Engine Shut Off Without Warning Problems of Volkswagen Jetta - part 1

What happens is my car shut down in the middle of traffic after me getting gas sometimes and engine light appear. When shutting down a quick flash of battery light shows up, now engine light is on longer and the car power just shut everything down as if the battery is dead nothing work but with a jump I was able to move car and when I cut it off it shut down again this been goin on for about 1 month advance auto test it and said it had something to do with my fuel pump don't remember the code but engine keep coming on very often.

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When driving on the highway vehicle's engine shuts off unexpectedly then brakes and steering won't work properly. No warning lights came on! vehicle did not restart. Called vw roadside assistance and had it towed to south motors vw dealership on south dixie and 179 st. Miami. Vw certified technicians can't figure out whats wrong with the car.

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Car shuts off while driving on highway. Lost all power. Pulled over, placed in park, and then the car started. Engine light stayed on. Happen multiple times. I don't feel safe driving this car.

After exiting the freeway and got to the overpass I had to stop, after a accelerated the engine shut down, lost all electrical power except for the radio, fortunately after the overpass was a downgrade so the car was able to coast to safety on to the shoulder. This has not been the first incident where the vehicle has lost complete power while driving in city streets. This is my wife's car, she had complained to me of the car not starting after she gotten off work, we tried to jump started it and it still would not start, so it had to wait till I got off from work. Soon as I got to the vehicle after my shift, I tried to crank start it and the vehicle started with out hesitation. While driving in the city street, after making a stop the vehicle engine shut off, I was unaware since the radio was still playing, so my wife pointed out this had been happening to her as well, even after we replaced the battery. So I took the vehicle to my mechanic and he mentioned that this could be an alternator problem, so we replaced the alternator as well, but the vehicle continues to shut down or it just won't start. I decided to check the wiring to the battery and to the distributor and after doing this the vehicle will start up again. Last episode was on 11/15/2019 as I exited the freeway on my way to work. When I got home I remembered that my wife had handed me a couple of latters from the vw dealer witch we had omitted since we bought the vehicle used in a car lot. This is how I found out that these letters where notices of the recalls on this particular vehicle. I shared this with a friend that claims he also had the same problem with a vw vehicle he owned, he explained that the problem in his unknown vw model, the electrical wiring was at fault. I'm scheduled to bring the vehicle in for a recall for the key column, witch is not associated to the problem according to vw rep.

2014 Jetta with 90000 miles stalls all the time in cold weather. It will just shut off when coming to a stop in traffic or stop signs and red lights. I almost got ran over by a large 18 wheeler when vehicle stalled in baltimore tunnel. Someone is going to get hurt unless there is a recall for this issue, please report this issue if it occurring to you.

I own a 2019 manual Jetta gli 35 anniversary. While slowing down to a stop light, stop sign etc. . The engine shuts off at slow speeds. Car is not equipped with start/stop feature due to haviing a manual transmission. I have to start car back up before taking back off from light. Major risk of me getting rear ended at a stop light and or stop sign. Apparently Volkswagen cannot figure out issue. Have seen 100's of people with brand new vw's having this problem.

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I'm having an issue, the car has competently died about 6 times. I'm in traffic or come to a stop and the car shuts off, then when I let off on the brake it's completely dead. It says something like please start car manually. Once I pulled in the driveway and the car surged up and down, puttering like it was running out of gas.

Brand new 11 days old 2019 Jetta gli manual engine shut down three times while in traffic. Car was in neutral, started to shudder and shut down and had to restart. This happen while driving and the car was placed in neutral descending down a hill in heavy traffic. This also happen at a stop light and stop sign. All three incidents happen in the same day. Very concerned with my families safety. I did some research and this seems to be a known issue with vw.

I have a vw 2013 Jetta with approx 65,000 miles on the vehicle. With in the last two weeks, my vehicle's engine just stopped while driving down the freeway in phoenix, az. I am driving at the flow of traffic and when I slow down and eventually come to a stop the engine shuts off. The first two times there was no lights that turned on on the display pane. Last Saturday while driving to the airport to pick up my wife again the engine shuts off as described, but this time, it appeared all the lights were on the panel. I had to put the hazard lights, put it on park to start the vehicle. I currently have the vehicle at larry millers for inspection and told them we have a safety issue with the vehicle.

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Tl the contact owns a 2011 Volkswagen Jetta. On multiple occasions, the vehicle would not immediately start. While driving, the vehicle would suddenly shut off without warning. On one occasion, after driving into a busy intersection, the vehicle suddenly shut off. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the crank sensor was faulty. The crank sensor was replaced, but the failures continued. The local dealer (white allen Volkswagen, 648 springboro pike, dayton, OH) and the manufacturer were notified of the failures. The failure mileage was 65,000. The VIN was invalid.

