2012 Volkswagen Jetta Fuel System Problems

Your fuel pump (CP4 high pressure pump) may fail and break apart, sending metal fragments throughout your fuel system and causing thousands of dollars in damage. This is a known design flaw affecting many vehicles, and while other manufacturers have issued recalls, Volkswagen has not addressed this issue for your Jetta. The repair will likely require replacing the fuel pump and potentially cleaning or replacing fuel injectors and other fuel system components.

Your Jetta's diesel fuel pump may fail prematurely when using standard American diesel fuel, as the pump was designed for foreign diesel fuel specifications. The repair is expensive, and you're requesting Volkswagen develop a replacement pump that can handle American diesel. Fixing this issue would likely require replacing the fuel pump with a diesel-compatible unit.

Every time you fill up your gas tank, your car won't start right away—you have to pump the accelerator pedal several times before the engine catches. This only happens after refueling; the car starts normally at all other times. This issue has been occurring for about 6 months.

HPFP fuel system failed while driving at speed causing car to stall on highway.

It first started around May 2021. The first symptom was gas or exhaust fumes in my cabin of the vehicle. Apart believed to be a fact it was the canister purge solenoid so I changed it out myself twice. The symptoms did not seem to go away so I decided to take it to a Firestone; after a week and a half they decided they didn’t know what it was so I was refunded. After that I took it to “Checkered Flag Volkswagen” in Virginia Beach. When I was diagnosed with the charcoal canister needed to be replaced. After that was changed I had to move the very next day to Alton Illinois. So I use the vehicle to move to Alton Illinois vehicle seem to be running fine but after the day the check engine light came back on was the same code. Shortly afterwards I started smelling the fumes again and I developed a cough and I have occasional headaches come from the fumes coming from either gas or exhaust inside the cab another vehicle through the vents. Since I moved I cannot return to the same dealership to further resolve this problem and now I am expected to pay for further service being done and continue to pay for the service already done by the last dealership. This is a safety hazard to me to drive like the and I have to pay for an unfinished job. I would like my money back and have the service taken care of without further costs.

GAS CAP PROBLEM WARING LIGHT ON DO TO GAS CAP AND GAS LEAKING FEUMS WHEN GAS TANK IS FULL CAN SMELL GAS WHILE DRIVING

FUEL LINE LEAK. THIS LEAK IS NOT ONLY OCCURRING IN DIESEL BASED ENGINES. WHILE DRIVING THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED AS IT APPEARED THERE WAS OBVIOUS STRESS ON THE VEHICLE CAUSING THE CAR TO STALL & THE CAR STRUGGLED TO MAINTAIN MOMENTUM PRIOR TO THE STALL. SEEMED AS IF THE CAR WAS NOT SHIFTING CORRECTLY. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO BE CHECKED TO DISCOVER THERE IS A GAS LEAK DETECTED AFTER A PRESSURE TEST WAS PERFORMED. THE VEHICLE HAS 89K MILES ON IT.

THE ENGINE SHUT OFF WHILE TRAVELING AT 65MPH ON THE HIGHWAY. THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILED, CAUSING THE SHUTDOWN. VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA HAD ALREADY ISSUED AN EXTENSION ON THE WARRANTY FOR THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP, BUT I'M BEYOND THE MILEAGE OF THE EXTENSION. I WAS FORTUNATE TO BE IN A RURAL AREA WITHOUT A LOT OF TRAFFIC, BUT THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A MAJOR ACCIDENT IF I HAD BEEN IN TRAFFIC OR EVEN JUST IN THE LEFT LANE.

HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILURE AT 104K MILES ON 2012 VW JETTA TDI A FUEL LINE WAS LEAKING, WHICH AS STATED BY THE SERVICE MANAGER AT SERRA VW, APPEARED TO BE A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. THE ENGINE COVER WAS RUBBING THE FUEL LINE (GROMMET POSSIBLY) CAUSING A LEAK. THE FUEL PRESUMABLY LEAKS ONTO THE SERPENTINE BELT WEAKENING IT, AND CAUSING IT TO FAIL AND SHRED TO PIECES. FUEL LINE WAS REPLACED, AS WELL AS THE SERPENTINE BELT. CAR WAS TESTED AND WOULD NOT CRANK STILL. SERVICE TECHNICIAN THOUGHT IT COULD BE THE BATTERY, THOUGH IT HAD BEEN REPLACED ROUGHLY A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. STILL, THEY DISCHARGED THE BATTERY, CHARGED THE BATTERY, AND TESTED THE CAR, AND IT STILL WOULD NOT CRANK. AT THIS POINT IT WAS THOUGHT THE FUEL FILTER MAY BE AN ISSUE. FUEL FILTER WAS REPLACED, THE CAR TESTED AGAIN, AND AGAIN IT WOULD NOT CRANK. THAT IS WHEN THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP WAS GOING TO BE REPLACED. SERRA VW PLACED A WARRANTY CLAIM, WHICH WAS DECLINED, WITH THE BLAME PLACED ON THE LEAK IN THE FUEL LINE.THE FUEL PUMP IS COVERED UNDER THE EXTENDED EMISSIONS SYSTEM WARRANTY AS A RESULT OF THE EMISSIONS RECALL DUE TO UNETHICAL MODIFICATIONS OF THE COMPANY. I OPENED A CUSTOMER SERVICE CASE, TO INVESTIGATE. THEY FOUND NO REASON WHY THE HPFP WARRANTY WOULD BE DECLINED. THEY RELIED ON THE WORD OF THE SERVICE MANAGER, THAT STATED A MANUFACTURER DEFECT CAUSING THE FUEL LINE TO LEAK WAS THE CAUSE FOR THE FUEL PUMP FAILURE. AT NO POINT WAS THERE EVER ANY INDICATION OF STALLS, LACK OF POWER, OR REDUCED POWER OR 'MISSING' WHEN THE SERPENTINE BELT FAILED, INDICATING NO ISSUES WITH THE HPFP PRIOR TO ARRIVING AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE

HAVING DIFFICULTY WITH MY VW JETTA SPORTWAGEN 2012 WITH ITS HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP HAVING CONTAMINATED THE FUEL SYSTEM IN THE CAR WITH METAL SHARDS CAPTURED ON THE FUEL METERING VALVE. ENTIRE FUEL SYSTEM NEEDS REPLACEMENT. THE CAR IS A CERTFIFIED PRE-OWNED AND ONLY 11 MONTHS INTO A 2-YEAR BUMPER-TO-BUMPER WARRANTY. THE DEALERSHIP, REGIONAL CASE DISPUTE MANAGER, AND TECHNICAL DISPUTE INQUIRY HAVE ALL COME BACK AND REPORTED THAT IT IS AN EXTERNALLY CREATED ISSUE FROM THE DIESEL FUEL I PUT INTO THE TANK. HOWEVER, THIS IS A WELL-DOCUMENTED ONGOING ISSUE WITH VW DIESEL ENGINES WITH THEIR HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMPS DATING BACK TO 2009. THE FUEL I PUT INTO THE CAR WAS TESTED AND CAME BACK ENTIRELY FINE. AND BY VIRTUE OF THE METAL SHARDS BEING FOUND ON THE FUEL METERING VALVE THAT IS WHOLLY INDICATIVE OF THE CONTAMINATION BEING CAUSE AFTER THE FUEL HAS GONE THROUGH THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP, TO THE ENGINE, AND THE EXCESS IS RETURNING BACK TO THE FUEL TANK VIA THE FUEL METERING VALVE. I WAS TOLD THAT THE METAL SHARDS WERE ONLY FOUND ON THE MESH PIECE/FILTER ON THE FUEL METERING VALVE NOT ON THE FUEL TANK FILTER ITSELF (WHICH YOU WOULD THINK THERE WOULD BE METAL SHARDS ON THE FUEL TANK FILTER IF THE DIESEL THAT I PUT INTO THE CAR WAS THE ORIGINAL ISSUE). THE CAR HAS NO ACCELERATION AFTER APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, AND FURTHER DRIVING OF IT WILL JUST FURTHER COMPROMISE THE FUEL SYSTEM. THE PROBLEM OCCURS VERY SUDDENLY WITHOUT WARNING, AS IT DID IN MY CASE, WHICH DOESN'T ALLOW FOR CORRECTING BEFORE IT'S MUCH TOO LATE. I'M FACING AN ESTIMATED $5500 REPAIR BUT THAT IS ON THE LOW SIDE OF WHAT HAS BEEN REPORTED BY OTHERS THAT HAVE FACED THE SAME SITUATION. MY CAR IS UNDER WARRANTY, THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE SINCE 2009 WITH VW DIESEL HIGH FUEL PUMPS, I BELIEVE THEY SHOULD FIX UNDER THE WARRANTY AS THEY KNOW THIS IS AN INTERNAL EQUIPMENT/PARTS FAILURE.

LEAK IN THE FUEL SYSTEM.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE IN PARKING LOT, CAR SOUNDED STRANGE. AS CAR MOVING THROUGH PARKING LOT CAR COMPLETELY STALLED. TURNED HAZARDS ON. TURNED CAR OFF AND ATTEMPTED TO RESTART CAR. CAR WOULD NOT RESTART AND WINDOWS WOULD NOT FUNCTION. AFTER A FEW MINUTES A NICE GENTLEMAN OFFERED TO PUSH CAR TO SAFE LOCATION. PUT CAR IN NEUTRAL AND STEERED AS NICE GENTLEMAN PUSHED CAR. CAR LOST ALL POWER STEERING AT THIS TIME. CONTACTED NEAREST VW DEALERSHIP, VW VALENCIA. VW VALENCIA STATED SHOP AND DEALERSHIP WOULD BE SHUTTING DOWN AND COULD NOT HELP ME, DIRECTED ME TO NEAREST VW 14 MILES AWAY. PREGNANT AND WITH A 2 YEAR OLD IN THE CAR DECIDED IT WOULD NOT BE SAFE TO VENTURE OUT OF MY TOWN. CALLED AAA. AAA TOWED ME TO GERMAN HI TECH INC. GERMAN HI TECH INC DETERMINED FUEL PUMP WAS TO BLAME. RESEARCHED VW FUEL PUMP RECALLS. FOUND RECALLS ON PASSAT AND CC MODELS. CONTACTED VW TO DETERMINE IF RECALL IS EXTENDED TO JETTA TDI. VW EMPLOYEE TOLD ME NOT AT THIS TIME. DETERMINED BEST COURSE OF ACTION TO HAVE WORK COMPLETED IN TOWN IF NO GUARANTEE OF RECALL. DID FILE A COMPLAINT WITH VW.

