2015 Volkswagen Jetta Engine Problems

Your engine suddenly stopped twice while driving. The first time, a piston failure was repaired under warranty. The second time, the car wouldn't start due to misfires in all cylinders caused by excessive oil buildup inside all four cylinders, which would require a $11,000 engine replacement not covered by warranty. Despite regular maintenance at the dealership, you're unable to use the vehicle and believe this is a manufacturing defect rather than owner error.

Your car has been recalled twice for a camshaft issue that's causing a ticking noise from inside the engine. The dealership told you they need NHTSA approval before they can fix it. The recalls involve the camshaft (23R1) and engine control module (24DR). Resolving this will likely require the dealership to replace or repair the camshaft and potentially reprogram the engine control module once recall authorization is complete.

The contact's wife owns a 2015 Volkswagen Jetta. The contact stated while driving approximately 60 MPH, the vehicle made an abnormal popping sound. The contact veered to the side of the road and opened the hood. The contact stated that he noticed that coolant had leaked onto the engine, and the coolant reservoir was empty. The vehicle was towed to the residence. The contact who is an independent mechanic, replaced the heater core hoses and added coolant to the vehicle; however, the failure recurred after 2,500 miles. The dealer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that the vehicle could be diagnosed, and a warranty claim could not be initiated because the check engine warning light was not illuminated. The low coolant pressure warning light was illuminated. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, but no assistance was provided. The failure mileage was approximately 73,860.

The contact owns a 2015 Volkswagen Jetta. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, there was a humming and knocking sound coming from the engine compartment. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer who was unable to duplicate the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was also notified of the failure, but no assistance was offered. The failure mileage was 77,000.

The contact owns a 2015 Volkswagen Jetta. The contact stated that the EPC light illuminated, indicating that there was an engine control malfunction, and the vehicle started shaking. The throttle became stiff. The contact veered off the highway and to the side of the road. The contact drove home with the hazard lights flashing. The contact then spoke with the dealer however, no appointment had been scheduled. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 87,000.

The timing belt chain is faulty on the car. There was a recall on models a year before mine and Im having the same problems with mine. My car is inoperable and very unsafe. Driving on hills and in the snow was dangerous because of the jerkiness and lack of speed in the car. It put me in danger on the highway and generally driving. The timing chain is a problem that needs fixed on these models.

Operating vehicle at highway speed engine stopped suddenly and vehicle lost all power. Engine timing belt failed at 103XXX miles. Vehicle was difficult to bring to stop and steer to side of road. Timing belt interval listed at 130k this is a TDI Dieselgate car. New regen cycle causes car to operate more cycles and at higher temperatures potentially causing premature timing belt failure.

2015 VW Jetta, 1.8L turbo engine. While interstate driving, the engine abruptly failed, running very roughly, causing a severe loss of power. This was in the hills of Tennessee at 65mph, and the sudden loss of power made us a traffic hazard and put all our lives in severe danger, being forced to travel under 40mph to reach safety. There were no warning lights prior, and the car had just had an oil change and inspection. After the loss of power, we had warning lights all over the dashboard. The Traction Control, ECM, and a flashing Check Engine were the ones I can recall. After reaching a safe place with cell service, the car was towed to a VW dealership in the next major city. Technicians there diagnosed it with an exhaust valve failure, which in turn shattered the spark plug. This was verified by CNA National, an extended warranty company.

