Volkswagen vehicles have experienced engine and injector problems. Here are some typical problems reported to the NHTSA.
Component(s): FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Date of Incident: 07/19/2013
NHTSA ID Number: 10531734
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 2012
Manufacturer: Volkswagen of America, Inc.
Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): 3VWPL7AJ2CM...
SUMMARY:
2013-07-19 - DRIVING AT 25MPH, ENGINE BECOMES UNRESPONSIVE, ERROR LIGHT COMES ON, ENGINE STOPS COMPLETELY, LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKE POWER, WAS ABLE TO COAST TO SIDE STREET. VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART. HAD TO CALL A TOW TRUCK. VW SERVICE TEAM MANAGER ASSERTS METAL SHAVINGS IN FUEL INJECTOR INDICATE CONTAMINATION OF FUEL SYSTEM. DOES NOT INDICATE WHAT DRIVER BEHAVIOR COULD PREVENT THIS, NOR DOES HE DISCLOSE PUBLICIZED TDI HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP PROBLEMS. MOST RECENT FUELING 2013-07-17. FUEL RECEIPT READS: 12.99 GALLON DIESEL 2 PUMP #10 WITH TWO DAYS OF UNEVENTFUL DRIVING PRIOR TO FUEL PUMP FAILURE, SUGGESTS MISFUELING NOT RESPONSIBLE.
Date Complaint Filed: 07/10/2013
Component(s): FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
Date of Incident: 07/06/2013
NHTSA ID Number: 10524232
VOLKSWAGEN CC2010
Manufacturer: Volkswagen of America, Inc.
Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): WVWHP7AN3AE...
SUMMARY:
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 VOLKSWAGEN CC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHAKE AND SMOKE WAS SEEN FROM THE EXHAUST. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THERE WAS A NOTICEABLE ODOR OF GASOLINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE FUEL INJECTOR HAD MALFUNCTIONED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WAS ALSO GASOLINE ON THE ENGINE, WHICH THE DEALER ADVISED CLEANING. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 52,000. UPDATED 8/15/13 *CN THE FUEL INJECTORS WERE FAULTY AND WERE STUCK IN THE OPEN POSITION. WHICH CAUSED FUEL TO LEAK IN THE CYLINDER CAUSING AN ENGINE MISFIRE.. UPDATED 8/15/13 *CN
Date Complaint Filed: 07/07/2013
Component(s): FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
Date of Incident: 07/06/2013
NHTSA ID Number: 10523524
Vehicle Make Mode lModel Year(s)
VOLKSWAGENJETTA2012
Manufacturer: Volkswagen of America, Inc.
Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): 3VWLL7AJ9CM...
SUMMARY:
(THIS CAR IS A JETTA TDI DIESEL, TDI OPTION IS NOT AVAILABLE IN PULL-DOWN LIST ABOVE) AFTER EXITING HIGHWAY, I SMELLED DIESEL FUEL. PARKED AT DESTINATION AND OBSERVED FUEL LEAKING FROM UNDER HOOD AND POOLING ON GROUND. TOW TRUCK WAS CALLED & WAS TOLD TO GET FIRE DEPT THERE TO CLEAN UP SPILL. FIRE DEPT SPREAD MATERIAL ON GROUND AND OPENED CAR HOOD. WE COULD SEE SPRAY MARKS OF FUEL FROM INJECTOR OR LINES, SPRAY MARKS DOWN PASSENGER SIDE OF CAR FROM SPLASHING UP ON HIGHWAY DRIVE I WAS TOLD TO NOT START CAR AND KEEP PERSONS AWAY FROM CAR UNTIL TOW TRUCK CAME. WHEN VEHICLE WAS PUT ON TOW TRUCK BED, MORE FUEL GUSHED OUT FROM UNDERBODY OF CAR. CAR HAS BEEN SERVICED ONLY AT VW DEALER, LAST DATE OF 4/12/13. THIS HAPPENED WHEN I WAS APPROX 50 MILES FROM HOME ON A SATURDAY NIGHT, SO THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A VW DEALER IN THAT TOWN (GRAND RAPIDS, MI). UPON CHECKING FUEL GAUGE IN CAR, IT WAS DOWN 1/8 TO 1/4 OF A TANK FURTHER THAN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN. *TR
Date Complaint Filed: 05/28/2013
Component(s): FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
Date of Incident: 04/13/2013
NHTSA ID Number: 10513920
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 2009
Manufacturer: Volkswagen of America, Inc.
Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): 3VWPL71K99M...
SUMMARY:
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE ALL OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE IT WAS ADVISED TO THE CONTACT THAT THE DIESEL FUEL INJECTOR FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000. *TR
Date Complaint Filed: 04/24/2013
Component(s): FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
Date of Incident: 04/23/2013
NHTSA ID Number: 10509432
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 2010
Manufacturer: Volkswagen of America, Inc.
Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): 3VWTL7AJ7AM...
SUMMARY:
ENGINE STALLED AND SHUT OFF WHILE I WAS AT A 4-WAY STOP SIGN. CAR WAS TOWED TO VW SPECIALIST CENTER AND WAS DETERMINED THAT TDI FUEL PUMP AND INJECTOR SYSTEM HAD FAILED. VW SPECIALIST DETERMINED THAT THIS IS A COMMON EVENT WITH TDI FUEL SYSTEMS. FRESH DIESEL FUEL WAS FUELED IN MY VW AND DROVE FOR 6 MILES TO WHEN ENGINE STALLED OCCURRED. VW SPECIALIST INVESTIGATED AND DETERMINED THERE WAS NO CROSS CONTAMINATION OF DIESEL FUEL, WITH WATER OR GASOLINE. DIESEL FUEL WAS 100% DIESEL IN FUEL SYSTEM. *TR
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