CAR WOULD NOT START IN THE MORNINGS, THEN IT WOULD AFTER SITTING AWHILE. AFTER A COUPLE OF WEEKS BEFORE SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE, CAR WOULDN'T START. GOT IT TO START AGAIN, BUT DROVE LESS THAN A MILE AND IT STALL ON A BUSY BRIDGE. CAR STARTED UP AGAIN AND THEN DRIVER COULD NOT GET IT INTO 4TH GEAR. COASTED IN THIRD GEAR, BUT WHEN REACHING A STOPLIGHT, THE CAR STALLED YET AGAIN. THIS TIME CAR NEEDED TO BE TOWED. WHILE STARTING THE CAR'S HEADLIGHTS WERE FLICKERING AND HAD PROBLEMS GETTING ENOUGH GAS TO THE NECESSARY COMPONENTS. DEALER ONCE AGAIN COULD NOT COME UP WITH ISSUE...CLAIMING THAT FUEL PUMP PRESSURE WAS IN RANGE. HOWEVER, THE CAR'S PROBLEM CAN EASILY BE BAD PRESSURE SINCE IT OCCURRED EVERY TIME IN THE MORNING WHILE THE CAR SAT FOR MORE THAN 8 HOURS. WHETHER THE DEALER COULD DO THE NECESSARY COMPARISON TEST FOR THIS ISSUE IS QUESTIONABLE SINCE IT MUST HAVE BEEN SITTING IN THE GARAGE. THE CAR IS CURRENTLY AT ANOTHER REPAIR SHOP. WE HAVE NO DOCUMENTATION AT THIS POINT. WILL PROVIDE WHEN AVAILABLE. *TR

MY CAR BROKE DOWN, I.E. A WARNING LIGHT EMITTED ON THE DASH. I WAS ABLE TO PULL MY CAR OVER. I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND THE CAR WOULD NOT RESTART. I HAD MY CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP INFORMED ME MY HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILED AND SENT PIECES OF METAL INTO MY ENTIRE FUEL SYSTEM, AND THAT EVERYTHING EXCEPT THE FUEL TANK WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THIS IS A $5400 REPAIR PER THE VW DEALERSHIP MY CAR WAS TOWED TO. VW OF AMERICA ISSUED A VOLUNTARY EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THIS FUEL PUMP TO 120K MILES. MY CAR BROKE DOWN AT 120,946 MILES. I CALLED VW OF A TO ASK IF THEY WOULD COVER AT LEAST PART OF MY REPAIR AS I WAS NOT FAR OUTSIDE OF THE WARRANTY WINDOW (946 MILES) - THEY SAID THEY WOULD DO NOTHING TO HELP ME. AFTER TALKING TO THE SERVICE GUY AT THE VW DEALERSHIP, HE TOLD ME HE'S HAD THREE OTHER VW TDI'S IN THERE THIS MONTH ALONE FOR THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. I ALSO TALKED TO ANOTHER LOCAL VW MECHANIC SHOP TO GET ANOTHER QUOTE FOR THE REPAIR - THE OWNER THERE SAID HE "KNOWS ALL ABOUT THE PROBLEM." THUS, IT SEEMS THAT THE FUEL PUMP FAILURE I EXPERIENCED IS HAPPENING ON A LARGE SCALE TO SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE SAME CAR/FUEL SYSTEM I HAVE. VW OF AMERICA ALSO KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, HENCE THEIR VOLUNTARY EXTENDED WARRANTY. IT IS MY OPINION THAT VW OF AMERICA SHOULD HAVE ISSUED A RECALL FOR A DEFECT, AS OPPOSED TO AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. BOTH THE VW DEALERSHIP WHERE MY CAR CURRENTLY IS, AS WELL AS THE LOCAL VW MECHANIC SHOP I SPOKE TO, ARE IN AGREEMENT THAT THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED, BUT THAT VW OF AMERICA GOT OUT OF THIS COSTLY OPTION BY ISSUING AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. ANY HELP OR INSIGHT INTO THIS ISSUE THAT YOU CAN AFFORD IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.

THE TURBO ON MY 2012 JETTA SPORTWAGON HAS FAILED AT 89,000 MILES AND VW WOULD NOT FIX IT. IT COST ME $3000 TO FIX. THE PARTICULATE FILTER WAS DIRTIED AS A RESULT OF THE FAILURE AND VW WILL NOT REPLACE IT. IT WILL COST ME $2000 TO FIX IT. I WANT FULL VALUE FOR THE CAR PLUS MY $3000 BACK TO FIX THE TURBO. THE TURBO FAILED FIVE MONTHS AFTER VW COMPLETED THE MANDATORY "SERVICE SOFTWARE UPDATE" REQUIRED TO GET AN APPROVED SMOG CHECK.

ON AN AFTERNOON IN EARLY FEBRUARY 2016, MY 2012 VW JETTA TDI WENT INTO 'LIMP' MODE AFTER STARTING IT AND DRIVING FOR LESS THAN TWO MINUTES OUT OF MY WORKPLACE PARKING LOT. I WAS BARELY ABLE TO GET IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND STOP, WHEN IT DIED COMPLETELY AND WOULD NOT START AGAIN. THE GLOW PLUG DASH LIGHT CAME ON. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER THE NEXT DAY AND THEY DIAGNOSED THAT THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP (HPFP) HAD FAILED, BLOWING ,METAL SHARDS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE FUEL SYSTEM. THEY PERFORMED A DIESEL FUEL TEST, WHICH 'PASSED', SO ALL REPAIRS WERE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE CAR HAD 53,000 MILES ON IT AT THAT POINT. PARTS ALONE WOULD HAVE COST NEARLY $4000, AND I WAS NOT SHOWN WHAT THE LABOR COSTS WOULD HAVE BEEN! I THEN DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS A 'KNOWN' ISSUE BUT NOT UNDER RECALL, ONLY AN EXTENDED WARRANTY PERIOD. HAVING THE COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER THAT LIMP MODE RESULTED IN, AND BEING STRANDED FOR HOURS WAITING FOR A TOW, MADE ME RECONSIDER MY PURCHASE DECISION FOR THIS VEHICLE. I AM VERY GLAD I WAS NOT ON THE FREEWAY, AS THE FAILURE COULD HAVE BEEN DEADLY IN THAT DRIVING ENVIRONMENT. WITH THE CURRENT DIESEL EMISSIONS SCANDAL ONGOING, I AM 'STUCK' WITH THIS VEHICLE, UNLESS I WANT TO TAKE A DRASTIC HIT ON PRIVATE RESALE VALUE; NO ONE WILL TAKE IT IN TRADE. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM THAT NEEDS BETTER RESOLUTION.

