2010 Volkswagen Jetta Fuel System Diesel Engine Problems

I WAS DRIVING MY VW JETTA TDI ON A LOCAL SURFACE STREET IN HEAVY TRAFFIC WHEN MY CAR DIED WITH NO WARNING AND INITIALLY WOULD NOT RESTART. FORTUNATELY I HAD ENOUGH MOMENTUM TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO AVOID BEING IN AN ACCIDENT. I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR AND RESUME AFTER A FEW MOMENTS. THIS HAS HAPPENED ONCE MORE AND IS DISCONCERTING. I ALWAYS PURCHASE FUEL FROM NAME-BRAND AND HIGH-VOLUME GAS STATIONS. I BELIEVE THIS TO BE RELATED TO NHTSA ACTION NUMBER : EA11003. *TR

FAILURE OF THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP IN A VW JETTA SPORTSWAGEN TDI. VOLKSWAGEN MADE THE REPAIRS UNDER WARRANTY, FOR WHICH I AM APPRECIATIVE. HOWEVER, I AM CONCERNED IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. *TR

2010 JETTA TDI. DRIVING ON ROAD AT ABOUT 35 MPH WHEN CAR SUDDENLY STALLED. GLOW PLUG LIGHT FLASHES, "SERVICE ENGINE NOW" ON DISPLAY. TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT AND SPEED WAS ENOUGH TO COAST TO SAFE LOCATION. CAR WOULD NOT RESTART. TOWED TO DEALER. DEALER REPLACED SOME RELAY PART BUT.... THE VERY NEXT DAY SAME THING. CAR DIED WHILE DRIVING. SAME SYMPTOMS AS ABOVE. AGAIN NO WARNING PRIOR TO STALLING. TOWED TO DEALER. DEALER HAD CAR FOR A FEW DAYS BUT COULD NOT FIND OR REPRODUCE PROBLEM. CHECKED GROUND CONNECTIONS AS ADVISED FROM VWOA TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. RETURNED CAR TO ME WITH A 'LET'S WAIT AND SEE' ATTITUDE. THIRD TIME, ABOUT 1500 MILES LATER, SAME THING. THIS TIME ON HIGHWAY TRAVELING AT ABOUT 45 MPH IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. CAR TOWED TO DIFFERENT DEALER. AT THE MOMENT THEY CAN'T DIAGNOSE OR REPRODUCE PROBLEM. MY OPINION IS SOME FAULT IS TELLING COMPUTER TO KILL ENGINE. AS A SAFETY ISSUE, I WOULD THINK ENGINE SHOULD REMAIN RUNNING SO THAT I CAN SAFELY DRIVE OFF THE ROAD AND OUT OF TRAFFIC AND HARMS WAY. IF THIS ASSUMPTION IS CORRECT, THEN THERE HAS TO BE A LIMITED NUMBER OF REASONS WHY ENGINE SHOULD STALL, INSTEAD OF GOING INTO 'LIMP MODE.' MY RESEARCH FOUND REFERENCE TO PE10034, BUT CAN'T FIND ARTICLE. THREE TIMES CAR STALLS WITHOUT WARNING. ALL 3 TIMES ON ROAD. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN, AND LOCAL DEALERS SEEM HESITANT TO REQUEST HELP FROM VWOA TA. DEALER 1 DID CONTACT VWOA TA FOR SUPPORT AND GUIDED FAULT FINDING DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING. DEALER 2 STILL HAS NO CLUE. NO MANDATES ON LOCAL VW DEALERS, BY VWOA, TO KEEP AND SHARE SERVICE RECORDS BEYOND WARRANTY PERIOD, ON NATIONAL DATABASE, SO OTHER DEALERS HAVE NO IDEA WHAT FIRST DEALER DID. KEEPING ALL DEALER SERVICE RECORDS ON NATIONAL DB WILL HELP SPOT ISSUES SOONER. DEALER 2 WILL HOPEFULLY ASK VWOA TA FOR SUPPORT BEYOND WHAT DEALER 1 DID. IS THERE AN ESCALATION FOR THIS? WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS? *TR

