complete loss of power at highway speeds seems to be a safety concern and vw should definitely issue a recall for this part.