MY CAR HAD SUDDEN ENGINE FAILURE WITH NO EXTERNAL SIGNS OF TROUBLE (OIL LEVEL, BELTS, EVERYTHING APPARENTLY OK). THE CAR RUMBLED FOR A FEW SECONDS AS I WAS PULLING ONTO AN EXIT RAMP OFF A HIGHWAY. AS I WENT TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE MANUAL INSTRUCTED TO TRY STARTING AGAIN BUT THE CAR WOULDN'T. THE VW SERVICE DEPARTMENT I TOWED THE CAR TO FIRST ASKED ME ON THE PHONE, "IS IT A 1.8 LITER TURBO?" WHEN I TOLD THEM THAT IT WAS, THEY TOLD ME THEY HAD NO TIME TO LOOK AT MY CAR. SINCE IT WAS ALREADY EN ROUTE BEING TOWED THERE, THEY VERY RELUCTANTLY TOOK A SUPERFICIAL LOOK AND SAID THE ENGINE IS LOCKED UP FOR NO APPARENT REASON AT LESS THAN 90,000 MILES. THEY BEGAN TO IMMEDIATELY SUGGEST FURTHER EXAMINATION OF THE PROBLEM WAS GOING TO BE A WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY BY MAKING STATEMENTS, SUCH AS, "OH, IT WOULD COST AT LEAST $1200 JUST TO OPEN THE ENGINE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM AND THEN IT WILL MOST LIKELY MEAN GETTING A NEW ENGINE... AND YOU'RE JUST LOOKING AT THOUSANDS...." THEM NOT WANTING MY 1.8L TURBO IN THEIR GARAGE, THEIR RESOLUTION THAT THE ENGINE IS A "GONER" WITH JUST A SUPERFICIAL LOOK, AND THEIR GENERAL MOOD OF RECOMMENDING I TAKE NO FURTHER REPAIR ACTION MADE ME RESEARCH THIS ENGINE FURTHER. I FOUND NUMEROUS PEOPLE WHO ALL SAID, "OH, THAT.ENGINE IS CRAP! THEY ALL BLOW OUT UNDER 100K MILES!" THAT'S WHEN I CALLED A VW EXPERT I WAS REFERRED TO. HE ASKED THE SAME QUESTION, "IS IT A 1.8L TURBO?" AND THEN TOLD ME, "OH, I'M SO SORRY TO TELL YOU THIS BUT THOSE ENGINES HAVE AN INTERNAL ISSUE THAT MAKES THEM BURN EXCESSIVE OIL AND THEY JUST DON'T MAKE IT MUCH PAST 80K. I WOULDN'T EVEN RECOMMEND PUTTING IN A NEW ENGINE BECAUSE IF YOU DO, IT MIGHT RUN YOU ABOUT $4000 BUT THEN YOU GET ANOTHER ENGINE NO BETTER THAN THE ONE YOU HAD. BASED ON MY RESEARCH, THIS PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE WELL KNOWN BY VW AND AUDI. *TR

EVERY 600 - 700 MILES DRIVING THE ENGINE OIL SIGN COMING UP (NEED TO ADD 1/4 OIL EVERY 600 MILES). I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DELERSHIP THEY LOOK AT IT SAID IT IS NOT THEIR PROBLEM. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO EVERY MONTH I NEED TO ADD OIL IN THE ENGINE. THIS ABSOLUTLY MANUFACTURING PROBLEM THEY DON'T WANT FIX IT.

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND ADBLUE LIGHT CAME ON FOUND DEF FLUID ALL OVER ENGINE COVER AND DRY DEF FLUID ON DEF FLUID INJECTOR. INJECTOR LEAKING.

CAR WON'T PULL. IT START OFF GOOD. THEN IT LOSES PRESSURE AND DROPS TO 30 MILES AN HOUR.

THE TIMING BELT TENSIONER WENT BAD CAUSING THE TIMING CHAIN TO JUMP TIME AT 72K MILES. THIS DID NOT CAUSE ANY INTERNAL ENGINE DAMAGE BUT DID COST A TON OF MONEY. APPARENTLY THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE IN OLDER JETTA'S, BUT IT APPEARS THAT THE NEWER MODELS JUST HAVEN'T BEEN GIVEN ENOUGH TIME TO SCREW UP. IT ALSO HAD TO HAVE THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP REPLACED DUE TO FAILURE. THE CAR WAS STATIONARY IN MY DRIVEWAY AND WOULD NOT START.

AT 75,355 MILES MY JETTA THAT I PURCHASED 8 MONTHS EARLIER SUDDENLY DIED. I WAS DRIVING 75 MPH ON THE FREEWAY HEADED TO DALLAS WHEN SUDDENLY ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON AND MY CAR SLOWED TO A STOP. LIKE A COMPUTER SHUTS DOWN ON YOU. MY CAR WOULD NOT START. OR EVEN MAKE A SOUND. THE DEALERSHIP ASSESSED THE DAMAGE AND TOLD ME OIL HAD BEEN LEAKING INTERNALLY INTO THE ENGINE AND I'D NEED A NEW ONE, IT WOULD COST ABOUT 10K. I HAVE HAD THE CAR FOR 28K MILES. PURCHASED CERTIFIED, ALL MAINTENANCE DONE AT VW. NO ONE WANTS TO HELP. NO BUY BACK. NO TRADE IN ASSISTANCE. NO APOLOGY. THE MANAGER HASN'T EVEN CALLED ME BACK. GEORGIA DOESN'T HAVE USED CAR LEMON LAWS. I'VE HAD PROBLEMS EVERY FEW MONTHS BUT BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT RELATED TO THE ENGINE, IT'S NO ONES FAULT BUT MINE.

