2007 Volkswagen Jetta

MY 2007 WOLFSBURG JETTA JUST STALLED ON ME LAST NIGHT. THE ESC LIGHTS CAME ON AND THEN THE BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON AND THEN THE ENGINE DIED. I LOST ALL POWER AND COASTED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I THOUGHT IT WAS THE BATTERY BUT ALL MY LIGHTS, RADIO, HEADLIGHTS WORKED. I TRIED TO START IT BUT THE RED STEERING LIGHT CAME ON TOO. I GOT IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE IT SHOULD STILL BE UNDER WARRANTY(<4 YEARS, <40,000 MILES). LUCKILY THIS HAPPENED IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY GET OUT OF TRAFFIC. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED ON THE FREEWAY, A MORE SERIOUS ACCIDENT COULD HAVE OCCURRED.THIS CAR WAS BOUGHT NEW AND HAS NEVER GIVEN ME ANY ISSUES. *TR

WE NEVER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE FOR 09V 164. OUR CAR HAD A FAILED RIGHT FRONT DRIVE SHAFT WHICH FRACTURED THE TRANSMISSION CASE ON APRIL 28,2010. WE ALMOST LOST CONTROL DUE TO THE LEAKING TRANS OIL. DEALER STATED THAT THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED DURING A SERVICE VISIT. THIS FAILURE IS EXACTLY WHY VW FILE A SAFETY RECALL WITH NHTSA. NOW THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED DUE TO HOLE IN CASE AND VW IS NOT RESPONDING. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ALONG A MAJOR FREEWAY WHEN THE CAR STARTED TO VIBRATE AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND WAS FLASHING. I HAD TO ATTEMPT TO GET TO THE SHOULDER IN HEAVY TRAFFIC WITH THE CAR SLOWING DOWN AND ENGINE MISFIRING. WHEN PARKED ON THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY, WE EXITED THE CAR SINCE IT WAS A VERY DANGEROUS STRETCH OF ROAD AND SOON A HIGHWAY SERVICE VEHICLE CAME AND TOLD US THEY WOULD TOW US OFF THE ROAD FOR OUR SAFETY. WE WERE STRANDED ON A LONE STRETCH OF BUSY FREEWAY 80 MILES FROM HOME AND HAD TO GET A TOW FOR 80+MILES AND 2+ HOUR'S DRIVE. I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT THE PROBLEM I HAD WITH MY CAR (IGNITION COIL) WAS THE SAME PROBLEM I HAD 4 MONTHS PRIOR (WHICH ALSO REQUIRED A TOW). AT THAT TIME, ONLY ONE IGNITION COIL WAS REPLACED (EVEN THOUGH I WAS TOLD THERE WAS AN EXISTING RECALL ON THE IGNITION COILS) AND SO 4 MONTHS LATER I ENDED UP WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. IN READING ON THE WEB, I HAVE DISCOVERED THE PROBLEM WITH VW IGNITION COILS HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE 2001 - EVEN MORE REASON TO WHY ALL FOUR SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED WHEN I FIRST BROUGHT MY CAR IN FOR THE PROBLEM BACK IN JUNE. THIS HAS BEEN A KNOWN PROBLEM FOR MANY YEARS (WITH 2001-2003 MODELS) BUT FOR SOME REASON IT STILL CONTINUES TODAY AND THERE HAS BEEN ONLY SERVICE BULLETINS ISSUED AND NO FACTORY RECALLS. *TR

2007 VW JETTA WOLFSBURG EDITION, 4-DOOR. FUEL TANK STARTED LEAKING GAS ABOUT 5K MILES AGO (STARTED ABOUT 5K OUTSIDE OF WARRANTY). THERE ARE ABOUT 5 SUPER TINY HOLES LOCATED ON A SEAM OF THE FUEL TANK. TANK IS DEFECTIVE, VW NOT INTERESTED IN ASSISTING IN THE FIX. THIS DEFECTIVE TANK POSES A SEVERE EXPLOSION HAZARD TO ME AND MY FAMILY. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN IN ANY ACCIDENTS, HAS HAD ALL SERVICE WORK COMPLETED. *TR

2007 VW JETTA WOLFSBURG: PULLED OUT OF VW DEALERSHIP INTO AN INTERSECTION AND THE ENGINE SHUT OFF WITH NO WARNING. TURNED IGNITION OFF AND BACK ON AND THE CAR RESTARTED. GOT ONTO THE INTERSTATE AND THE CAR LOST POWER GOING ABOUT 65 MPH. GAS PEDAL TO FLOOR AND NO ACCELERATION. REMOVED FOOT FROM PEDAL AND PUSHED AGAIN AND CAR STARTED TO ACCELERATE AGAIN. EXITED OFF INTERSTATE AND SLOWED DOWN AT INTERSECTION TO STOP AT TRAFFIC LIGHT. ENGINE DIED AND WOULD NOT RESTART. CAR WAS TOWED BY VW TO THEIR SERVICE DEPT. THE POLICE WERE CONTACTED TO DIRECT TRAFFIC DUE TO THE UNSAFE CONDITIONS CREATED BY THE CAR STOPPING IN AN INTERSECTION. THESE PROBLEMS OCCURRED DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AND WE WERE FORTUNATE NOT TO HAVE BEEN KILLED OR TO HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THE PROBLEMS OCCURRED ON AN EXTREMELY HOT DAY. THE CAR WAS AT THE VW SERVICE DEPT FOR 12 DAYS AND OVER 600 MILES WERE PUT ON MY CAR BY VW. THE DEALERSHIP CONTACTED VW OF AMERICA TO HELP DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. THE SERVICE DEPT MGR ACKNOWLEDGED LOW VOLTAGE ON THE METERS HE CONNECTED TO MY CAR AND ALSO THE IGNITION WOULD NOT START FOR HIM WHILE HE HAD THE CAR AT A GAS STATION. SINCE THEY COULD NOT EXACTLY RE-CREATE THE PROBLEMS THAT OCCURRED, I DID NOT FEEL THEY COULD ASSURE ME THE CAR HAD BEEN REPAIRED AND WOULD BE SAFE TO DRIVE. THEY WERE "GUESSING" AT THE REPAIR. THE IGNITION CONTROL MODULE WAS REPLACED AND I WAS ASSURED BY VW SERVICE DEPT AND VW OF AMERICA THAT THE CAR WAS REPAIRED AND SAFE TO DRIVE. AFTER DRIVING APPX 300 MILES, THE CAR STALLED AGAIN. I HAVE SEEN SIMILAR PROBLEMS REPORTED ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE UNDER VARIOUS CATEGORIES FOR 2007, 2008, 2009 AND 2010 JETTAS. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THE VW JETTA AND VW OF AMERICA NEEDS TO RESPOND TO THESE COMPLAINTS. THIS CAR SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED ON THE ROAD. I WAS TOLD BY VW OF AMERICA THAT THIS WAS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. THE GM AND SERVICE DEPT MGR AT THE VW DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM. *TR

