Six problems related to starter have been reported for the 2011 Volkswagen Routan. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2011 Volkswagen Routan based on all problems reported for the 2011 Routan.
My tipm modules of the car is causing a lots of problems and that has affected my fuel pump, battery, and starter. I have to replace a new fuel pump,a new battery and a new starter and still the same problem is still persisting.
The car will not start up the engine no matter how long I crank. Battery and starter seem ok. The problem has no warning on the dashboard whatsoever.
Car will not start, though the starter is engaged. Similar problem in neutral or park.
Recently the van has given me trouble upon startup. The problem is intermittent. Sometimes, it would start fine. Other times, it would take multiple attempts to start the vehicle. Other times, the vehicle would start, then immediately turn itself off. Sometimes, it would be like there wasn't enough charge to turn the starter, and other times, when it would start then die, it felt like it was running out of gas. After much research, I discovered that the totally integrated power module is the culprit of these issues. Specifically, it is the fuel pump relay that can intermittently not turn on, or turn off randomly. It is a well-known issue with these vans and its Dodge grand caravan and Chrysler town n country cousins, upon which the vw Routan is based. Fca has stepped up to the plate, and issued a recall on many of its vehicles for faulty tipm's, but vw seems to want to forget that its customers chose their version over the others. It's a shame, because I like vw. My family drove only vw's during my youth, and that played into my decision to get the Routan. It looks like I won't be purchasing a vw product in the future. This doesn't even mention the other big issue that certain year Routans/grand caravan/t&c's can have, which is a complete failure of the front cylinder head. Again, in this case, Chrysler issued an extended warranty on that particular part, but vw made no effort to extend its warranty on those parts. I have called multiple vw service shops in the greater DC area, and none of them have heard of a warranty extension on the cylinder heads. If vw has issued an extension, then they haven't done a very good job of informing dealer service shops, or notifying their customers. It's a huge disappointment. Get your act together vw of America. . Read more...
In July 2016 our 2011 Routan would not start up immediately. Would sometimes fire up in neutral and sometimes after several trys it would start up in park. After several days we took the battery in to have it checked (after replacing it and the alternator about 6 months ago). Our battery was totally dead. Bought new expensive battery which failed again after a few days. Took car to repair shop and they said no codes came up and starter, battery alternator were all fine. Decided to unhook battery when we weren't using car because something obviously is draining it. That seemed to work but last week while on the interstate the van suddenly cut off completely when slowing down for exit ramp. Managed to pull van to side and not get hit by cars behind us without power steering. Very scary. After several attempts we got it started again. However, this morning it wouldn't start at all. In reading complaints I've found that Dodge caravans and other models have the exact same problem. The vw Routan was manufactured by Dodge and the same year of 2011 is under investigation for failed tipm boards. Van is 5 years old. Our daughter was in the back of the van when this happened. All power was lost. Has a recall been issued on this part yet? 1200 for fuel pump and then 1300 plus for the tipm board. Are you kidding me! so disappointed in vw. So many problems. Very frustrated customer!! we could have been killed! family of 4 with 1 vehicle and it's not working and only 5 years old. Currently relying on friends for transportation.
Tipm failure. This should be a mandatory recall. System loses power while moving. Will not start. Battery, alternator, starter -- all test normal. A car manufacturer can not knowingly allow people to operate a vehicle that could result in a devastating crash.