general problems of the 2010 Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen

In June of 2021 my car had a warning light for the dpf filter come on and told me to follow the instructions in the manual to drive it on the freeway at certain rpms to get it to clear well that didn’t work and eventually the check engine light came on as well, I took it to the dealership and found out that the diesel particulate filter was bad and needed to be replaced, the dpf was under an extended warranty because of the whole dieselgate issue, my car had approx 95k miles or so on it when the filter was replaced along with my timing belt. Well six months later the dpf filter light came on again so I brought it back to the dealership that replaced it and they said it wasn’t their fault and that now the glow plugs and thermostat needed to be replaced to get the filter to work so I spent a bunch of money fixing that and now just recently the dpf light and check engine light came on again so I brought it back to the mechanic and they said I needed a new O2 sensor and that would fix this problem, well the replaced the sensor and I drove away and now my turbo blew which was incredibly scary cause my car lost all power and made a crazy siren noise as I tried to get to a safe area. And my car isn’t driveable at all, my car only has 101,000 miles in it and it going to cost me over $3000 to fix the turbo when I just spent $600 to replace the sensor, $600 on glow plugs and themostat, and $1000 on the timing belt. This is a lot of extra money to spend on a car in just one year. I don’t think that the dpf filter should be giving me problems every 6 months. I’m a single mom and I don’t know what to do, I can’t afford a new car but I also can’t afford to keep fixing this one. My car is currently at the vw dealership waiting to be fixed and I hope I’m not wasting my money just for it to break again. I’m going into credit card debt just to keep this car running at this point.

The contact owns a 2010 Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 17v509000 (fuel system, gasoline) however, the parts to do the repair were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The dealer brandon Volkswagen located at 9816 e adamo dr, tampa, FL 33619 was contacted and confirmed that the VIN was not part of the recall and the contact had to pay for the repair. The manufacturer was not contacted and was not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

I have experienced repeated problems with my tdi manual transmission Jetta Sportwagen. Within the first month of buying this vehicle, I experienced a lurching sensation which would come and go randomly especially when in third gear. Brought it to the dealer, but they couldn't replicate. This has continued sporadically for over a year and a half. The vehicle also sometimes idles very roughly when at a stop. More recently, in March 2012, the vehicle stalled twice while driving at about 30 - 40 mph and also now in may 2012 it has done this again. There are never any warning lights that go on, only the engine light once it has actually stalled. Brought it to the dealer everytime this has happened and they are never able to replicate the situation, so they send me home with it. I was very upset with this and confronted the dealership about this when I realized how many others have had similar problems. They said they couldn't do anything because they couldn't find anything to fix. They said they would notify Volkswagen and I called them as well and have now been given a case number. This is a serious issue and needs to be addressed. There is potential for major life threatening situations if a car stalls while driving in the middle of traffic. I feel like I am driving around in a time bomb, because you never know when it is going to happen.