SPEEDOMETER READING AT LEAST 10% FASTER THAN ACTUAL SPEED. BROUGHT CAR BACK TO THE DEALER EXPLAINING THE INACCURACY, WAS TOLD VERBALLY SPEEDOMETERS ARE GAUGES NOT METERS AND CAN ONLY BE DESIGNED TO GUESS THE ACTUAL SPEED, THEY CANNOT REPORT ACTUAL SPEEDS. WRITTEN EXPLANATION WAS A 5 MPH DIFFERENCE IS A NORMAL VARIATION OF SPEEDOMETERS BY ALL AUTO MANUFACTURERS AND THE CAR WAS PERFORMING AS ACCURATELY AS ALL OTHER VEHICLES. TECHNICIAN, WHO ALSO DRIVES A JETTA, TEST DROVE THE CAR AND NOTED SPEED READINGS WERE THE SAME AS HIS JETTA AT SIMILAR RPMS. HIS CAR IS ALSO APPARENTLY REPORTING SPEED 10% FASTER THAN HIS ACTUAL SPEED. AT FREEWAY SPEEDS THE 10% VARIANCE IN SPEED ACCURACY IS GREATER THAN THE 5 MPH DIFFERENCE TO BE EXPECTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR EXPLANATION. *TR

NORMAL DRIVING HABITS. MILEAGE ON VEHICLE = APPROXIMATELY 59,500. THE REAR BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS WEAR AT EXCESSIVE RATE ON MY 2007 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA - 2.5L WOLFSBURG EDITION. I'VE NEVER HAD A VEHICLE WHERE THE REAR BRAKE PADS OR ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BEFORE THE FRONT PADS/ ROTORS. VW OFFERED TO REPLACE THE REAR PADS AND ROTORS FOR STANDARD BRAKE REPLACEMENT COST (NO DISCOUNTED PRICE FOR PREMATURE WEAR). THE REAR BRAKES WEARING PREMATURELY PRESENTS A POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD. *TR

I DRIVE A 2007 JETTA WOLFSBERG. IN APRIL 2010 I WAS LEAVING FOR WORK AND THE CAR WOULDN'T START. MY HUSBAND WENT OUT AND IT STARTED FOR HIM. NO WARNING LIGHTS WERE ON. A WEEK LATER THE CAR'S ENGINE JUST DIED WHILE TRAVELING 60MPH ON THE FREEWAY AND WOULD NOT START. TOWED TO DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY CHECKED ALL THE WIRING HARNESSES AND OVERLAID A WIRE. ONE DAY AFTER RECEIVING THE CAR BACK I HAD TROUBLE STARTING IT AGAIN. REPORTED THIS TO DEALERSHIP SERVICE. TWO DAYS LATER THE ENGINE DIED WHILE DRIVING DOWN A RESIDENTIAL STREET AND WOULD NOT START. NO WARNING LIGHTS WERE ON. TOWED BACK TO SERVICE WHERE THEY HAD A VW ENGINEER LOOK AT THE CAR. THEY ENDED UP REPLACING THE COMPUTER IN THE CAR. ALL SERVICE WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. I HAVE NOT HAD ANY PROBLEMS SINCE THE COMPUTER WAS REPLACED. I AM REPORTING THIS BECAUSE OF AN ARTICLE MY AUNT SENT TO ME. THE ARTICLE SAID THE GOVERNMENT IS INVESTIGATING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH OTHER VW MODELS (STALLING, LOSS OF POWER AND ENGINE). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2009 VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE COOLING UNIT AIR RE-CIRCULATOR WOULD NOT SHUT OFF AND WOULD CONTINUE TO RUN AFTER THE ENGINE WAS SHUT OFF. THE OWNER'S MANUAL ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE SHOULD NOT BE OPERATED WITH THE RE-CIRCULATOR CONTINUOUSLY RUNNING. THE DEALER REPLACED THE FAN MOTOR AND SWITCH PANEL YET IT DID NOT CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER REPLACED THE VEHICLE WITH A 2010 VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN. THE CONTACT STATED ONCE HE TOOK POSSESSION OF THE NEW VEHICLE, HE NOTICED THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED THE EXACT SAME FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED A FAILURE DID NOT EXIST IN THE NEWER VEHICLE AND DID NOT MAKE ANY REPAIRS. THE CONTACT DISAGREED WITH THE DEALER STATING THE OWNER'S MANUAL STATED OTHERWISE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES AND THE CURRENT WAS UNKNOWN.