2009 Volkswagen Jetta Fuel System Problems

FUEL PUMP NOT SHUTTING OFF AFTER ENGINE SHUTOFF. DRAINING BATTERY. THIS HAPPENED ONE NIGHT WHILE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY IN MY DRIVEWAY.

DOING 70 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY OUR 2009 JETTA TDI LOST ALL POWER. THE HIGH INJECTION FUEL PUMP TURNED OUT TO BE THE PROBLEM. REPAIRS WILL COST AT LEAST $6,000.00 VW MODIFIED THIS PUMP 5 DIFFERENT TIMES AND NEVER NOTIFIED THE OWNERS ABOUT PROBLEMS WITH THE PUMP. THE NHTSA HAD AN INVESTIGATION AND CONCLUDED PEOPLE WERE USING THE WRONG FUEL. WE HAVE 2 DIESEL VEHICLES AND KNOW WHICH PUMP AT THE SERVICE STATIONS ARE DIESEL. THIS IS A SERIOUS LIFE THREATENING PROBLEM, CATASTROPHIC FAILURE AND NO POWER IN YOU CAR YET THE NHTSA CLOSED THEIR INVESTIGATION. VW WILL DO NOTHING TO HELP WITH REPAIRS AND THE JETTA HAS BECOME A TOTAL LEMON. WE HAVE RECEIVED SEVERAL RECALL NOTICES THROUGH THE YEARS, NONE REGARDING THE FUEL PUMP, AND THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR THE RECALLS EACH TIME. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING DONE ABOUT THIS SERIOUS PROBLEM.

WIFE WENT OUTSIDE TO START HER TDI AND AFTER SITTING AND MAKING NO PROGRESS IN WARMING AND SMELLING A LOT OF UN-BURNT DIESEL SHE DECIDED TO SHUT IT OFF. AFTER SHE CAME INSIDE AND TOLD ME IT WAS NOT WARMING UP AND IT SEEMED TO BE RUNNING OUT OF FUEL VERY QUICKLY I WENT OUTSIDE TO CHECK IT OUT. I COULD SEE THAT DIESEL HAD LEAKED ONTO THE GROUND, SO I OPENED THE HOOD AND FUEL WAS DRIPPING FROM THE ENGINE MOUNTED FUEL PUMP. I LEFT IT OVERNIGHT AT THIS POINT TO MAKE SURE NO FIRES WHERE STARTED. THE NEXT MORNING I TOOK IT APART TO FIND OUT WHAT THE SOURCE OF THE LEAK AND AFTER REMOVING THE PUMP, ASSOCIATED ELECTRICAL, AND RUBBER LINES I SAW THE END OF THE PUMP HAD POPPED OUT OF ITS CRIMPED ALUMINUM CASE. THIS WAS ALLOWING DIESEL TO LEAK PAST THE RUNNING ELECTRIC PUMP AND ONTO THE RUNNING ENGINE WHICH AT THE POINT OF TURNING IT OFF HAD COVERED THE ENTIRE SERPENTINE SIDE OF THE ENGINE COMPLETELY IN FUEL. IT WAS A BOSCH PART #1K0 906 098A WE HAVE CONTACTED VW ABOUT THIS AND THEY OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE IN EITHER OFFERING TO INVESTIGATE THE LEAK OR EXPEDITING THE BUYBACK PROCESS TO REMOVE THIS VEHICLE FROM THE ROADS AND MY DRIVEWAY KNOWING THAT IT LEAKED FUEL. VW DID ACKNOWLEDGE A PRIOR RECALL ON A RUBBER FUEL SUPPLY LINE HAD BEEN PERFORMED BEFORE THE CAR WAS PURCHASED. *TR

THE CAR WAS DRIVEN A SHORT 7 MILES AND PARKED FOR 2.5 HOURS IN 28F WEATHER. UPON STARTING TO RETURN THE SMELL OF FUEL WAS NOTICEABLE. UPON DRIVING THE SMELL DID NOT DISSIPATE AND SEEMED QUITE INTENSE. THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AFTER ABOUT MILE OF SLOW IN-TOWN TRAVEL AND ON A HUNCH THE TOP ENGINE COVER WAS REMOVED. FUEL WAS FOUND TO BE ALL OVER THE TOP OF THE ENGINE IN THE AREA OF THE INJECTOR LINES. THE RECALL WORK (11V490000) FOR THESE LINES WAS DONE YEARS AGO. THE CAR IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALERSHIP AWAITING EVALUATION BUT I CAN'T HELP WONDER IF THEIR RECALL WORK WAS NOT FULLY SUCCESSFUL AT PREVENTING THE FUEL LEAK IT WAS MEANT TO. *TR