2010 VW JETTA SPORTWAGEN TDI. CAR LOST POWER AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. "GLOW PLUG" INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND HUD DISPLAYED "SERVICE IMMEDIATELY." WAS ABLE TO SAFELY PULL OVER TO SHOULDER. CAR WOULD NOT RESTART. HAD TO BE TOWED TO NEARBY DEALERSHIP. INFORMED TODAY THAT HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP (HPFP) HAD FAILED AND WOULD BE COVERED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. WILL BE WITHOUT CAR FOR 5-10 DAYS. CAR IS LOCATED 1 HOUR AWAY FROM HOME. RENTAL CAR WAS OFFERED, BUT I WOULD HAVE TO GET OUT TO DEALERSHIP TO PICKUP. THIS IS THE SECOND OCCURRENCE OF HPFP FAILURE ON VEHICLE. SIMILAR OCCURRENCE (LOSS OF POWER ON HIGHWAY) HAPPENED ON MARCH 24, 2011. AGAIN, CAR WAS STUCK IN DEALERSHIP FAR FROM HOME. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY (AT SPEED) ON MY WAY TO WORK WHEN MY 2010 JETTA TDI SUDDENLY STALLED. I WAS LUCKY THAT THE ENGINE DID NOT LOCK UP AS I WOULD HAVE BEEN REAR ENDED. HOWEVER, I CONTINUED TO COAST AT SPEED. I WAS ABLE TO COAST OVER TO THE SHOULDER. THE CAR WOULD NOT START. I CONTACTED A TOW TRUCK TO TOW ME INTO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP INFORMED ME THAT THE INTER TURBO COOLER WAS DAMAGED DUE TO THE COLD WEATHER. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT DUE TO THE COLD WEATHER ? THEY HAD SEEN THIS SAME OCCURRENCE AT LEAST 4 TIMES THAT DAY ALONE. UPON FURTHER RESEARCH, IT APPEARS THAT A LARGE NUMBER OF OWNERS IN THE US HAVE EXPERIENCED NOT BEING ABLE TO START, DIFFICULTY STARTING, AND ENGINE FAILURE TO DUE WATER BEING DRAWN INTO THE ENGINE FROM WATER CONDENSING IN THE INTERCOOLER. HTTPS://MAPS.GOOGLE.COM/MAPS/MS?MSID=207335707442566723762.0004B73A15CAE256F489F&MSA=0&IWLOC=A THIS HAS CAUSED CARS TO SUDDENLY DIE WHILE DRIVING ON PUBLIC ROADS AND HIGHWAYS WITH THE POTENTIAL OF SUDDENLY BEING HIT BY FAST APPROACHING TRAFFIC. IT ALSO SEEMS EVIDENT THAT VOLKSWAGEN HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS ISSUE SINCE LAST WINTER. THERE APPEARS TO BE NUMEROUS TECH BULLETINS ON THE SUBJECT. *TR

2010 JETTA SEDAN TDI --> FUEL LEAK --> DAY PRIOR RAN NORMAL. WENT TO START AND DID NOT START. THOUGHT WAS THE BATTERY. CHARGED EMERGENCY STARTER FOR 4HR AND ATTEMPTED AGAIN WITH NO AVAIL. CALLED A FRIEND WHO IS A DIESEL MECHANIC TO HELP START IT. HOOKED TO HIS TRUCK AND STILL NO START. I NOTICED WET UNDERNEATH THE FRONT PASSENGER WHEEL AND THOUGHT NOTHING OF IT SINCE IT WAS PARKED ON THE STREET, SO WATER POSSIBLY. IT STARTED TO SNOW. WENT AND PURCHASED A NEW BATTERY. INSTALLED THE BATTERY, AFTER BATTERY INSTALL STILL DID NOT START. ATTEMPTED 2 MORE TIMES. SINCE IT WAS NOT THE BATTERY HE BEGAN TO LOOK ELSEWHERE WHILE I ATTEMPTED TO START AND YELLED AT ME TO STOP. I GO TO THE FRONT OF THE AUTO AND HE SHOWS ME WHERE THE DIESEL IS PULSATING OUT AND THAT IS WHY IT IS NOT STARTING, IT IS NOT GETTING TO THE ENGINE. I THEN LOOK AROUND THE CAR AND WITH THE SNOW, I THEN NOTICE A LONG GREEN PATH OF DIESEL FUEL ALONG THE ROAD. I CALLED VW, PAID THE 84$ TO TOW TO VW DEALER AND THEY COULD NOT LOOK AT IT UNTIL A WEEK LATER. MY CONCERN IS THE GAS LEAK. I SHOULD TECHNICALLY HAVE OVER 54K ON THE VEHICLE, I AM NOT EVEN CLOSE TO THOSE OTHERS FOR SALE ON THE MARKET. I AM NOT UPSET SINCE NO BODILY HARM WAS DONE, HOWEVER THE LEAK IS IN GREAT AMOUNT. I DO RECALL A COUPLE OF DAYS EARLIER THAT I WAS GOING THROUGH GAS QUICKER. I FILL 1X A MONTH, WITH 4 DAYS I WAS THROUGH A QUARTER OF A TANK BUT IT DID NOT CLICK. THIS IS ME NOTIFYING YOU OF MY GAS LEAK. THE CAR NEVER STARTED AND THERE WAS NO FIRE BUT THERE IS CONCERN DUE TO THE LEAK. MY MECHANIC FRIEND STATED THAT HE HAD NO IDEA WHAT THE PART WAS CALLED THAT WAS SHOOTING OUT THE FUEL AND TO TAKE TO A AUTHORIZED VW DEALER WHICH I DID. I STILL HAVE 5 DAYS TILL THEY CAN EVEN LOOK AT MY CAR. *TR

