Ignition Coils Failure Problems of Volkswagen Jetta - part 1

While driving on a city street my check engine light came on and started blinking then stopped blinking and is now on along with the epc code. This is the 3rd time in 2 years my vehicle has done this so I know its the ignition coils causing a misfire. My vehicle now shakes when im stopped and has a ticking sound at red lights, this is very unsafe and needs to be corrected 3 times in 2 years is way to many times for my ignition coils to be replaced.

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The contact owns a 2014 Volkswagen Jetta. While driving approximately 40 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was able to restart. The vehicle was towed to south bay Volkswagen (3131 national city blvd, national city, CA 91950) where it was diagnosed that the ignition coil and steering lock needed to be replaced. The failure recurred twice. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 52,879.

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Driving down the highway at about 55mph, started switching lanes and stepped on the gas to accelerate. The car sputtered and the engine vibrated. The car felt like I was going to stall driving in the high-speed lane. The yellow check engine light came on and epc light started flashing. Swerving back into the lower speed lane I couldn't even keep the car at 55mph. I had to pull over on the highway to see if I could make sense of it. After turning off the car and then back on, the lights went off and the car was fine. I took it too the mechanic and they said they couldn't find anything wrong after $85. 00 diagnostic. The car ran fine for 2 days until the same exact thing happened while driving on the highway again. This occurred on and off intermittently about every 1-2 days for about 2 weeks. Three trips to the mechanic within those 2 weeks and with each visit there was a computer connected to the car and a full systems diagnostic reported that there was nothing wrong with the car. It became dangerous for me to drive the car and even more so to drive it on the highway. After the second week the lights finally came on and stayed on and the problem was diagnosed as the engine misfiring in 2 of the cylinders. The mechanic changed with the ignition coil on 12/15. 2014. The engine ran completely fine without any issues until last week, 3/19/2015. At 3 months and only 28,000 miles on the car the same problem started to reoccur while getting onto the highway and attempting to accelerate from 40-45mph. It started just as it did before intermittently and about 2 weeks later the engine and epc lights were on permanently again. After the mechanic confirmed that it was the same issue with the same component we changed the same part again. I am expecting to be changing it again in 3 more months, if I still have the car.

While attempting to accelerate car sputtered, and hesitated while losing power. Regained power briefly then sputtered, lost power and engine cut off completely. Started engine after letting sit for a few minutes drove home ok. Happened again a week later and took it to dealership. Dealer diagnosed it as faulty ignition coil and arcing.

I have a Jetta that continually burns out the fuse box, which just happened again. The fuse box to replace costs around $100. Everytime. Due to this problem I am encountering additional repairs. Ignition coil etc. I even went and purchase a new battery for 160. 00. Car will not run? help.

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I have a 2006 vw Jetta sd w/ 93,000 miles. I use this vehicle for work. The air bag fault light has been on for almost two years. I initially took the car to the david maus vw in south orlando. I was told by the repair rep kevin it would cost $400 to repair the connector located under the driver seat that relate to the air bag system. Since my car was out of the warranty period, I was told I would have to bear this cost. I asked kevin how the connectors would become faulty since there is nothing ever stored under my driver seat and no one goes under the driver seat. Kevin said that ¿¿it just happens. ¿� I told him I was disappointed vw had made such a faulty car because of the many prior problems I had that fortunately were covered under warranty, e. G. , esp light continually on; ignition coils recalled/replaced; asr light continually lit; trunk latch replaced, air conditioning vents broke, driver side door would not lock/unlock; and driver side button stopped working. After the warranty ended, the air bag light came on. I paid to replace the button for the side view mirrors because it broke off. Kevin told me the button was cheap and they always break. A recall for the side air bag harness on seats were repaired on both sides on 3/30/11. In October, 2011 I told kevin I did not believe I should be responsible to pay for the repair of the air bag light as I believed it was a defect on vw part. I could not have caused the light to come on by driving the vehicle. I was informed by kevin that without this repair the airbag system was considered to be inoperable and unsafe. After review of the NHTSA complaints and an internet search, this airbag issue with this vehicle has been a known one for some time. Vw has not issued a recall because they do not believe it is a large concern. I believe a recall should be issued due to the obvious safety concerns.

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December 13, 2010. The check engine light came on. Metro vw service diagnosed an ignition miss. They replaced (1) ignition coil on cylinder #2 with a different type of ignition coil than the original. The "new version" ignition coil has insulation where the original coil did not. February 8, 2011, approximately, two months later, the check engine light came on again. At least one of the three original ignition coils is failing, causing an ignition miss, and needs to be replaced. The original ignition coils are not performing as originally designed. The original ignition coils should be recalled and replaced with the new versoin ignition coils at the manufacture's expense.