FOR THE PAST WEEK NOW MY KEY HAS BEEN GETTING STOCKED IN THE IGNITION WHILE THE CAR IS ON, I'VE BEEN WIGGLING THE KEY BACK AND FORTH UNTIL IT COMES OUT BUT TODAY WHEN I GOT HOME FROM WORK PUT THE CAR IN PARK TRYING TO TAKE OUT THE KEY IT WOULD NOT MOVE AT ALL I HAD TO DRIVE TO A SHOP AND THEY ENDING UP TAKING OFF THE CASING AROUND THE STARRING WHEEL AND I BELIEVED THEY KNOCKED ON THE IGNITION IT SELF AND THE KEY CAME OUT HE LUBRICATED THE KEY AND THE IGNITION BY THE TIME I GOT BACK HOME THEY KEY STILL DIDNT COME OUT EASILY I HAS TO ROCK IT A FEW TIMES BEFORE IT CAME OUT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AS THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE EVAPORATIVE EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM WAS LEAKING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 57,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

2015 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE ENGINE STALLS AND SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING. *SMD

EXPERIENCE INTERMITTENT AIR CONDITIONING NOT COOLING AND GROANING OR GRINDING SOUND. SIMILAR TO TSB NO. 8715-18 AFFECTING 2015-2016 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF. HERE IS A LINK TO YOUTUBE LINK, HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=ZV8DPH-XTVK

​ON JUNE 10, 2017, I HAD PURCHASED A BRAND-NEW CAR AT PRIME VOLKSWAGEN SACO, MAINE WITH FULL WARRANTY ON IT. SEPTEMBER 15, 2017, I WAS WITH MY KIDS HEADING DOWN TO CONNECTICUT. IN ROUTE ON MASSACHUSETTS 495 SOUTH AT ONE POINT WHEN I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL TO ADD MORE POWER TO THE CAR TO SPEED UP THE CAR STARTED TO SHAKE. I RELEASED THE GAS PEDAL NO SHAKING OCCURRED. I THEN AGAIN TRIED ADDING GAS AND IT STARTED SHAKING. I THEN ALSO NOTICED MY ENGINE LIGHT HAD TURNED ON. I WAS WORRIED SO I DECIDED TO SLOW DOWN AND PULL OVER INTO THE EMERGENCY LANE TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THE CAR. IN THE PROCESS OF SLOWING DOWN AND PULLING OVER TO THE EMERGENCY LANE, YOU COULD HEAR A BANGING SOUND TO ME IT SEEMED TO BE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. I CALLED MY ROAD SIDE ASSISTANCE FOR THEM TO COME CHECK OUT AND CHECK MY CAR AND THEY SAID THEY DON'T DO THAT KIND OF ROAD SIDE ASSISTANCE FOR ENGINES THAT THE VEHICLE MUST BE BROUGHT BACK TO A VOLKSWAGEN DEALERSHIP. SO, THAT NIGHT MY VEHICLE WAS TOWED BACK TO PRIME VOLKSWAGEN SACO, MAINE WHERE IT WAS ORIGINALLY PURCHASED. THREE DAYS LATER I RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT PRIME VOLKSWAGEN AND THEY SAID THE FUEL IN MY TANK WAS NOT PURE DIESEL FUEL, THAT IT WAS CONTAMINATED. THEY TRIED TO TELL ME I FILLED THE CAR WITH GAS INSTEAD OF DIESEL FUEL. I HAD BROUGHT THEM THE RECEIPT WHEN I LAST FILLED MY TANK. IT WAS THE MORNING OF MY TRIP HEADING DOWN TO CONNECTICUT. I HAD FILLED MY CAR FROM AN EMPTY TANK TO A FULL TANK AT BIG APPLE ON WASHINGTON AVENUE RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM OF MUNJOY HILL. ON THAT RECEIPT, IT STATES I USED FUEL PUMP NUMBER THREE WHICH IS A DIESEL FUEL PUMP. IT ALSO SHOWS HOW MANY GALLONS WERE FUELED AND THE PRICE. AFTER I SHOWED THAT RECEIPT TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT OF THE DEALERSHIP THEY THEN TRIED TO BLAME THE BIG APPLE GAS STATION SAYING THAT THEIR FUEL PUMPS ARE CONTAMINATED.

