general problems of the 2016 Volkswagen Jetta

Car was great for first 100000 miles. Then it was not. While driving in heavy traffic on a three lane highway, car lost power, ability to accelerate and went into limp mode. Epc code went on. Very dangerous. Took it to several mechanics, vw dealerships, could find nothing wrong. Issue has happened over 100x since, but I am unable to afford another vehicle and pray over car continually to keep me and others on road safe. Few times car would suddenly shudder like engine was quitting. Canceled medical trip to city when this happened 50 miles from home. Have had to cancel work as well one day when this happened. Recently bought a fixd sensor and it diagnosed issues with faulty gas cap and purge valve. Replaced both. That issue seems to have resolved. Car has been burning oil like crazy. Sometimes 1l after driving 150 miles. Fuel efficiency is terrible. Even running 91 grade fuel hasn't helped. In cold weather, around -30, sometimes driver door won't close. Literally have to drive with one hand holding steering wheel and one hand on door. Scary. Newest issue this week. While driving highway speed, low oil light flashed momentarily. Then speedometer and rpm gages quit. Then entire instrument cluster went black. Was almost at work, so prayed and got there safely. After work, instrument cluster worked, but car started and stalled immediately. Mechanic code reader pulls up nothing. My fixd reader says it's a upstream oxygen sensor. Looking at youtube videos, the issue it describes sounds like this may have been what contributed to those epc codes for last few years. Borrowing a vehicle from family - car is stranded at work. This is my first and likely last vw.

Vehicle begins to shudder and slow with no response to attempts to accelerate and eventually stop completely though engine is still on. This has happened on multiple occasions and in many driving situations including on busy streets or in the middle of turning which is a huge risk for an accident! can restart with regular acceleration after a few minutes. Service indicators will come on with codes indicating transmission related issues. Have had transmission flushed without significant change with transmission replacement as next step.

The transmission failed due to mechatronics failure without warning.

The contact owns a 2016 Volkswagen Jetta. The contact stated that while accelerating from idling, the vehicle jolted with the check engine, abs, and tire pressure monitoring system warning lights illuminated. Additionally, while driving approximately 40-45 mph, the vehicle began decelerating to approximately 30 mph. The contact pulled to the side of the road and inspected the vehicle but could not identify the cause of the failure. The vehicle was driven, and the contact became aware that several unknown warning lights were illuminated. After waiting for a while, the electrical power returned but the vehicle failed to start. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic however, the mechanic was unable to determine the cause of the failure. The mechanic suggested that the transmission might be the cause of the failure. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 87,000.

The contact owns a 2016 Volkswagen Jetta. The contact stated while driving 25 mph and attempting to merge into another lane, the accelerator pedal was depressed but the vehicle hesitated to respond. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact stated that the failure reoccurred while driving. The dealer and the manufacturer were not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 52,000.

While driving in the morning rush hour my vehicle lost power. As I pushed on the accelerator the vehicle did not speed up and maxed out at 40 mph. I was not able to keep up with the speed limit or traffic and I pulled over to the shoulder to get out of traffic so that I did not cause an accident. Dealer confirmed that my transmission had gone out. The check engine light came on.

The vehicle lost it's ability to shift into gear and accelerate on a busy road, almost causing a collision. Pulled over and it failed to shift into any gears, (as if it was in neutral with a higher engine rpm). According to the technician at the volkswagon dealership it was a complete internal failure of the transmission, with an estimated cost of $8,600 for a new transmission. Looked up the issue on a popular car complaint site and saw the exact same symptoms from another driver but their technician suggested to replace the mechatronic j743 with the transmission hydraulic pressure sensor g270. Their repair estimate was approximately $3,800. I brought this issue up to my technician's representative but I feel it fell onto deaf ears. Considering commission being attributed to the cost of repairs, I don't think it would be unbiased. I contacted vw customer service as I was told this was a "known issue" for the hybrid models and my year being the last of the 4 years in production. They were no help either. Major loss of trust on this car and volkswagon in general.

The problem happens when the car is on, and when attempting to accelerate the car will feel like it was put into neutral and you cannot do anything other than coast. The car has done this a few times while driving. Also, when trying to accelerate from a stop at a signal light, the car can suddenly stall, and you won't be able to do anything. From a safety standpoint, this is very bad since if you had to quickly accelerate to avoid a collision or other possible scenario and the car won't move, or accelerate, to reach speeds on a freeway or highway. Problem occurred last night when attempting to accelerate and merge onto the highway, felt like the car was in neutral ('d' light was blinking as well as the 'hybrid' light). What is concerning is that vw did know about this problem and they only did a recall for very small number of vehicles. We called vw and they said no recalls on our 2016 Jetta hybrid for this problem. I'm reporting the problem here because we have experienced the same problem multiple times and the dealer said to replace the mechatronic j743 unit, this was very cost prohibited for us at the time.

