I believe that sundance improperly sold this car, knowing that a massive amount of things are wrong with it. I had a garage with which they are affiliated look at it and completely misrepresented the shape of the car. Having been plagued with these issues, I have come to find out that there are many other VW Jetta VR6 owners who are adamant that this car is a manufactured lemon.
VW needs to be in some way held accountable - all of us have had nightmarish lives and are paying for the defects every day.
I have my car at school in South bend Indiana and it is stored outside. Early this winter the car started to idle very rough. If I tried to go too quickly after turning the car on I would get a flashing check engine light that read for a random cylinder misfire when the code was pulled. This happened several times. So I had to let the engine idle for at least 10 minutes so that it could try and warm up before I could go anywhere. In mid February I turned the car on in the afternoon and I noticed it was idling very rough.
So I cracked the hood and there I saw sparks jumping from the beginning of the spark plug wires to the engine block. A mechanic confirmed what I suspected, that the coil pack was cracked and needed to be replaced.
I did an online search and found that VW had issued a recall for vr6S that had problems with cracked coil packs. However, when I called them about it I was told that my car was not included in the recall. It was not the right engine model because they changed engine models half way through and my car was the old model.
Despite the fact that I have the same problem with a cracking coil pack in a car of the right model from the same year they wouldn't do anything. These coil packs have been a problem for many VR6 owners as evidence from the extensive online forums. I don't understand how my car with the same problem and documented history as the recall isn't also covered in the recall. I have not had the coil pack repaired yet because it costs dollars and I don't have that to spend right know.
The contact owns a Volkswagen Jetta. While driving 50 mph or less, the vehicle would rev and performed as if it would stall. The check engine warning indicator also illuminated on the instrument panel. No repairs have been made. The current and failure mileages were less than , Search CarComplaints. From the time I bought the vehicle it has been stuttering while idle. I have replaced the mass airflow sensor, master sensor, several hoses and connectors and parts of the engine.
Now it stops while I'm waiting at red lights. I own a VW Jetta. I bought it 3 years ago, used from the Volkswagen dealership. The automobile was sold as a "certified" auto, which I found out later does not mean much. My trunk is locked shut and does not open manually or with remote, I've had to replace cv boots, catalytic converter, transmission and numerous headlight, taillight and blinker bulbs.
And today one of my headlights is so dim, it doesn't really provide any light when it is dark. I have replaced it and replaced it. It stays fine for about 2 days and then just dims out again. I can't afford to keep taking it to Volkswagen. It's a rip off and they don't even fix anything right anyway. My engine fan went out all of the sudden the other day, causing the car to overheat.
I had to get it towed. That isn't the first time I have had to pay to have it towed. The interior plastic coating on armrests and all plastic inside is peeling and looks terrible. When I push unlock all doors, the driver's side back seat door will not open unless I reach inside and pull the lock open manually. There is so much more, but I don't want to waste my time. I know nothing will happen, even though it is so obvious that these cars are complete lemons, and they need to stop selling them to people.
While driving approximately 30 mph, the vehicle intermittently stalled. The check engine warning light illuminated on the instrument panel.
The vehicle was not taken to an authorized dealer. The vehicle has not been repaired. The contact experienced failure identical to the one mentioned in the recall, although the VIN was excluded from the recall. The VIN and recall number were unknown. The failure and current mileages were 52, Vehicle stalled out while driving, leading to a loss of power and manueverable.
Owner had to drift into right-hand lane to find a place to pull over. However, losing power suddenly and without warning could be disastrous in heavier traffic situations or adverse road conditions. Consequence was to limp to car dealership to have them diagnose and make repair to vehicle at owner's out-of-pocket expense.
Sensor was replaced at owner's expense. We purchased our Jetta 1. When we drove off the lot, not 5 minutes later, the turbo seemed to fail and we began to lose power, epc light came on, check engine light came on. We immediately took car back to dealer and they fixed problem. Everything ran fine until Sept our check engine light came on, shortly after we received notice that there had been a recall regarding ignition coils. We took our vehicle to a local dealership where they replaced the coils free of charge.
This solved the light issue for a couple of months, then it came back on again, this time when idling fluctuating between RPM and about RPM and stalling on occasion. We took the car to a local garage and they ran a diagnostics, cleared the failures to see if that solved the problem, which it did temporarily At first the mechanic thought it was the airflow sensor, but once they looked closer determined it was a different problem.
I now have , miles on it and need to take it in for service and probably to replace the timing belt. The previous owner gave me partial service records and incomplete receipts.
I had the infamous check engine light come on for catalytic trouble. I didn't have the money so I had a friend clear the code before my emissions test. Luckily, it passed, no problem. So my mechanic friend figured it wasn't the cat and changed one of the O2 sensors.
He says they are maintenance items anyway. It got rid of the check engine light Now onto the new check engine light. Misfiring of cylinders.
I changed all the ignition coils out a year ago to the new ones I think they were round "T" and also the spark plugs. Any ideas? FYI- generic autozone sparkplugs for this model are not calibrated correctly.
Buy from the dealer! What are the symptoms around the misfiring? Just the code is never enough to troubleshoot these cars. My 01 Jetta is 92 miles is having the same problems, so here is the list of things I have changed:. The car runs fine, but when I get to a stop or hard turn, the car stalls and the battery light comes on, and when I restart the car APC light and misfires until stall.
So my last try will be the ECU; dealer wants for it. Does anyone know if this will fix the problem?? Just had mine in about 2 weeks ago, had done all the things you mentioned and was fed up. Anyway, looks like the throttle body was my issue.
Dealer said it was to replace it, but wanted to clean it out first see if that solved my issue. Well the stalling stopped and the check engine light went off, it recently came back on but the stalling at least has not come back so the light may be for something else. My suggestion, try having them clean out the throttle body, relatively cheap before doing anything else. I too am having issues with my Jetta 1. I bought the darn thing 1. Just recently I replaced the timing belt and water pump, and just last week replaced the back exhaust including the catalytic converter and both sensors.
So here we are this week and yesterday my car stalled when coming to a stop at an intersection. It wouldn't start right away, kept turning over and over, I had it pushed to the side of the road and after a couple of minutes it started back up.
Drove it back home and it stalled again at another intersection, and wouldn't start for another 5 minutes or so I have a VW Wolfsburg myself. For the stalling when starting the car: you should let the RPM go under , let the oil flow into the engine; even more important after a very cold night. It takes a minute or two and will solve that problem, and is better for the car not just VW, you should do it with any car.
The rest of the problems you had are linked to the dealership giving a poor service, and is unfortunate since I had similar issues. I agree the car is expensive to maintain, but the quality of the ride is worth it and most of the problems happen only once, fix it correctly I do it myself and you're fine. I have the same stalling issues as the rest of you.
Engines stalls at every stop. I can get it to start again either by engaging the clutch or by using the starter, but this is not a permanent solution. The engine diagnostic indicates that Bank 1 O2 sensor is bad, but I have no idea why that would lead to such consistent stalling.
I may disconnect the sensor to see if that improves the situation. I got a used VW Jetta 01 1.
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