DRIVING AT ABOUT 40 MPH WITH ABOUT 1/4 TANK OF GAS WHEN CAR STARTED TO SPUTTER AND RUN ROUGH. THE GLOW PLUG INDICATOR LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING AND I PULLED INTO A NEARBY PARKING LOT WHERE I SHUT THE CAR OFF. I RESTARTED THE CAR AND PULLED OUT OF THE PARKING LOT BUT CAR IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH AND LOSE POWER AGAIN SO I PULLED INTO A GAS STATION LOT WHERE THE CAR REFUSED TO RESTART. CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND GOT CAR TOWED TO AUTOBARN IN COUNTRYSIDE (WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR). TRIED TO RESTART CAR AGAIN AT DEALERSHIP AND NOTICED THE FUEL GAGE WAS READING "EMPTY", MEANING FUEL HAD LEAKED OUT SINCE THE CAR DIED. DEALER CALLED ME THE NEXT DAY SAYING MY HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP HAD FAILED AND MY ENTIRE FUEL SYSTEM FROM THE GAS TANK ON UP TO THE INJECTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED. WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND DEALER WAS VERY HELPFUL AND DID THE JOB IN FOUR DAYS, DURING T-GIVING WEEK, WHICH I WAS VERY SATISFIED WITH. I ALWAYS GET MY DIESEL AT BP AMOCO'S OR MOBILES AND MAKE SURE TO USE HEAVILY TRAFFICKED STATION TO HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF GETTING FRESH FUEL. I AM NOT COMFORTABLE DRIVING THE CAR AND HAVE CONSIDERED TRADING IT IN DUE TO VW CORPORATE'S SEEMING INDIFFERENCE TO THE PROBLEM, WHICH IS WELL DOCUMENTED ONLINE AND THERE ARE MANY MANY CASES SIMILAR TO MINE. SHORTLY AFTER I BOUGHT THE CAR I NOTICED THAT ALL THE FUEL STATIONS IN MY AREA WENT FROM 5% BIODIESEL TO 20% BIODIESEL. I ASKED THE DEALER AT THE TIME ABOUT IT BECAUSE THE OWNERS MANUAL STATES VW WILL NOT WARRANTY THE CAR IF ANYTHING MORE THAN 5% BIODIESEL IS USED. THE DEALER SAID VW WOULD WARRANT IT AND A WRITTEN STATEMENT FROM VW CAME IN THE MAIL SHORTLY THEREAFTER. I CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER IF THE HIGHER BIODIESEL PERCENTAGE LED TO THE FAILURE. *TR

ON OCT. 4, 2013 THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILED WHILE I WAS DRIVING. THE GLOW PLUG LIGHT STARTED TO BLINK, I STARTED TO PULL OVER PLANNING TO SHUT THE CAR OFF AND RESTART IT TO SEE IF THE LIGHT WENT OFF. BEFORE I GOT PULLED OVER THE ENGINE DIED AND WOULD NOT RESTART. IT HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. IT COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION HAD I BEEN DRIVING IN HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC ON THE FREEWAY. THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILURE SENT METAL SHAVINGS THROUGH OUT THE ENTIRE FUEL SYSTEM. ALL PUMPS, INJECTORS, FUEL RAILS, FILTERS, LINES ALL HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE FUEL TANK HAD TO BE CLEANED AND LINES ALL FLUSHED. THANKFULLY IT WAS COVERED BY VW 60000 MILE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. I HAVE READ ABOUT A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS WHEN YOUR CAR JUST DIES GOING DOWN THE ROAD AND WILL NOT RESTART. *TR