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2003 vw Jetta: digital display would shut off when key was removed from ignition. Unable to lock vehicle doors with remote. Vehicle had to be restarted for digital panel to appear (re-set) and for door to lock with remote. Engine would also shut off while at a stop light and while driving on freeway. Possibility to cause a crash. All digital panels still illuminated, key would be locked in ingnition, un-able to turn or be removed until car placed back in park and hand brake pulled up. Issues occured bi-weekly, weekly, and now daily. Vehicle brought to dealership. Was told that ignition switch failed and needed to be replaced. Would have been covered under warranty (warrant just expired last month). After trying to diagnose problem prior to bringing to dealership, I've found on several forums that this is not a new issue/repair for vw customers with the same make and model. Many customers have had similar complaints/experiences, all of which were taken in for repair after warranty expired. Vehicle is only 7 years old and is at approximately 85,000 miles. This vehicle has also had service for the following recalls: catalytic converter, failed ignition coils, failed rear window/door locks. This car is a lemon!.

The contact owns a 2002 Volkswagen Jetta. While driving 55 mph the vehicle lost power and decreased speed to 10 mph. He was able to avoid a crash and drive onto the emergency lane. He was also able to drive the vehicle to his residence. The dealer stated that the ignition coil caused the vehicle to lose power. The manufacturer stated there were no related recalls. The failure and the current mileages were 52,000. Updated 03/01/10 the consumers daughter hit the front seat and sustained a bloddy nose. Updated 09/16/10.

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I own a 2000 vr6 Jetta and I had to replace the ignition coil twice due to the defects of the ignition coil cracking. I read a complaint about this issue on this website back in 2005 and it is very expensive to replace the ignition coil. While I was driving the car, I lost power and it started to stall on me. I almost got into a car accident on the highway because I panic. I am a college student that relies on my car and I travel 300 miles to college. I noticed a lot of sparks by the ignition coil and I am very scared to drive my car because it might catch on fire. Please help!!!.

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Ignition coil!!! was entering interstate and accelerated and engine lost a lot of power and started running roughly. Was lucky enough to be only a few miles away from a vw dealership (not my own, we were out of town). They said #1 coil failed, be careful because the rest will probably follow shortly, but recommended I wait for another one to fail and then replace the rest. $230 and 16 days later, another failed. Was not accelerating hard, just normal hwy driving. Started doing some research, found out this is a major problem and has been known for 5 yrs!!! will complain to high heaven to get these replaced free of charge. I understand normal wear and tear and a random part here and there failing, but a 5yr old problem is a little bit harder to understand. Dealership and vw need to practice better business practices and I don't know why this hasn't been an official recall yet. Losing power at 65mph on an interstate is very dangerous, no matter what vw or NHTSA says. What is it going to take? deaths? I hope I can get this resolved to my satisfaction by the dealers and vw.

Fire in 2000 vw Jetta vr6, point of origin at ignition coil pack on the top left-facing side of the engine.

Within 6 months (4) of the (6) ignition coils have failed. I have it in now for the third and fourth ones.

I have a 2000 vw Jetta already have had experienced multiple stalling events as a result of one or more ignition coil plugs malfunctioning on my 2000 vw Jetta as a result of the engine stalling I experienced a loss of power steering and increased braking efforts when I pulled vehicle over to the side of the road to control the vehicle. After a few minutes parked on the shoulder was able to restart vehicle although the engine operated at reduced power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Also my brake lights have been sticking on and not working all the time as well. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not sure how to explain this one but here goes right by my ac switch on my car there is a button that is supposed to circulate the air through the car but when I push it in a light on my dashboard comes on and says brake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and I have a loss of brake power, also my cruise control has stopped working and my hazards have stopped as well was hoping you might be able to help me as the dealer does not want to do anything about my issues.

I drove to work the car ran fine. After work I started the car it begin to shake. It lost half its power. . The dealership was three miles away. Ignition coil went bad at 46,158 miles and today 3-10-08 another one went bad at 49,036. My best friends passat ignition coil went bad at 19,367. I think these ignition coils are lemons and they need to make better ones.

Upon starting the car, it idled loudly and roughly. After driving for 2 minutes the car began to buck (as if there were multiple Mini stalls while driving). When this bucking/bumping began the check engine light began to flash. The car was then driven to a car dealership service repair shop where it was determined that the ignition coil had failed. The owner, despite taking very good care of the car, will have to pay to get this part replaced.