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While vehicle in parking with motor on it shut off. This has happened twice. The first time was in my carport, the second time in was on the street. There was no lights on dash that would indicate something was wrong. I immediately turned it on and no futher problems at the time.

I purchased my 2013 Jetta on end June 2017 for 47 k miles from hayward certified used vehicle dealership in California. Couple months after the purchase, my car start to show problems with car stalling. It has been four time in less than one month time where the car completely shut down while driving for no reason. . The first time I was driving on the frontage of I-35 south, on 50 mph, it shut down out of blue, I was luckily enough to be able to pull over and park on the grass, I had to turn the car off and retry the car again and it worked fine. The second time I was driving on the west william cannon dr on way to home, it shut down for no reason again on 45 mph, again I was capable to pull over, shut down and restart again, did not work for 10 minutes then I tried again then it worked. Third time I was on way to my friend home, at the stoplight I was planning on take a left turn on my way to little texas lane, and it shut down for no reason, I had to react fast and hoping that it would start again in order to not cause traffic, it worked fine again. The fourth time I was driving 70 mph on highway of i35 south, it suddenly shut down again and I had to be very careful to slowly pull over to the side with no power in the engine and luckily there was not much of cars at that time. I was very lucky, because I could easily being in an accident. I have contacted the dealership in austin where I was located at that time, they could not find anything. It is frustrated because I do not know what to do and I need to return to California and I do not feel safe driving with this car at all because of my safety.

While driving my 2009 vw Jetta I went to pull out into intersection and the car shut off with no warning. At this time a light came on that says epc and prior to this my car would not start and would say safe on warning lights. This is a hazard to drive does anyone know what the problem could be and when item is replaced do I have to have the computer reprogrammed after this what a pain.

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Tl-the contact owns a 2013 Volkswagen jeta. The contact was driving at 35 mph on the high and their engine shut off. The contact put their hazard lights on and they pulled over to the curb. The contacts spouse came, restarted the vehcile and the engine shut back on. Warning lights did illuminate. The vehicle was not towed. The vehicle was driven home then the vehcile was taken to bay ridge Volkswagen (718) 351-7000 8910 4th Ave, brooklyn, NY 11209 where nothing was done and the mechanics did not diagnose the vehicle. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was informed of the failure and they refused to assist the contact. The failure mileage was 67,000. Jw.

My car displays no problems on the dash, there are no lights on but when I am driving the car stalls and sometimes just shuts off locking my brakes and steering. Usually happens when the car is going under 20mph. After it shuts of I have to put it in park to restart and it restarts without a problem.

Engine shuts off while driving. When pushing the accelerator, engine will sporadically shut off and the car will need to be stopped and restarted. No error codes come from the computer and the problem is not replicable at the dealership or at auto shops. The vehicle is either stationary or in motion, the deciding factor is the accelerator being pushed.

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Vw ignition coils are failed, causing the spark plug not to fire and cutting power to the engine. The technician was unable to find the issue about 4 hours and finally found the problem. The car was working fine one day and while at the bank with my boys in the back the car shut off. I needed to get out and push the car into the parking lot to get out of the way.

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I had been driving my car for one hour. I made a quick stop at my house to pick something up. I pulled back into the street and started to drive down the road when my engine shut down in the middle of the road. I had to push my car to the side of the road. Multiple attempts by myself and a tow truck were unable to restart the car and it had to be towed. After extensive troubleshooting, the dealer determined my engine control module had failed and had shut all power to my fuel injectors. Luckily, I was not traveling very fast at the time nor was there any surrounding traffic. This cost ~$2000 to repair.

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The engine stalled while driving down the highway. The glow plug light started flashing and then the engine started losing power. The acceleration slowed to a halt and then the engine just shut off. I coasted to the side of the road and had to be towed away. The vehicle would not start again.

Started the car and after about 5 minutes of driving, the engine shuts off but all electrical systems apear to be working. No trouble/ indicator lights come on. This has happened on the interstate traveling 70, on a side street traveling 35, and sitting iddle at a stop light. Every time, the car will run for between 5-7 minutes than not restart for 5-7 minutes. At attempts to restart inside that 5 minute window after the engine stalls, there is no turning over, no clicking or anything. There is no temp issues, or low fuel issues. This has happened on a full tank and a half tank also.

The car dies while driving. It has happened at different speeds both on the freeway and on the streets. The gas pedal suddenly stops working, engine shuts off. When I pull to the side and turn the ignition off and then on again, the car starts working again. I took the car to the auto shop, but the issue wasn't identified after the inspection, test driving and code reading.