FOR OVER A YEAR, MY CAR WAS HAVING HESITATION ISSUES. I KEPT CALLING MY DEALER AND GOING IN FOR REGULAR SERVICE. AT ONE POINT, MY CAR STARTED BUT THEN TURNED OFF TWO TIMES. I KEPT GETTING DIFFERENT STORIES..."UNABLE TO REPLICATE", "A FAULTY VALVE, CODE P2004." ON MY WAY TO WORK 2/23/16, MY CAR LOST POWER ON ACCELERATION. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND THE COIL (TDI) LIGHT CAME ON. I PULLED OVER AND TURNED OFF THE CAR AND WAITED. THEN STARTED THE CAR AGAIN, BEGAN DRIVING, AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I CALLED THE TOW TRUCK. DEALER SERVICE MANAGER (FITZGERALD - ANDREW) GAVE ME THE RUN AROUND -- TELLING ME THAT I PUT CONTAMINATED FUEL IN MY CAR. I CALLED SUNOCO AND MY, GEICO, IMMEDIATELY. THE MOST UPSETTING PART OF ALL OF THIS WAS HOW ANDREW APPROACHED THE PROBLEM, EXAGGERATED MY INVOLVEMENT IN IT AND ARROGANTLY USED HIS POSITION TO SHOW BLAME TO ME -- NEVER EXPLAINING THIS IS AN EXTENDED RECALL AND WHY! I AM NOW GETTING MY FUEL PUMP FIXED UNDER THE WARRANTY. BUT.... THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL NOW. I KNOW THAT THIS PROBLEM WAS ON-GOING FOR ME FOR A WHOLE YEAR, AND I BELIEVE THAT IT HAS DAMAGED MY CAR, AND I CANNOT PROVE THIS. PLEASE SAVE OTHER OWNERS AND RECALL THIS PART.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL DOOR FAILED TO UNLOCK. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO LOCK AND UNLOCK THE VEHICLE DOORS SEVERAL TIMES AND THEN ACTIVATE THE FUEL DOOR LOCK SYSTEM TO UNLOCK THE FUEL DOOR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE FUEL TANK DOOR LOCK MODIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,000.

I WAS DRIVING ON A COUNTY ROAD WHEN I BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. THERE WAS TRAFFIC BEHIND ME. MY CAR BEGAN TO SHAKE AND MAKE A LOUD KNOCKING SOUND AS IT COUNTINUED TO COAST. AS SOON AS I WAS ABLE TO BEGIN TO PULL TO THE SHOULDER, MY CAR COMPLETELY AND VIOLENTLY DIED. IT WOULD NOT RESTART, LEAVING ME STRANDED AND CAUSING UPCOMING TRAFFIC TO AVOID ME. THE DEALERSHIP STATES IT IS HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILURE. THE ANALYSIS OF FUEL SHOWS A LUBRICITY FAILURE, WHICH THE DEALERSHIP STATED WAS DUE TO METAL SHAVINGS. IT WAS NEGATIVE FOR GASOLINE AND HAS NOT BEEN MIS-FUELED. THERE HAS BEEN MULTIPLE REPORTS OF THESE FAILURES, WHICH CAUSE THE METAL SHAVINGS TO CONTAMINATE THE FUEL SYSTEM. VW HAS EXTENDED COVERAGE TO THESE PUMPS, BUT DOES NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ONGOING FAILURES. "NOT PASSING THE LUBRICITY TEST" WHICH APPEARS TO BE CAUSED FROM THE PUMP FAILURE ITSELF, VOIDS THE EXTENDED COVERAGE, CAUSING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN REPAIRS.

A WOMAN AND A YOUNG CHILD DEPARTED A PRESCHOOL ON A CLEAR, DRY DAY. THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET 250 FEET FROM THE PRESCHOOL WITHOUT WARNING OR ANY SIGN OF TROUBLE. THE VEHICLE HAD RUN WELL TO DATE. THE DRIVER ATTEMPTED MULTIPLE TIMES TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, BUT IT SHUT DOWN AGAIN WITHIN TWO SECONDS OF STARTING. A GOOD SAMARITAN PUSHED THE VEHICLE TO THE CURB. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A VOLKSWAGEN DEALER, WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE CAUSE WAS DIESEL FUEL SYSTEM FAILURE, NECESSITATING TOTAL REPLACEMENT. THE FUEL SYSTEM IN THIS MAKE AND MODEL IS A KNOWN PROBLEM, FOR WHICH AN EXTENDED WARRANTY APPLIES TO 120,000 MILES. THE DEALER HAD A FUEL SAMPLE TESTED FOR CONTAMINATION. RESULTS WERE ALL STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANTLY WITHIN VW SPECIFICATIONS. VOLKSWAGEN CONTENDS, HOWEVER, THAT THE FUEL SAMPLE FAILED THE TEST DUE TO ITS OWN ROUNDING ERROR AND REFUSES TO HONOR ITS EXTENDED WARRANTY.