Fuel rail , fuel pump,fuel filter fuel driver, leak in injector.

This driver has been quoted for a new transmission by vw. There is an existing recall for 2013-2015 Jetta hybrids for the same symptoms as listed below. The issue was preceded by a check engine light and a service hybrid system light and inconsistent braking force that would often pose a system risk as regenerative braking would often stop working forcing the driver to quickly apply more pressure unexpectedly (almost resulting in front end accidents). Now , the car is jerky while stopping and still unpredictable in its application of brake force. When taking off from lights, occasionally the transmission will stop providing power from the hybrid system to the wheels forcing driver to stop and restart the car in the intersection resulting in near accidents. The car’s gas engine often will fail to start while driving resulting in a loss of power when the car’s hybrid battery is depleted. The driver has had to pull over to stop and restart the car. Failure to start often happens on first startup as well. The car will no longer remain in electric mode due to this issue and often cycles the engine on and off many times while sitting at red lights.

Diagnosed by vw as having a crack. This is the same issue as with their 2013-2015 models and the same system. ## #vpic# 1 - check digit (9th position) does not calculate properly #vpic#.

Cracked transmission unit same issue as 2013-2015 Jetta hybrids same part as those years.

Car putters at stops and shakes with initial acceleration and deceleration. Check engine light turned out shortly after. Code read transmission fluid pressure.

My vehicle has started to hesitate when I try to accelerate randomly. It doesn't happen every time I drive but it happens multiple times per week. I will press my gas, and my car will hesitate, I hear it revving but my rpms go nowhere. It's almost like it's not catching. This will occur for around 5 seconds, leaving me incapable of moving. It has left me stuck in the middle of intersections, taking unsafe turns out of parking lots, etc. It is a very scary issue. However, no check engine or other lights illuminate at that moment, and no codes are found when the car is scanned. I have a sprint drive device that is constantly plugged in to the oem port and it has never picked up on an issue which makes diagnosis very difficult. This leaves me in serious fear of driving my car that I just purchased certified used 3 months ago, with less than 30,000 miles on it. I also have another issue where the same set of lights come on every time I drive- abs, tire pressure, airbag, traction/anti-skid, and steering wheel light all come on at the same time. . . But not sure if they're related because they don't initiate simultaneously with the delay in acceleration.

Ever since I purchased my vehicle one year ago, I noticed that my car has trouble starting. It is a push-to-start car, and sometimes it cuts off and I have to push the button to have it restart. It happens during all types of weather, and I've had the batter tested at the dealership and it was in good standing, and they couldn't figure out what was wrong with it. I've also had to replace the tires multiple times over this last one year of having the car. The first time I had to do that was literally within two weeks of buying the car. Furthermore, the range feature that gives you an automatic reading of the gas gauge is inaccurate. When I fill up the tank if sometimes reads over 300 miles, and then sometimes it reads over 400; and then when the gas is low and nearing empty, it notifies me at 30 miles left till empty but then rapidly drops to 15 or less by increments of 5.

Vehicle pauses for up to 5 seconds when attempting to accelerate across an intersection or while attempting to pass another car on the highway. This failure happens sporadically whether on a public street or highway. I never know when it will occur but have almost been hit by other vehicles several times.

3 times car popped out of 3rd gear while car was in motion, nothing in particular brought this on (no bump in road, etc), car has less than 7k miles, brought to vw dealership and after driving it only two miles, they said they would not even inspect the transmission because they couldn't recreate the problem. Now the issue is that sometimes I can't get the car into 3rd gear. Contacted ne vw regional manager because I wanted it in writing that they were refusing to service the car. Though I was told I would be sent a letter, I've received nothing more than a month later. Other problems I have with the car include the turn signal sometimes not turning off right away-sometimes it blinks right, blinks left and then finally turns off after 1 min or so and the driver's side window would not go up when weather was hot this past summer.

2016 Volkswagen Jetta with 1. 8 l. Turbo engine with automatic transmission. After totally stopping car at an intersection and then applying a little throttle the car will start moving out into intersection, but if I have to let off on throttle after starting out in intersection for one reason or another the engine will not respond and for a few seconds, it will not move leaving me dead in the intersection without any response. Engine is still running but car will not move for a few seconds. No response from the throttle. I took it into vw dealer in saint george utah on !!/2/2016 and had them check it out. The manager drove the car and said it was okay no problems. This problem does not happen all the time, but when it does occur it is a dangerous situation. Mechanics at vw were aware of the problem but could do nothing about it . They said it was a design flaw in the transmission. These cars should be recalled before someone gets killed in them. This problem has happened to me about a dozen times. These cars are to dangerous to drive and should be taken off the roads.