Gas Recirculation Valve (egr Valve) problems of the 2013 Volkswagen Jetta

1/7/2016. Clear morning, 25 degrees out, started vehicle, warmed up for 20 minutes before getting ready to leave. Drove car to end of street when car engine started to sound like it was out of oil and it stalled. Brought to local vw dealer, was told that intercooler cracked from ice build up and that one glow plug was damaged as a chunk of ice entered one engine cylinder. Was quoted $1200 dollar repair not covered by vw even though a TSB has been in effect with an improved intercooler replacment. This has been a problem with vw since their 2009 model year. My family also owns another 2013 vw with only 26,000 miles and it has experienced similar symptoms described by hundreds of complaints on vw forums of not starting or stalling when put in gear or at a stop light, possible indications of icing in the intercooler system. Was told from the dealer the only way the intercooler gets replaced under warranty is after it freezes and engine damage occurs and only if it occurs before 36,000 miles. I have read where engine damage from ice build up in the turbo intercooler system has cost owners over $6000 in repairs if occurs after the warranty expires. That means vw owners pay roughly 25% of the msrp of the vehicle if the intercooler ices up significantly, which the manufacturer admits could result from normal operation. Reading numerous complaints of engines known to hydro-lock at freeway speeds whereby driver lose the ability to safely operate the vehicle is a hazard that endangers anyone near this vehicle when an ice chunk stops the engine abruptly. Since the manufacturer has developed a cold weather kit for dealers to install with specific procedures for repair it should be classified as a recall when there is no warning if and when the car might stop running which could result in death depending on when the intercooler icing occurs and the car stops moving.

My car is a vw Jetta tdi 2013, 95,000 miles, not even 3 years old, got it brand new. I started to drive away after doing some shopping. As I was leaving the parking lot, the car stalled. The check engine light came up and so did the glow plug light. The car did not start again after several attempts. I had it towed to the shop. The day after, I was told that the fuel pump had disintegrated due to the internal heat. When doing so, all the debris went inside the fuel system and engine. In order to repair it, the vw car dealer said they had to open all the system and flush it to clean everything and they would charge several thousand dollars to fix that. Although I was not happy with their diagnostic and price, I had to do it. I need the car to get around to go to work. I told the car dealer that this incident was not normal. They said that they did not know what caused it. I have done all the service and maintenance as suggested by the manufacturer. On the other side, it just happened that last week, vw issued an extended warranty for up to 120,000 miles for the fuel pump for diesel cars years 2011 and 2012. I called them and they said that they could not cover the 2013. Obviously, they know something was wrong with those previous models. I think they should include this problem and extend the fuel pump warranty for this car as well and -in this case, cover for the thousands of dollars that this is going to cost me for having a "faulty pump".