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1/10/08 I had my 2003 vw Jetta in for service. I was told the ignition coil #3 needed to be replaced. 4/11/08 ignition coil #1 needed to be replaced. I found the recall on your web site after the April problem. I was told that my car is not part of the recall, even though it states 2003 Jetta. On 12/4/08 I had to replace ignition coil #4 and on 1/21/09 another which also included the last two. I contacted Volkswagen of America, inc and was once again told that my 2003 Jetta was not included in the recall.

Ignition coils on 2003 Volkswagen Jetta 1. 8t continue d to fail every 3-4 months. I have gone through 6 coils in less than one year. Numerous times a coil failed while on a major highway, especially while attempting to merge into traffic flow. I could recall twice where I came very close to being rear ended because of this sudden loss of power. The engine light would briefly flash letting me know that the car was having a misfire. The vehicle was taken to the dealership for this and plenty of other problems in the past. The service manager suggested that I do a tune-up on the vehicle only 5,000 miles after one was performed. He could not pinpoint' the problem or duplicate it either. Apparently, Volkswagen was aware of the problem, but had not taken action to my knowledge. This was something very serious that should be more of a priority to Volkswagen considering I have found plenty of articles on this particular problem.

The contact owns a 2003 Volkswagen Jetta. While driving 30 mph, the check engine light illuminated. The mechanic stated that the ignition coil was defective. As of June 22, 2007, the vehicle has not been repaired. The VIN and engine size were unavailable. The current mileage is 76,000 and failure mileage was 69,000.

Three out of four of my ignition coils have blown and I have less then 50,000 miles on my car. The dealership admits there is no reason this should be happening, however I have to keep breaking down and getting my car towed in for it to be covered under warranty. This is outrageous they know they are all bad, but if I ask them to fix them I have to pay for it. This is an ongoing problem with my make/model and year. I have contacted Volkswagen directly and they will not do anything about it they say and I quote "I'm sorry to hear that" I tell everyone how many problems I have had due to this issue and have deterred at least two people that were considering Volkswagens to buy different vehicles. Its a shame this is my husband and I's second Volkswagen but the car has been towed/or broken down 9 times in less then 3 years, that's not good. Once this lease is up we will never deal with Volkswagen again. They don't want to do anything to help their customers, and that's a shame. I have done research on the coil issue and there are a lot of people who have encountered this same problem, obviously there is a huge defect and a lot of vehicles were affected.

While leaving to run errands with my 1 year old child in the carmy 2001 Jetta glx vr6 started losing power as if it would stall. The check engine light and emissions warning lights came on. When the vehicle was taken to mckenna vw they said I had a bad ignition coil, wires, and spark plugs. While researching the problem I found that this is an epidemic level issue with 2001 Jettas. A vw press release contained information that they were issuing a recall, however vw refused to include my car in the recall for reasons they will not disclose. They are selectively choosing which cars to fix, although this problem is very wide spread among all their vehicles. Please investigate this issue as consumers are getting faced with $1100 bills for each ignition coil defect - I believe mine has 6. This is only the first one, however I've read other complaints that multiple coils are failing causing near-accidents.

Failure of ignition coil pack as described in NHTSA action number dp05004. Coil pack failure was diagnosed by dealership service department (where we had the car towed after it died on an interstate highway). The dealership intends to bill me about $700 to replace the coil pack. When I mentioned the customer satisfaction campaign cited in the action summary on your website, both the dealership and the vw customer care center said they had no information about it and would not honor it.

: the contact stated while driving various speeds, the engine intermittently stalled without warning and the brake lights were inoperative. The contact inspected the vehicle, and determined the spark ignition coil and brake light switch had malfunctioned and needed to be replaced. There was a NHTSA recall, # 04v096000, regarding the brake light switch. The vehicle was not included in the recall due to the VIN. The manufacturer was alerted. Updated 10/30/2006 -.

Bought a Volkswagen Jetta GLS in 2003. Several things have had to be replaced. For example the glove box cover, wheel bearing. My mechanic told me that on most newer vehicles that wheel bearings do not require maintenance. My car has 74,000 miles. Last week I was driving and my malfunction indicator light started flashing and the car if going over 30 mph cut out. There was a rotten egg smell. It immediately went to the dealership and they said the catalytic converter and 2 coils were faulty. They replaced the catalytic converter and ignition coils for cylinders 1&3 and cleared fault codes. The catalytic converter was replaced under warranty. But said Volkswagen feels the ignition coils are a regular maintenance issue. I have done some research and am finding that Volkswagen has numerous complaints on the coils. In my research I found that vw had a customer satisfaction letter that was sent out to vw owners to bring car into dealership to replace the coils. Vw representative in michigan told me that they stopped doing that in 2005. I believe that I should have not had to pay to replace the ignition coils. Vw knows that they have had numerous problems with this. I love my vw but I have had problems this car that I have never had in any other vehicle. I trade vehicles every 3-4 years but will not purchase another Volkswagen. Not because I have had so many things go wrong because the strange problems I have had with the car and Volkswagen doesn't take care of their drivers.