WHILE DRIVING THE JETTA TDI AT 35 MPH, ALL OF A SUDDEN DASH LIGHTS FLASHED ON AND OFF AND CAR STALLED. WE WERE ABLE TO STEER CAR TO SIDE OF ROAD. THE CAR WOULD NOT TURN OVER AND WAS TOWED TO LOCAL VW DEALERSHIP. IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH HPFP FAILURE AND THE METAL HAD CONTAMINATED MY ENTIRE SYSTEM AND NEEDED COSTLY REPAIR. FUEL WAS SENT FOR TESTING, AND WHEN VERIFIED THAT IT WAS NOT OWNER NEGLIGENCE VW REPAIRED THE CAR. THE WAIT WAS ALMOST 2 WEEKS.

THE CAR IS A 2012 JETTA SPORTWAGON TDI. IT HAS RECEIVED ALL APPROPRIATE SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE, AND ONLY DIESEL FUEL HAS BEEN USED IN THE CAR. THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY 1/2 TANK OF DIESEL LEFT WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. WHILE DRIVING ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET, THE GLOW PLUG WARNING LIGHT BEGAN TO FLASH. APPROXIMATELY 30 SECONDS LATER THE ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER, AND WITHIN TWO MINUTES DIED COMPLETELY. I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE CURB AND PARK, BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT START AGAIN. AN INSPECTION BY A CERTIFIED MECHANIC FOUND METAL SHAVINGS THROUGHOUT THE FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, AND DIAGNOSED A BLOWN HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH VW TDI ENGINES.

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND WHILE DRIVING TO DEALER FOR SERVICE THE CAR ENGINE FAILED COMPLETELY WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH ON FREEWAY. CAR HAD NO PROPULSION AND CAME TO A ROLLING STOP. UNABLE TO RESTART CAR. TOWED TO VW DEALER AND THEY SAID VW TDI FUEL PUMPS HAVE HAD ISSUES AND COULD FAIL. LUCKILY NOBODY WAS INJURED BUT COULD HAVE BEEN VERY DANGEROUS AS ENGINE SHUT DOWN IMMEDIATELY AND FAILED COMPLETELY WHILE ON FREEWAY. I WAS VERY SHAKEN BY THE INCIDENT AND WAS UNABLE TO MOVE ALL THE WAY TO SIDE OF FREEWAY. STILL DO NOT HAVE CAR BACK AND VW DEALER INDICATED IT WOULD BE A LARGE REPAIR

VEHICLE ENGINE (JETTA 2.0 TDI) ABRUPTLY STALLED AND WOULD NOT RESTART. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP HAD FAILED; AND HAD DISINTEGRATED IN A FASHION THAT THE DEBRIS HAD CONTAMINATED THE ENTIRE FUEL SYSTEM. FUEL TANK, LINES AND INJECTION SYSTEM WERE CLEANED, FUEL PUMP AND FILTERS WERE REPLACED. HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE HAS STILL EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT STALLING PROBLEMS EVER SINCE THIS WARRANTY REPAIR, AND THE DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO RESOLVE AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN (AND CURRENTLY REMAINS) AT THE DEALER FOR 33 OF THE PAST 40 DAYS.

DURING FEBRUARY, THE 2012 VW TDI JETTA SPORTWAGEN WITH 59,7000 MILES STALLED TWICE WHEN TRYING TO START THE VEHICLE. ON THE THIRD START THE VEHICLE STARTED BUT THE GLOW PLUG LIGHT WAS FLASHING AND THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE TO MORE THAN 45 MPH. THE VEHICLE LIMPED TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHO FOUND METAL FLAKES IN THE FUEL FILTER AND STATED THAT THE IN-TANK FUEL PUMP HAD FAILED. THE IN-TANK FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED AND THE FUEL SYSTEM WAS APPARENTLY CLEARED OF METAL. AT 63,000 MILES, THE GLOW PLUG LIGHT BEGAN TO FLASH WHILE AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. I GOT THE VEHICLE TO AN EXIT, STOPPED IT, TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTED. THE GLOW PLUG LIGHT WAS NO LONGER FLASHING AND THE CAR WAS DRIVABLE ALTHOUGH IT WAS LACKING SOME ACCELERATION AND THERE WAS A MOAN/WHINE NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. GOT THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND LEARNED THAT THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP HAS FAILED AND THAT THE ENTIRE FUEL SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THERE IS NO MIS-FUELING ISSUE, AND DIESEL RECEIPTS ARE KEPT AT FILL UP.

2012 VOLKSWAGEN SPORTWAGEN TDI. WHEN TRAVELING ON THE FREEWAY 4/11/15 GLOW PLUG LIGHT BEGAN BLINKING, WE NOTICED AN IMMEDIATELY SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF POWER. AT THIS MOMENT WE WERE TRAVELING ON A TWO LANE FREEWAY THAT HAPPENED TO HAVE ONE LANE BLOCKED. VEHICLES IMMEDIATELY BEGAN STACKING UP BEHIND US. AFTER PULLING OFF THE FREEWAY ATTEMPTED TO STOP AND RESTART THE ENGINE, WE HAD A VERY DIFFICULT TIME RESTARTING THE MOTOR. WAS ABLE TO DRIVE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP, HOWEVER HAD A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN POWER, SAFETY WAS A CONCERN AND WAS VERY WORRIED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL WHILE ON THE FREEWAY. BECAUSE OF THIS WE PULLED OFF THE FREEWAY AND CONTINUED TO LIMP TOWARDS THE DEALERSHIP ON LOCAL ROADS. THERE WAS SO MUCH REDUCTION IN POWER THAN DRIVING UP A SMALL HILL ALMOST BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO A STOP. DEALERSHIP ACCUSED US OF FUELING THE VEHICLE WITH GAS INSTEAD OF DIESEL, GAS STATION WAS ABLE TO PRODUCE A RECEIPT SHOWING THAT WE HAD FILLED THE VEHICLE WITH DIESEL. HOWEVER, VW IS COVERING THE REPAIR, AND VEHICLE IS READY TO BE PICKED UP 4/16/15. DID NOT FEEL THAT THE FUEL PUMP FAILURE HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH MISFUELING, AND WHILE VW IS COVERING THE REPAIR, IT APPEARS THAT THIS ISSUE IS A WELL DOCUMENTED FAILURE WITH VW. WE DO FEEL THAT OUR SAFETY COULD HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED WITH THIS FAILURE. *TR