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Vehicle engine shut off during travel, due to fuel filter being clogged by metal debris. The high pressure injection pump failed effectively ending the life of the engine. The welds on the high pressure injection pump had deteriorated, resulting metal debris to circulate through complete injection system. After multiple failed attempts to flush out the injection system it was decided that the best course of action was to replace the engine if a replacement could be found. A replacement was found and the current engine installed has the same high pressure injection pump, as a replacement part is not available to independent shops, only to dealerships. Cost of replacing engine - $8,500. 00.

2009 Volkswagen - Jetta tdi - 2l, in-line4 (120cl) diesel * a previous claim was submitted lacking information, please disregard. Vehicle engine shut off during travel, due to fuel filter being clogged by metal debris. The high pressure injection pump failed effectively ending the life of the engine. The welds on the high pressure injection pump had deteriorated, resulting metal debris to circulate through complete injection system. After multiple failed attempts to flush out the injection system it was decided that the best course of action was to replace the engine if a replacement could be found. A replacement was found and the current engine installed has the same high pressure injection pump, as a replacement part is not available to independent shops, only to dealerships. Cost of replacing engine - $8,500. 00.

I was driving to work in my 2010 vw Jetta sportswagen tdi and was in a middle of an s turn when my car shut off, as I was coasting I tried to restart my car, when I did so my steering did not work. I was able to negotiate the s turn, but my car would not turn on. I had it towed to my dealer and they checked it out and said that there is water in the inner cooler due to condensation from the air intake. To me this sounds like a design flaw since when I inquired what will prevent this from happening again, they responded that the air intake part has been redesigned to prevent this from happening again. This was a very scary ordeal. If I did not have my wits about me I could have ended in the woods, luckily I was able to navigate the s turn. When I contacted Volkswagen they where willing to pay 75% of the cost even though I requested that they should cover the whole repair. Regardless, I am concerned what happened to me could happen to someone else with a less favorable outcome. What if this happen while crossing an intersection? I am hoping that you are already researching this issue for a recall, if not I hope you will look into this issue. Thank you for reading my complaint.

While traveling at a constant speed between 10 and 15 mph the vehicle began to jerk harshly, and after about 2-3 seconds of jerking the engine shut off. The jerking has happened many times, and has been getting worse over the past 10,000 miles. The vehicle has stalled twice now, once at about 68,900 miles, and again at approximately 71,500 miles. The second incident happened more quickly and in a parking garage and nearly resulted in a collision. The jerking happens at all speeds, including on the highway.

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Car shuts off and battery light comes on immediately put on emergency flashers so I will not get hit from behind both times I have been stopped at a traffic signal I put the car in park and have been able to start the car again to get to a safe place I do not feel safe driving the car do to the fact it could stop at anytime first I took my car to my certified vw specialist he ran diagnostics kept my car for three days drove it but was unable to reproduce took my car back then again the next week same thing happened I heard a click car shut down and battery light came on this time I did not feel safe to even get it into the dealership so I called a tow truck to have it towed to the dealership. Feeling frustrated 2nd week renting a car waiting to hear from the dealership to make thing worse I bought my car new off the show room floor from ron price that dealership has since closed down I have noticed cracking if the paint on the hood vehicle has never been in an accident I was told from a body shop that repair work was done to the car probably because it was damaged in shipping and if the cost of repair is not at least 6 percent of the purchase price vw does not have to disclose to customer.

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On Thursday, may 29th, I was driving my 2014 vw Jetta hybrid sel premium (~165 miles on odometer) when the epc and battery light came on the dash. At the same time, the gas engine shut off. I was able to get the vehicle to restart. Same issue happened two additional times before I got the vehicle to the dealership the next morning. I picked up the vehicle Monday, June 2nd, from the dealership (~387 miles on odometer) stating that the vehicle was in working order and they could not get the problem to duplicate. The dealership put approximately 200 miles on the new vehicle to diagnose it. About an hour after picking up the vehicle (~393 miles on odometer), the vehicle did the exact same thing, except this time I was in a parking lot. The vehicle is back at the dealer and they are having an engineer come and diagnose the vehicle.

I was driving down the street when dash lights came on. . . Within minutes I lost power and eventually my car shut down. My hpfp went out and has sent shards of metal throughout the system. Apparently to the grand total of at least $7500 possibly more. I've been reading and see this is an is with the vw tdi motors I drive a 2010 vw Jetta tdi. . . At this point the fuel system needs flushed and or replaced I'm questioning the condition of the rest of my motor if metal pieces have been flushed through it.