As I was pulling out of a grocery store parking lot, my 2003 Jetta gli vr6 began to sputter and lose power. Engine light came on and would stay lit or start blinking as I tried to drive home. I contacted vw roadside assistance along with my vw dealership (strong vw, slc ut), and they informed me that I must bring it in. Seeing that I was barely going to make it home I contacted roadside assistance which was provided with my Jetta and they informed me that they could tow it to the nearest vw dealership (not where I originally purchased or had my car serviced) to have it looked at. Needless to say it was actually closer for me to drop off the Jetta at the nearest dealership rather than take it home, so I did that. I found out the following morning that the ignition coils were bad and needed to be replaced. That was done under warranty and apparently everything was fine. Three days later, each and every time I started my Jetta a noxious smell would fill the cabin. I reported this to my original dealership and had it in for service to fix the problem. After 5 days of trying to determine what the problem was they informed that since they couldn't duplicate the problem that there was nothing they could do. Ironically it hasn't happened since. My major complaint is that in the year and a half that I have owned my Jetta, I have had it in for non-traditional or non-scheduled service more than 3 times. My major fear is that when the warranty runs out what will happen next. I have been a loyal vw customer for 20+ years and haven't had this many problems with my previous 4 vw vehicles combined. Sadly enough, I possibly may never buy or lease a vw again!.

2001 Volkswagen Jetta glx vr6. In October of 2004 noticed the engine surging every once in awhile when accelerating. Eventually, the mil went on and there was a drastic loss of power. After bringing it into the dealer, it was deemed to be a $700 ignition coil pack. Research on the internet found that vw released a recall in February of 2003 stating a recall on all 2001 coil packs. I mentioned this to the dealer, and was told that my VIN was not included. I logged a complaint with vw customer care and they did nothing. In March of 2006, the exact same thing happened and once the mil light went on, I brought it into the dealer. This time it was the ignition coil pack, wires and spark plugs and they charged $1200. When I explained I had the same issue 14k miles and 17 months earlier, I was told that they couldn't do anything, as the coil pack was past its 12k mile warranty. The dealer stated they could do nothing for me and again referred me to vw customer care, who could care less as my VIN # was not included in the recall. This is completely unacceptable and unsafe, especially due to loss of power and surging. I am in process of writing a demand letter to vw, which will most likely not do much and will force me to take vw to small claims court to repay me for all of the repairs made.

I am the second owner of a 2001 vw Jetta glx vr6 with approximately 45k miles. I purchased the car in a private sale with 25k miles. Initially, when I bought the car it was diagnosed with a bad coil pack, which did not become problematic until approximately 2 months ago. Last week, I took the car to the dealer and had a new coil pack installed for $836, which includes a $99 diagnostic fee and $560 for the part. During the past week, I have had a case open with vw customer advocacy regarding the coil problem and yesterday I received their response. They have stated that my VIN is not part of the wg coil replacement campaign contrary to the wording of their original press release. Please reference TSB 10005665. As a result of this coil problem, I have had my catalytic converter replaced at 25k miles and have had experienced an engine back fire on the highway twice. At this point, I have paid the $836 to retrieve the car from the dealer and I have possession of the faulty ignition coil that was removed from the car. I have also asked vw customer advocacy to send me a written response to my claim. I am sure I am not the only 2001 Jetta vr6 owner who has had this problem, only to find that vw is unwilling to stand behind their promise to replace faulty coil packs in 2001-2003 vr6 engine cars. The original customer service action was intended to preempt the issuing of a formal recall and vw is not honoring what they originally promised in having issued only 15 TSB's with a much narrower scope than originally intended.