WAS DRIVING 40 AND WAS HEADING DOWN A HILL AND WAS COMING TO A STOP WHEN MY 2012 VW JETTA SPORTSWAGEN POWER FLICKERED, COIL LIGHT (GLOW LIGHT) CAME ON, IT MADE A LOUD NOISE AND DIED. I WAS UNABLE TO MOVE IT, COULD OF BEEN A BAD SITUATION. THANKFULLY VW DEALERSHIP SERVICE GAVE ME A NUMBER TO A LOCAL TOWING COMPANY. I WAS QUICKLY TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. IT SOUNDS LIKE SO MANY OTHERS HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM. WAITING TO HEAR OFFICIAL DIAGNOSTICS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING IN THE FREEWAY AT SPEED OF 20 MPH DUE TO HIGHWAY TRAFFIC, I SMELLED DIESEL FUEL THROUGH THE AIR VENTS. THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY BEGAN TO LOOSE POWER AND THE PEDAL WAS NOT FUNCTIONAL COMPLETELY AFTER, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF AND STALLED ON THE HIGHWAY. THE MIL (MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP) AND BATTERY DASH WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. THE CAR WOULD NOT START OVER AND WAS TOWED OUT OF THE HIGHWAY. I NOTICED THERE WAS A DIESEL FUEL LEAK UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE CAR WAS THEN TOWED TO A VOLKSWAGEN DEALER AND DIAGNOSIS WERE MADE RESULTING IN FUEL PUMP REPLACEMENT. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT 70 MPH IN THE MIDDLE LANE OF THREE LANES AT APPROXIMATELY 10:00 PM THROUGH LIGHT RAIN THE GLOW PLUG INDICATOR ON THE DASH BEGAN TO FLASH. THEN THE ENGINE LOST POWER. I PULLED TO THE EMERGENCY LANE WHERE THE CAR LOST ALL ENGINE POWER AND WOULD NOT RESTART. THIS ALL OCCURRED WITHIN 20-25 SECONDS AND WE WERE LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT TO EMERGENCY LANE. WE HAVE SINCE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A VW DEALER WHERE THEY REPLACED THE ENTIRE FUEL SYSTEM WHICH WAS UNDER WARRANTY. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP PROBLEM MOST FELLOW VW OWNER RECOMMENDED THAT I FILE A COMPLAINT. *TR

2012 VW JETTA SPORTWAGEN TDI HAD HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP HPFP CATASTROPHIC FAILURE ON THE HIGHWAY. WAS ABLE TO COAST WITHOUT POWER TO AN OFF RAMP. 1 WEEK OF REPAIRS BUT THE NEAR COLLISION ISSUE IS AMAZING. *TR

FUEL TANK FILLER DOOR WILL NOT OPEN. DEFECT IN LOCKING AND RELEASE MECHANISM. *TR

33,600 MILES WITH NO PROBLEMS AT ALL ON VW TDI SPORTWAGEN. LOS ANGELES TO LAKE HAVASU, AZ FRIDAY, AFTERNOON JULY 11, 2014, 300 MILES IN 110 DEGREE WEATHER. PARKED FOR 2 HOURS, DROVE TO MARKET. GLOW PLUG LIGHT CAME ON, ENGINE STUMBLED, DIED, NO RESTART. WALKED TO 2ND HOME. NEXT DAY - NO START, CALLED VW, TOWED 150 MILES TO LAS VEGAS, RENTED CAR IN AZ FOR WEEKEND AND DRIVE BACK TO LA. LV VW DEALER SAYS "OUT OF FUEL". REPLY "IMPOSSIBLE, ONLY DROVE 300 MILES". ON MONDAY, DEALER CALLS TO SAY IT MAY TAKE A WEEK, IT IS THE FUEL PUMP AND HE IS WORKING ON GETTING COVERAGE FOR WORK FROM VW. REPLY "STILL UNDER WARRANTY, WHY WOULDN'T VW COVER". NO ANSWER. ON WEDNESDAY CALLS TO SAY HAVE TO ORDER PARTS, METAL PARTICLES IN THE FUEL SYSTEM, MAY BE LONGER.(FINAL COUNT 11 DAYS FROM FAILURE TO REPAIR). WITH ADDITIONAL DAYS ON RENTAL, OUT OF STATE DROP OF FEE, HOTEL ROOM, ETC. ABOUT $800 IN OUTLAY (NOT COUNTING TIME TO TRAVEL TO LAS VEGAS TO PICK UP CAR AND BACK TO LA). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE REDUCED IN SPEED AND STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILED AS A RESULT THE FUEL PUMP AND THE FUEL SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, AN UNUSUAL NOISE AND VIBRATION EMITTED OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHENEVER THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS ENGAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THERE WAS A RECALL RELATED TO THE FAILURE UNDER THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 11V490000 (FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL) HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE.

