Engine Oil Leaking Problems of Volkswagen Routan

When getting off highway while at light my car sputtered and stalled. The car would not restart and I had to have towed. The right side cylinder head had to be replaced at a cost of over $4000. Vw is replacing the left side under warranty for 10 years but not the right side for some reason so I have to pay. There have been many problems with this engine and I have only 89000 miles. The engine in the vw is a Chrysler 3. 6 liter pentastar. While fixing that it was found that the oil filter housing unit was leaking and needed to be replaced.

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First my Routan has been in my posession for I believe about 5 years. I check the oil regulary and keep oil changes, tires, and inspections up to date are regular. Since owning it, I have had a huge antifreeze leak (while on vacation), which was an easy fix, but essentially the part melted and had to be replaced, which is absurd! I was having a lot of issues with it not starting. You would have to try to start it over and over, and just when you called a garage it would start (this issue seemed to be fixed when the dealer changed the ignition, per the recall) for the past several months, the govener kickis in, and the vehicle will only go 30mph. It happens infrequently, but seems to becoming more frequent. The solution is to pull over, turn it off, start it back up, and your good to go for days to weeks until it does it again. Typically it happens shortly after starting a trip, and while gaining speed, you suddenly cannot go the speed you would like. I do believe it continues to get more frequent in occurance *** the scary thing that gets me to file a complaint**** I have seen this listed many times already. My husband was again away on a trip this weekend. He had just done a lot of circle type steering at the gas station trying to park (I mention this because someone else complained of this issue after a round about). He parked. He started the car again, he backed up, and when he tried to turn to get out of the parking spot, there was no steering. He pulled forward. He put it in park, he turned it off. He started it, he drove 2. 5 hours home with my 3 kids under 9. He had no issues. What is wrong with the car, I am afraid to drive it. Thankfully he was going 2 mph, but I have seen cases of people on the interstate. What if I drive it, and we have an accident and my family dies? how can I drive a car that lost steering and feel safe!?.

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When I purchased the car they checked the oil and I saw it was clean and full. After a week my wife told me the oil light came on. I checked the oil and their were no oil on the dip stick. I filled the oil to the correct spot on the dipstick. A week later I check the oil and again there were no oil on the dipstick. So I call the dealer and they sent me to sears who could not find a leak and they changed the oil. I checked the oil the following week and again there were no oil on the dipstick. So I call the dealer again and they sent me to another mechanic who could not find a leak. I'm now checking and adding oil weekly.