The evening of January 12, 2006 I was on my way home when a light on the dashboard of my vehicle started flashing and the vehicle began to falter when idle. After arriving home I checked the owners manual and found out that the light indicated a malfunction with the emissions of the vehicle. I scheduled an appointment to have my car serviced on Tuesday, January 17, 2006. I received a call Tuesday afternoon from vic at victory Volkswagen, who informed me that the ignition coil in my car was bad and would need replaced at a cost of over $500. 00. Vic told me that they had the parts in stock as "this happens all the time". I had no choice but to have my car repaired and the total cost was $761. 40. Upon searching the web I found a press release from Volkswagen/Audi in which they acknowledged the problem with several makes and models. Within the press release it was stated that vw/Audi will begin replacing all ignition coils in cars potentially affected. I also found a defect investigation on the NHTSA website (#dp05004) which stated that vw issued a csc to instruct their dealerships to replace the coil packs in the vehicles at no cost, regardless of their performance. As I did not receive this information from vw I sent a letter to vw asking them to honor the csc and cover the costs for the repairs to my vehicle. I spoke with craig peters and don moritz, both with vw and they refused to honor the csc. They informed me that even though the press release states that "all vw's equipped with the 2. 8 liter vr6" were affected, it was in fact, an error and only certain vehicles were affected.

2001 Volkswagen Jetta vr6. Ignition coil failure. My wife was driving at 65 mph in the fast lane of the freeway - near complete power failure. Just enough power to struggle over to the hard shoulder. Very dangerous situation. From reading the website 'vw vortex' a forum site dedicated to vw owners, this is a very common problem with various vw and Audi models and one which could cause (if it hasn't already) a very serious accident. The car cost $1,200 to repair. My wife's nerves will take a lot longer to fix!!!!.

The ignition coils on my 2001 v6 Volkswagen Jetta failed. While Volkswagen had announced a recall on all v6 2001 Jettas, my car's VIN was for some reason not included in the recall. I spent $845 fixing the problem and subsequently had to change the ignition wire set - something that was brought on by the failure of the coils. The car was very unstable and I was very scared to even drive it until my appointment with the auto mechanic.

My complaint involves two separate incidents where I experienced jerking and sputtering from my 2001 vw Jetta glx vr6. In both incidents, following the reduced level of engine power I smelled a burning and was forced to stop the car. Both times, my car was brought in for inspection and repair to two different vw dealerships. Each time, I was advised that the vw ignition coil pack had malfunctioned and had to be replaced. Apparently, the malfunction of this part caused other sensors to malfunction as well. Also, these parts appear to damage environmental protection equipment. In one incident described above, my catalytic converter had to eventually be replaced. Note that the first incident, which is documented, occurred at 34,560 miles. The second incident, which was very similar to the first, occurred at 46,391 miles and is also fully documented. The matter was reported to vwoa and I was informed that any portion of the nearly $2,000 I incurred out-of-pocket would not be reimbursed and there seemed to be no concern by vwoa representatives regarding any damage to emissions devices and/or potential fire hazards, I believe exist due to the malfunctioning of the ignition coil pack. Vwoa, in my opinion, is well aware of the many (possibly thousands) of similar incidents across the us and still seek to marginalize it.

2001 vw Jetta 1. 8t all ignition coils have failed and there are none available in USA today to replace. Apparently this is such a problem for 2001 Jetta's. Vw can not keep them in stock. Repeat there are none as of 09/19/2005 in USA to replace this very common problem.

2001 Volkswagen Jetta ignition coils had to be replaced due to a short. The consumer stated there were several incidents with the check engine light illuminating intermittently and the vehicle running rough.

About a month and a half ago I started to notice that my 2004 Jetta gl was starting to run a little rough. I brought it to the deal and had a test done on it to find out the my ignition coil was bad. After about 2 weeks the check engine like came on it the car and I called the dealer to have it looked at. Again my ignition coil had gone bad. Then yet another time a week and a half later the same issue. The ignition coil had gone bad. Three days later after that incident I was driving and the check engine light came on. This was the forth time that I had the same problem. This time the dealer changed the wiring harness and said that that was the problem should be cured. All of the times that I picked up the car from the dealer I noticed that the idle it the car was still a little rough and needle for the tacometer was moving slightly. I am still weary to say that the car is fixed and fear something more exstensice is wrong with the car. The car is still under warranty and the parts were replaced but consumer satisfaction is low.

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Dt: the consumer states the check engine light is on. The consumer took the vehicle to a service dealer and they told him the ignition coil was bad. They wanted to replace the ignition coil at a cost of over $700. 00; parts only. The consumer has visited a website and found a recall on a later model; 2001 vw Jetta. His car is doing the same thing as listed on this recall. He has talked to vw and they said they could not help him. He noticed problems about 3 weeks ago. The dealer told him it had a 100,000 10 year warranty, but they will not fix it under the warranty. 8jb.