OWNED MY 2010 VW JETTA SPORT WAGON TDI 6SP MAN SINCE NEW. IT HAS ALWAYS HAD AN INTERMENT COUGH & SPUTTER THAT WOULD HAPPEN AT ANY SPEED OR CONDITION, BUT WAS VERY INFREQUENT AN NON-REPEATABLE. NOW HOWEVER, STARTING AT AROUND 85,000 MILES, THE COUGH AND STALL HAS BECOME MORE FREQUENT, CAUSES THE GLOW PLUG INDICATOR LIGHT TO FLASH AND THE VEHICLE LOSES POWER (GOES INTO LIMP MODE?). THIS USED TO ALL RESET WHEN TURNING OFF THE KEY. THE LAST TIME I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER, PARR IMPORTS IN BREMERTON WA, AT 89,802 MILES IT HAD P0322 & P0651 FAULT CODES. THEY SUSPECTED AN INTERMITTENT CRANK SENSOR FAULT AND WANTED ME TO MONITOR. IT HAS PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN MUCH WORSE, I HAVE NOW LOST POWER IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND STALLED IN THE PARKING LOT PULLING ONTO THE ROAD AND HAVE HAD TO SWITCH VEHICLES WHEN IT WOULD NOT RESET LEAVING THE HOUSE. I WAS COMPELLED TO BUY THE TORQUE APPLICATION FOR MY ANDROID PHONE TO VIEW AND RESET FAULT CODES. I HAVE NOT RESET THE ECU FAULTS AT LEAST 4 MAYBE 6 TIMES AND NOW, AT AROUND 92,000 MILES, IT SHOWS 5 CODES AND WON'T RESET: P0322: IGNITION/DISTRIBUTOR ENGINE SPEED INPUT CIRCUIT NO SIGNAL, P2127: THROTTLE/PEDAL POSITION SENSOR/SWITCH E CIRCUIT LOW INPUT, P0193: FUEL RAIL PRESSURE SENSOR CIRCUIT HIGH INPUT, P0651: UNKNOWN CODE - MORE INFORMATION MAY BE AVAILABLE ON THE WEB, P0300: RANDOM/MULTIPLE CYLINDER MISFIRE DETECTED. MY INTERNET RESEARCH SUGGEST THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP (HPFP) MAY BE AN ISSUE WITH VW BLAMING IT ON GASOLINE CONTAMINATION, HOWEVER I HAVE RECORDS AND RECEIPTS CONFIRMING I ALWAYS FUEL WITH DIESEL FROM A MAJOR DISTRIBUTOR. *TR

PULLED ON TO HIGHWAY AND VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED IN MIDDLE OF INTERSECTION. ENGINE WENT TO IDLE. NO THROTTLE RESPONSE. AFTER SEVERAL PEDAL PRESSES IT TOOK OFF. *TR

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HER 2010 VW JETTA S/W TDI DSG HOME FROM WORK AND SHE NOTICED THAT IT SEEMED TO BE RUNNING A LITTLE ROUGHER THEN USUAL (IN DECEMBER WHEN WE HAD THE 40K SERVICE DONE WE WERE TOLD THAT IT NEEDED A FUEL FILTER AND THAT WOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM...IT DID FOR ABOUT A WEEK OR SO). WHEN SHE SLOWED DOWN FOR TRAFFIC THE RPM'S WOULD FLUCTUATE BETWEEN 500 RPMS AND 1400 RPMS AND NEARLY STALLING AT TIMES. FINALLY WHEN SHE GOT OFF THE EXIT RAMP NEAR HOME, THE JETTA STALLED AND A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. ONCE SHE WAS HOME I FOUND THAT IT WAS READING CODE P0263. THE JETTA WENT TO DEALER ON 3/13 AND WE GOT IT BACK ON 3/22. UNFORTUNATELY IT STALLED OUT ON MY WIFE ON 3/23 AFTER A SHORT TRIP ACROSS TOWN WHILE DROPPING MY SON OFF AT HIS FRIENDS HOUSE. SHE PRECEDED TO COME HOME AFTER DROPPING HIM OFF AS THE STALLING ISSUE OCCURRED WHILE MAKING A TURN AND SHE WAS NEARLY BROADSIDED BY A SUV! HAD THE VEHICLES COLLIDED, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A DIRECT IMPACT TO MY WIFE AND SON'S SEATS! THE NEXT MORNING I TOOK THE JETTA OUT FOR A DRIVE TO SEE IF I COULD DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND BOY DID I EVER. THANKFULLY THE DEALER IS CLOSE BY AND I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR THERE BUT NOT WITHOUT ISSUES. IT STALLED OUT ON ME 4 TIMES IN THE 1.5 MILE TRIP. I TOO WAS NEARLY HIT BY AN ON COMING CAR WHILE MAKING A TURN. NOT TO MENTION IT STALLED WHILE TRYING TO MERGE ONTO THE HIGHWAY GETTING TO THE DEALERSHIP. DURING THE FIRST VISIT FOR THE STALLING PROBLEM, VW HAD THE DEALER DRAIN MY FULL TANK OF DIESEL AS THEY THOUGHT I USED BAD FUEL AND THIS WAS NOT THE CASE. NEXT THEY REPROGRAMMED THE FUEL INJECTORS AND THAT DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. SO VW HAD THE DEALER REPLACE A FUEL REGULATOR VALVE AND THAT DID NOT WORK AS WELL. AFTER TWO MORE TIMES OF REPROGRAMMING THE FUEL INJECTORS THE LIGHT APPARENTLY WENT OUT A SO VW OF AMERICA AND THE DEALER FELT IT WAS FIXED AND SAFE FOR US TO DRIVE. I THINK NOT! *TR