DRIVER WAS BEING POISONED BY CARBON MONOXIDE WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE DUE TO A EXHAUST LEAK. DRIVER BECAME ILL AT LEAST 2 WEEKS AGO BUT POSSIBLY HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING MILDER SYMPTOMS FOR LONGER. CAR IS AT DEALER SERVICE AND THEY ARE REPLACING THE MUFFLER

WHEN I PULL OUT THE ENGINE OIL DIPSTICK THERE IS A SHARP EDGE AT THE END OF THE STICK. I ALMOST CUT MY FINGER AS I WIPE IT OFF WITH A PAPER TOWEL. I THINK THIS IS A QUALITY CONTROL PROBLEM. THERE SHOULD BE NO BURR OR SHARP EDGE ON THE END OF THE OIL DIP STICK. EVENTUALLY AS I PULL OUT THE STICK AND PUTTING BACK IN. THIS MIGHT RUB OFF THE INTERNAL PLASTIC TUBING OVER THE YEAR WHICH WILL CAUSE WEAR BY CHECKING THE OIL LEVEL. ONE THING FOR SURE I DID REMOVE THE BURR BY FILING DOWN LIGHTLY TO PREVENT INJURY IN THE FUTURE BUT SHOULD HAVE NOT DONE IN THE FIRST PLACE. PLEASE TELL VW TO IMPROVE IT QUALITY CONTROL ON THE OIL DIP STICK.

ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO WITH 16K MILES I CALLED VW AND INDICATED THAT MY JETTA SMELLED LIKE DIESEL. I WAS TOLD IT WAS PROBABLY JUST AN OVERFILLED FUEL TANK. IT TURNED OUT TO BE A LEAKY HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP. ON THE 2015 JETTA, THIS IS LOCATED ON THE TOP OF THE ENGINE. THIS LITERALLY MEANS THAT FUEL WAS LEAKING DIRECTLY ONTO THE HOT ENGINE AND EXHAUST. THE LEAKING FUEL EVENTUALLY ATE THROUGH RADIATOR LINES AND CAUSED A COMPLETE LOSS OF COOLANT. OBVIOUSLY LEAKY FUEL + HOT ENGINE / EXHAUST = FIRE RISK. NOT TO MENTION THE COOLANT LOSS STRANDED MY FAMILY ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE LOSS OF COOLANT HAPPENED AT CITY SPEEDS AND STRANDED MY FAMILY.

TRAVELING ON THE FREEWAY GOING TO SWITCH TO THE FAST LANE AND THE ENGINE REVERTS TO IDLE SPEED. THE ENGINE DOES NOT TURN OFF AND NO LIGHTS COME ON BUT RPM'S GO DOWN TO AROUND 900 AND THE ENGINE DOES NOT RESPOND. I PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR BUT NOTHING HAPPENED I PUT IT BACK IN DRIVE AND PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR AGAIN AND THE ENGINE RECOVERED, IN THE MEAN TIME THE VEHICLE SLOWED CONSIDERABLY AND CARS WERE APPROACHING FROM THE REAR. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES BUT AGAIN AFTER A FEW SECONDS THE ENGINE RECOVERS. I NOTIFIED VW AND BROUGHT THE CAR INTO A DEALER TO HAVE IT CHECKED AND NOTHING WAS FOUND. I DON'T WANT TO BRING IT BACK TO THE VW SERVICE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN ALL OF THE TIME.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. WHILE COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP AT 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO JERKED AND THEN STALLED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT AFTER THE FAILURE, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION AFTER IT WAS RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS IMMEDIATELY TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 617.