WHEN STARTING FROM A FULL STOP IN DRIVE MODE "D" I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR AND THE CAR RESPONDED WITH ALMOST ZERO POWER TO ACCELERATE. IT JUST ROLLED FORWARD AS THOUGH I WASN'T PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR AT ALL MOVING 1 TO 2 MPH. AFTER 5 SECONDS OF PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR AND THE RPM CLIMBING SLOWLY, IT WOULD ACHIEVE NORMAL DRIVING POWER. EVEN AT SPEEDS OF 20-30MPH THE INITIAL RESPONSE UPON HITTING THE ACCELERATOR WAS THE SAME LAGGING RESPONSE. APPLYING THE GAS PEDAL FELT LIKE STARTING FROM A STOP WITH A MANUAL TRANSMISSION IN 5TH GEAR. I STOPPED THE VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES, EVEN SHUTTING OFF THE CAR, WITHOUT ANY CHANGE IN THE BEHAVIOR DURING MY 10 MINUTE DRIVE. AFTER LEAVING THE CAR OFF FOR HALF HOUR THE PROBLEM DIDN'T YET RETURN. *TR

AS I ACCELERATE TO MERGE ONTO THE FREEWAY, I SUDDENLY REALIZED THAT I DIDN'T HAVE ANY POWER TO SPEAK OF, WHICH WAS QUITE ALARMING. THIS HAD NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE. I WAS ABLE TO GAIN ENOUGH SPEED TO GET ON THE FREEWAY, BUT I INSTANTLY TURNED ON MY HAZARD LIGHTS REALIZING THAT I COULD NOT GAIN ENOUGH SPEED TO KEEP UP WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, MY GLOW PLUG LIGHT CAME ON, AND I DROVE MY CAR 1 MILE TO THE NEAREST OFF RAMP. WHEN I CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP MY ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AND I DROVE 1 MILE TO MY SCHEDULED DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT. I PARKED MY JETTA WITH PLANS TO ADDRESS THE MATTER AFTER MY APPOINTMENT. WHEN I RETURNED TO MY CAR, IT WOULD NOT START, AND I CALLED AAA TO TOW MY CAR TO THE NEAREST VW DEALERSHIP. AS I MENTIONED, THIS HAD NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE, AND I WAS IN ABSOLUTE SHOCK BECAUSE I LOVE MY CLEAN DIESEL, AND I HAVE ENCOURAGED 4 OTHER FRIENDS TO BUY THE EXACT SAME MODEL!!! AFTER LEAVING THE CAR AT THE VW DEALERSHIP, I BEGAN TO DO SOME RESEARCH ONLINE ABOUT THE ISSUES PEOPLE ARE HAVING WITH THE BOSCH HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMPS IN THE VW CLEAN DIESELS. HONESTLY, THIS HAS DEEPLY CHANGED HOW I FEEL ABOUT MY CAR, AND WORRIES ME GREATLY! IT IS INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS TO HAVE A CAR COMPLETELY LOSE POWER! :( FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, VW IS "SUGGESTING" THAT HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAVE PUT GAS IN THEIR DIESEL ENGINES. MY HUSBAND HAS HAD A JETTA DIESEL WAGON FOR 12 YEARS AND HAS OVER 200, 000 MILES ON IT, SO WE ARE WELL VERSED IN THE USE OF DIESEL. WE HAVE NEVER PUT GASOLINE IN OUR DIESEL CARS!!! WE ARE INCREDIBLY DISAPPOINTED IN THE WAY VW IS HANDLING THIS ISSUE. TO SUGGEST THAT HUNDREDS OF LOYAL, DEVOTED DIESEL FANS THAT HAVE PURCHASED THEIR CARS ARE AT FAULT IS AN ENORMOUS MISTAKE, AS IS SUGGESTING THAT CONSUMERS ARE NOT BUYING "QUALITY DIESEL." TAKE THAT UP WITH THE REFINERIES AND GAS STATIONS, VOLKSWAGEN, NOT YOUR LOYAL CUSTOMERS. *TR

DRIVING AT 45 MPH CITY HIGHWAY SPEED, IN TRAFFIC, & STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT. LIGHT TURNED GREEN, ACCELERATED, CAR SUDDENLY LOST POWER & WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. TURNED ONTO A SIDE STREET, TURNED OFF ENGINE & LOOKED UP THE WARNING LIGHT IN THE OWNER'S MANUAL. "ENGINE PRE-HEAT" WARNING, SOLID, NOT FLASHING. RESTARTED CAR, LIGHT WAS OUT, RESUMED NORMAL TRAVEL ON HIGHWAY, BUT LIGHT CAME BACK ON AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ALSO CAME ON. BOTH SOLID. CONTACTED DEALER & WAS TOLD TO BRING IN THE CAR. DURING TRIP TO DEALER GLOW PLUG LIGHT RESUMED FLASHING & CAR LOST POWER ON HILLS. TECH REMOVED FUEL FILTER, FOUND METAL FILINGS, SAID HPFP HAD FAILED & FILLED FUEL SYSTEM WITH METAL PARTICLES. REPAIRS ESTIMATED @ >$7,000. DEALER ORIGINALLY SAID REPAIRS WOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, THEN 2 DAYS LATER SAID THEY WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. NO POSSIBILITY OF GASOLINE CONTAMINATION. PURCHASED CAR EXPRESSLY TO FUEL IT WITH 100% VEGETABLE OIL BASED BIODIESEL. DEALER KNEW INTENT & SOLD THE CAR FOR THIS EXPRESS PURPOSE. STILL WORKING WITH DEALER & VW TO RESOLVE WARRANTY ISSUES. *TR

HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILED. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY REPAIRED AND SAID THEY ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THEM. *TR

WHEN FUELING WITH DIESEL, SOME DIESEL PUMP HANDLES DON'T FIT INTO FILL NOZZLE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REFUEL VEHICLE. FUEL WILL SPILLED OVER ONTO PERSON FILLING, GROUND AND VEHICLE. YOU ARE UNABLE TO SAFELY FILL VEHICLE WITHOUT SPILLING FUEL. *TR

WITHOUT WARNING, THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING DOWN A BUSY ROAD. CHECK ENGINE AND GLOW PLUG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. WAS JUST ABLE TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. CAR WOULD TURN OVER, BUT ENGINE WOULD NOT START. CAR TOWED TO DEALER. WAS TOLD THERE WAS A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP, AND METAL SHARDS WERE FOUND THROUGHOUT THE FUEL SYSTEM. VW REPLACED THE ENTIRE FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM (INCLUDING FUEL TANK) AND FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM. I CAN PROVIDE LIST OF PARTS, IF NEEDED. *JS

2012 VW JETTA TDI SPORTWAGON 10408 MILES. FLASHING GLOW PLUG LIGHT, AND CAR WOULD NOT GO OVER 40 MPH. DEALER REPLACED THE FUEL PRESSURE GAUGE. DAY AFTER REPAIR BOTH THE GLOW PLUG LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, WOULD NOT GO OVER 40 MPH. DEALER THEN REPLACED THE HPFPUMP PER VW TECH RECOMMENDATIONS. FUEL (DIESEL) WAS CHECKED ON BOTH REPAIRS AND NOT FOUND TO BE FAULTY. A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THIS CAR, THOUGH SUPPOSEDLY "FIXED". MY CONCERNS ARE FOR ADDITIONAL FAILURE, POTENTIALLY LEAVING US STRANDED OR ON A FREEWAY GOING 40MPH. *TR

FIRST COMPLIANT NUMBER-10442730 I AM REPORTING YET ANOTHER OCCURRENCE WITH THIS CAR. I HAVE HAD THIS CAR AT THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR THE SAME ISSUE. THE DEALER FIXED A CHECK VALVE BECAUSE THE FUEL RAIL PRESSURE WAS TOO LOW. APPROX. 1600 MILES AFTER IT WAS FIXED THE CAR STARTED TO DO THE EXACT SAME THING SHUTTERING AND STALLING. THE CAR IS NOW BACK AT THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY ARE TELLING ME THAT IT IS THE FUEL THAT WE ARE USING IN MY CAR. THEY TOOK A FUEL SAMPLE AND ALSO DROVE THE CAR 300 MILES AND CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. I DO NOT WANT TO DRIVE THIS CAR ANY LONGER FOR FEAR OF BEING IN A WRECK. THE CAR HAS STALLED ON MY 3 TIMES IN THE PAST MONTH. VW DOESN'T SEEM TO THINK THIS IS A BIG DEAL I HAVE HAD THIS CAR FOR LESS THAN 6 MONTHS AND THE CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP SEVERAL TIMES I AM PAYING FOR MY CAR TO SIT IN THE SHOP! I WANT MY MONEY BACK. I WILL NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THERE FUEL SAMPLE TEST FOR THREE WEEKS. *TR

48 HRS AFTER DRIVING OFF DEALER LOT, "DIESEL ' ODOR THRU FAN AND IDLE AT STOP SIGNS/LIGHTS, DEALER NOTIFIED TOLD IT WOULD GO AWAY AFTER BROKE IN, CONTINUED W/O IMPROVEMENT, TOOK TO DEALER, STATED CHECKED EVERYTHING NO PROBLEM, BRING BACK MAY BE ANIMAL OR SOMETHING BLOCKING EXAHUST (WITHIN DAYS). RETURNED TOLD SEAL WAS BROKE JUST UNDER INTAKE MANIFOLD, PICS SENT TO VOLKSWAGEN,, CALLED TO CHECK STATUS ONLY TO BE TOLD "TURBO CRACKED." 2 WEEKS LATER CAR PICKED UP, STATED ALL RECALLS PERFORMED PRIOR TO DRIVING OFF LOT NOV 26,2011, STILL HAVENT BEEN PROVIDED WITH DOCUMENTATION. CONCERNED FOR SAFETY, AS WELL AS NAUSEA ASSOCIATED WITH ODOR IN CABIN.

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING OUR 2012 JETTA TDI AND IT WENT INTO LIMP MODE ON THE HIGHWAY, LOSING NEARLY ALL POWER. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THE PROBLEM HAD GONE AWAY. IT OCCURRED AGAIN THE NEXT DAY AND WE TOOK IT IN AGAIN. THEY ENDED UP REPLACING THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP. MY FUEL PUMP DID NOT FAIL CATASTROPHICALLY AS OTHERS HAVE, BUT IT STILL FAILED. THIS IS A SYSTEMIC ISSUE WITH COMMON RAIL VW DIESELS AND IS SOMETHING THAT I FEEL SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED FURTHER AND A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED. I WAS LUCKY THAT MY PARTICULAR PUMP DID NOT FAIL CATASTROPHICALLY AND JUST SUPPLIED LOW FUEL PRESSURE AND THAT I'M STILL UNDER WARRANTY, BUT COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS SEEMS TO BE A SAFETY CONCERN AND VW SHOULD DEFINITELY ISSUE A RECALL FOR THIS PART. *TR