2010 Volkswagen JETTA SPORTWAGEN: complaints, problems and recalls

ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH AND GLOW-PLUG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. WITHIN 3 MILES THE POWER DIMINISHED AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. STOPPED FOR A STOP SIGN AND THE CAR STALLED IN THE INTERSECTION AND WOULD NOT START. DEALER HAS IDENTIFIED METAL IN THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP.

Owner-reported narrative. 93,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10850216 at NHTSA ↗

ELECTRICAL LIGHTING MONITORING SYSTEM STARTED GOING THROUGH SEVERAL ACTIONS INDICATING RIGHT FRONT LOW BEAM WAS OUT, THEN LEFT REAR BRAKE LIGHT WAS OUT, THEN FRONT, RIGHT SIGNAL LIGHT WAS OUT, THEN LEFT REAR SIGNAL LIGHT WAS OUT, THEN LICENSE BRACKET LIGHT WAS OUT. ALL THIS HAPPENED WHILE THE AUTO WAS BEING DRIVEN ON A STRAIGHT SECTION OF HIGHWAY. CARRIED AUTO TO LOCAL SERVICE MAN WHO SAID IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR VOLKSWAGEN TO LOOK AT IT, AS IT INVOLVED MAJOR ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. ALTHOUGH CAR HAD BEEN TURNED OFF, THE BATTERY HAD TO BE RE-CHARGE…

Owner-reported narrative. 104,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10850258 at NHTSA ↗

RCD-315 RADIO DIED. WHILE DRIVING ON COUNTRY ROAD, RADIO POPPED AND DIED. AFTER ELECTRICAL TEST OF FUSES AND INTERNET SEARCH, I DETERMINED THAT THE RADIO COULD NOT BE REPAIRED. THE SAFETY ISSUE ON THIS IS THAT THE BLUETOOTH MODULE WAS STILL ACTIVE AND THERE WAS NO WAY TO TURN IT OFF OTHER THAN UNPLUGGING THE BLUETOOTH. SINCE I USE HANDS FREE PHONE, THIS IS A HAZARDOUS FAILURE. I LOCATED 100'S OF WEBSITES THAT TALKED ABOUT THIS RADIO ISSUE AND THE RESULTING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS THAT THIS FAILURE CAUSES. THIS ISSUE SHOULD BE A RECALL PRIORIT…

Owner-reported narrative. 115,500 miles reported. Look up ODI 10852993 at NHTSA ↗

FACTORY RADIO MODEL RCD 510. CAR MILEAGE: 61,320 MILES. IT WAS HOT OUTSIDE AND I WAS RUNNING AIR CONDITIONING. AFTER DRIVING FOR ABOUT 30MIN WITH RADIO ON, THE RADIO WENT BLANK (BLACK SCREEN). IT WOULD NOT TURN BACK ON AT THE TIME. A TECHNICIAN CHECKED FUSES AND NO BLOWN FUSES WERE FOUND. THE RADIO REMAINED IN THE CAR FOR 2 MORE DAYS AND WOULD NOT TURN BACK ON. RADIO WAS REMOVED FROM THE CAR AND THE TECHNICIAN TOOK THE RADIO APART, COULD NOT FIND AN ISSUE, DISCHARGED CAPACITOR & RADIO STILL DID NOT WORK. RADIO IS TOTALLY DEAD. SAFETY I…

Owner-reported narrative. 61,320 miles reported. Look up ODI 10863818 at NHTSA ↗

CATASTROPHIC MALFUNCTION OF HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP WITH METAL SHARDS IN THE FUEL SYSTEM. FUEL WAS NOT CONTAMINATED. THE VEHICLES MIL LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, WAS ABLE TO STEER THE VEHICLE OFF HIGHWAY.

Owner-reported narrative. 145,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10875804 at NHTSA ↗

SPRING FAILED ON PASS FRONT STRUT AT HIGHWAY SPEED, SMOOTH ROAD, CAUSING TIRE TO BLOW-OUT AND WHEEL BEARING TO FAIL. FAMILY IN CAR INCLUDING 6 WEEK OLD. BARELY COULD CONTROL CAR TO SAFE STOP. LUCKY. REPAIRS WILL RUN OVER $1500. DEALER INFORMED US THAT MANY VW AND AUDI CARS ARE EXPERIENCING THIS, THAT THEY ARE WORRIED AND HAVE INFORMED VW THEY HAVE A PROBLEM. HE SHOWED ME THREE OTHER FAILED SPRINGS. I KEPT MINE. IT HAS NO SIGNS OF CORROSION PRIOR TO FAILURE - METAL FATIGUE PROBABLY RELATED TO BAD METALLURGY, ACCORDING TO MY DAD WHO'S AN ENGINEER…

Owner-reported narrative. 108,553 miles reported. Look up ODI 10892652 at NHTSA ↗

IN LATE 2016 I RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF THE PENDING VOLKSWAGEN/AUDI DIESEL EMISSIONS SETTLEMENT. ABOUT 4 MONTHS AGO I I WENT THROUGH THE VERIFICATION PROCESS AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT: 1-MY CAR IS IN THE BUY BACK GROUP 2-VW WILL PAY IT OFF AND 3-VW WILL GIVE ME $800 AND SOME DOLLARS FINALIZING THE TRANSACTION I HAVE HAD THIS CAR READY TO DROP OFF AND WAITING FOR 3 MONTHS. I AM NOW 2 PAYMENTS BEHIND AS I WAS EXPECTING FOR VW TO HONOR THEIR COMMITMENT, BUT HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING. VOLKSWAGEN IS APPARENTLY NOT DISPLAYING A SENSE OF …

Owner-reported narrative. 161,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10954129 at NHTSA ↗

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA SPORTWAGEN. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V509000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE) HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER BRANDON VOLKSWAGEN LOCATED AT 9816 E ADAMO DR, TAMPA, FL 33619 WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL AND THE CONTACT HAD TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED AND WAS NOT MADE AWARE O…

Owner-reported narrative. Look up ODI 11024155 at NHTSA ↗

Reported: 2016-02-10 (February 10, 2016)

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain model year 2010-2014 Golf, 2007-2010 Passat sedans and wagon, 2012-2014 Passat sedan and Eos, 2009-2014 CC, 2009-2012 Audi Q5, 2010-2012 S5 Cabriolet and 2010-2012 Audi A5 Cabriolet vehicles. Upon deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, excessive internal pressure may cause the inflator to rupture.

Consequence: In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants potentially resulting in serious injury or death.

Remedy: Volkswagen will notify owners, and dealers will replace the driver's frontal air bag inflators, free of charge. Volkswagen issued an interim notification to owners on April 12, 2016, and will send a second notification when parts are available. Volkswagen will notify owners again once parts are available. Volkswagen owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1-800-893-5298. Audi owners may contact Audi customer service at 1-800-253-2834.