My Jetta lost power from going 60mph to 35-40 and after a min it shut down on highway. I managed to push it on a shoulder and tried to start again but nothing happened. I towed it away to mechanic and found out that my high pressure fuel pump shattered and released bunch of tiny metal peaces in to the fuel filter and engine. Mechanic told me that it happened because of a design flaw with the pump that vw admitted but haven't done anything about that. So I'm wondering what if a semi truck came at the same time and hit me would they do something about it then?.

Was backing out of a parking space and then placing the car into drive. As I pressed the accelerator to pull away, the car started sputtering like it wanted to stall out. Immediately took it to dealer for scan and no codes found. Car has done this since and no codes again. Last incidence was last week and as I pressed the accelerator, the car sputtered so I left off the gas. Upon pressing the gas pedal again, car shut off and the battery light on the car came on. Placed car in park and it started with no incident from there. Took the vehicle to dealership and again no codes so they will not repair. I am scared this car will shut off in traffic leaving me in the middle of the road. Still waiting on a decision from vwoa regarding the safety and driveability of the car.

Purchased car new in oct. 12, 2013 with 23 mi on it. On November 6, 2013 I was driving down interstate 65 mph and without warning lost all power to the vehicle; lost power steering and brakes. Able to pull to side of road and veh started right back up. Took veh to dealer they said nothing was wrong with the car. On Dec. 14, 2013,veh stalled while stopped at a light with no warning. Started back up after several attempts. On Feb 18, 2014, vehicle shut down again while at a stop light again with no warning. Took to dealer who performed a system update and assured me problem was solved. On may 31, 2014, power port failed. Took into dealer they replaced fuse. One week later it failed again. Service advisor said to leave the phone charger in the port that it blows fuses when pulled out. On July 2, 2014 vehicle shut down on me again while driving on highway losing all power steering and brakes-this time barely able to safely get to side of road. Taking vehicle in again to dealer today.

When making a left hand turn car stalls. Dash panel lights go out and battery warning light flashes and car shuts off. Car has to be completely stopped,ignition turned to the off position and put into park, before it can restart. Very dangerous when driving in high traffic areas. You don't have time to pull over. The car just dies!.

This past may, we bought a vw Jetta gli at jennings Volkswagen (glenview, IL) for our son¿s last year of college. The car looked great and he loved it. At about 1000 miles, while he was driving with his friends, the car had a sudden loss of power ¿ a sudden engine shutdown. Luckily, he was crossing a parking lot so he waited until it restarted. We made no big deal of it and took it to jennings where they did not find anything. Then, just last week, at 3000 miles, the same happened while he was driving with our daughter in the car on west lake avenue. This time, we were concerned, since this happened during rush hour in a congested street. We worried now, since this was the second time this had happened. Our son drives to the city on a daily basis to attend school and he takes the highway. What if that had happened on the highway and a truck had been behind him? it could have been disastrous. We did some research and found out that there has been a fatal accident in australia with another vw, with the same type of transmission, experiencing sudden engine shutdown on the highway. There has been a recall of certain of these cars in china, japan, and australia for similar issues so we are really concerned. Our son took the car to jennings again, and was sent home with a rental car while they looked into the issue. They apparently did various driving and mechanical tests and could not reproduce the scenario, since apparently the car¿s computer had not registered any of the failures. The car dealership refused to buy back or replace the car.

I was driving on the interstate, at about 68 mph, when the engine completely shut down without any warning whatsoever. The car, having a manual transmission, was still in gear and slowed down very quickly without any warning to other drivers (no brake lights). I tried to push in the clutch and coast to the shoulder, and successfully made it off the highway. The car restarted, and I made it a few miles towards the dealer before it happened again, luckily on a low-traffic street. The car was towed the rest of the way towards the dealer and diagnosed as a failed high pressure fuel pump, causing catastrophic fuel system damage. The fuel rail, injectors, pump, tank, and all lines will need to be replaced as the result of the pump failure caused bits of metal flakes to circulate about the fuel system. The diagnosis and listed repairs were determined by the Volkswagen dealer.

Never received the recall notice for leaky fuel lines by my local dealer. My car developed a leak and almost caused a crash as it shut down while driving down the road. I am furious as I now also learned there is fuel pump failures being investigated by your organization and the dealer doesn't want to replace it right now while they are doing the fuel lines? this car is 14 months old there is no reason why this shouldn't all be replaced and warrantied for much longer I don't believe these cars are safe or dependable to drive and it's brand new! I think vw has done a horrible job and I don't want to ever buy a vw again.