AT 140K MILES 2009 VOLKSWAGON JETTA TDI STALLED OUT IN MIDDLE OF INTERSECTION. TOWED TO DEALER AND DIAGNOSTICS REVEALED P0191-FUEL PRESSURE SENSOR IMPLAUSIBLEAND P0087-FUEL RAIL SYSTEM PRESSURE TOO LOW. VOLKSWAGEN WILL NOT FIX DUE TO EMISSIONS RECALL OF MY VEHICLE AND OVER WARRANTY. VOLKSWAGEN KNOWS THIS IS A DEFECT WITH THE DIESEL ENGINE AND WON'T FIX IT.

VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE TRAVELING OUT OF STATE IN 118 DEGREE WEATHER NEAR PHOENIX. STALL OCCURRED JUST AS WE WERE TURNING BACK ONTO THE HIGHWAY AFTER STOPPING TO CHECK THE MAP. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND ENGINE WOULD CRANK BUT NOT START. TOWED TO NEAREST DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED HPFP FAILURE KNOWN TO OCCUR WITH VW TDI ENGINES.

THE VEHICLE IS PART OF THE VW TDI EMISSIONS SCANDAL. THE VEHICLE CURRENTLY NEEDS A DPF WHICH IS ONE OF THE PARTS AFFECTED BY THE EMISSIONS SCANDAL AND ONE THAT WILL EVENTUALLY NEED TO BE REPLACED FOR THE CAR TO MEET/PASS EMISSIONS. VW SHOULD PAY FOR THIS EXPENSIVE REPAIR NOW.

MY CAR HAS 146K MILES. IT IS A DIESEL. THE HIGH-PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILED WHILE IN MOTION ON 2/8/2016. VW LIMIT ON HPFP WARRANTY EXTENSION IS 120K MILES WHICH SEEMS LOW FOR A DIESEL CAR. TO REPAIR THE FUEL SYSTEM IS $5300 WHICH IS MORE THAN THE CAR IS WORTH. CALLED VW AND THEY WILL NOT OFFER ANY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE...EVEN WITH THIS CAR BEING PART OF 'DIESELGATE'. HOPING OTHER DRIVERS WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM ARE COMPLAINING AND ODI CONSIDERS RE-OPENING THE REPORT. LINK HERE HTTP://WWW-ODI.NHTSA.DOT.GOV/ACMS/CS/JAXRS/DOWNLOAD/DOC/UCM475595/INCR-EA11003-61863.PDF.

THIS IS FOR A 2009 VW JETTA TDI. THE TDI OF COURSE HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH VW ADJUSTING SOFTWARE TO COVER UP NOX EMISSIONS ON SEVERAL YEAR MODELS OF THEIR DIESEL 2.0 ENGINES. WHAT ALSO NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT IS THE HIGH NUMBER OF FAILURES INVOLVING THE DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTER (DPF) UNITS. IT COULD BE THE SOFTWARE HAT HAS BEEN CHURNING OUT WRONG EMISSIONS READINGS COULD HAVE POSSIBLY OVERTAXED THE SOOT COLLECTION IN THIS VEHICLES AS WELL. I WOULD SUGGEST SOMEONE FROM YOUR OFFICE PERUSE FORUMS AT TDICLUB AND OTHER TDI SITES TO SEE THE NUMBER OF THESE UNITS THAT HAVE BEEN REPORTED BY MEMBERS. I HAVE NOT HAD THE FAILURE AS OF YET, BUT WANTED TO BRING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION

"HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP" ADDENDUM TO COMPLAINT #10808605 PLEASE ADD TO THE PREVIOUS THAT MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME & I FAILED TO MENTION THAT WHEN THE (HPFP) FAILED HE WAS IN THE FAST LANE OF THE FREEWAY & HIS POWER WAS IMMEDIATELY STOPPED. THIS HAPPENED ON THE I10 FREEWAY EASTBOUND JUST BEFORE THE "COUNTY LINE RD" OFFRAMP IN YUCAIPA, CA. THERE WAS NO SHOULDER IN THE FAST LANE FOR HIM TO PULL OVER. HE WAS VERY FORTUNATE THAT THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC TO HIS RIGHT AS HE HAD TO MAKE IT ACROSS 2 LANES OF TRAFFIC IN AN UPHILL GRADE. THE CAR BARELY MADE IT TO THE OFFRAMP! IF THERE HAD BEEN TRAFFIC (TYPICALLY SLOW MOVING TRUCK TRAFFIC), HE WOULD HAVE BEEN TRAPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FREEWAY & SURELY HIT!! IN MY PREVIOUS COMPLAINT I WAS ANGRY ABOUT VW NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE KNOWN FAILURE. WE ARE RESPONSIBLE CAR OWNERS & REGULARLY SERVICE OUR VEHICLES. I COULD UNDERSTAND HAD THIS BEEN NEGLIGENCE ON OUR PART. MY HUSBAND COMMUTES 200 MILES A DAY & WE RELY HEAVILY ON HAVING A RELIABLE VEHICLE, WHICH WE THOUGHT WE HAD IN A VW DIESEL. THEY RECOGNIZED THE DEFECT BY OFFERING A 10YR, 120,000 MILE WARRANTY EXTENSION. MIND YOU THIS IS A DIESEL ENGINE WHICH HAS A LIFE EXPECTANCY OF AT LEAST DOUBLE THIS. AT SOME POINT THIS FAILURE WAS BOUND TO HAPPEN & VW KNOWS IT. I SPOKE WITH MANY VW TECHNICIANS IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF THIS ISSUE & THEY ALL ACKNOWLEDGE THIS IS A FAULTY PART. SOME OF THE BLOGS TRY TO ALLUDE THAT POOR FUEL IS THE CAUSE, BUT THE MECHANICS DON'T AGREE.ANY ASSISTANCE YOU CAN PROVIDE IN GETTING VW TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. THIS NOT ONLY ENDANGERED THE LIFE OF MY HUSBAND, BUT THIS IS A $5500 REPAIR!!

DRIVING OF FREEWAY & SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER. CAR DIED ON THE OFFRAMP & UNABLE TO START. GLOW PLUG LIGHT & BATTERY LIGHT ILLUMINATED. TOWED TO LOCAL SHOP EXPECTING AN ALTERNATOR REPAIR. THEY DIAGNOSED HPFP FAILURE. $5500 REPAIR!! THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE & SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL! I RECEIVED A WARRANTY EXTENSION (10YR OR 120,000MI) LETTER JUNE 2015. MY VEHICLE IS 2009 WITH 155K MILES AT THAT TIME. MY VEHICLE HAS DEPRECIATED DUE TO THE EMISSION SYSTEM & NOW THIS.

YESTEDAY, THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN AFTER I GOT OFF FREEWAY AT OFFRAMP. AS I CAME TO A STOP AT THE TRAFFIC LIGHT AND ENGINE STOPPED. HAD A FLASHING "GLOW PLUG" ICON ON DASH FOR LESS THAN A MINUTE AND LITTLE NO ACCELERATION BEFORE EXITING FREEWAY. WOULD NOT RESTART. HAD TO HAVE CAR TOWED 50 MILES TO HOME. TODAY I FIND A DTC OF P0087, FUEL PRESSURE TOO LOW. I UNSCREWED THE SCREWS HOLDING THE FUEL FILTER ASSY TOP COVER. LIFTING THE COVER, I SAW METAL PARTICLES ON TOP OF THE FUEL FILTER. THIS ALWAYS MEANS THE HI-PRESSURE FUEL PUMP HAS FAILED - FORCING METAL PARTICLES TO THE FUEL TANK, HI PRESSURE FUEL RAIL, FUEL INJECTORS, FUEL FILTER AND FUEL LINES.

THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP OF THE TDI DIESEL VERSION OF THIS CAR IS EASILY COMPROMISED UNDER REGULAR USE AND SENDS THE CAR INTO A DISABLED MODE WHILE DRIVING. IT IS DANGEROUS AND VERY UNCLEAR WHAT IS HAPPENING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE HESITATED AND THE ENGINE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO THE FUEL SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THAT THE HIGH COMPRESSION FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, BUT REFUSED TO COVER THE COSTS OF THE REPAIR. THE VIN WAS NOT PROVIDED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000. UPDATED 01/21/16*LJ *TR

UPON PULLING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY, VEHICLE SHOWED FLASHING "GLOW PLUG" INDICATOR AND LOSS OF POWER (LIMP HOME MODE). PULLED OVER, TURNED OFF VEHICLE AND RESTARTED, INDICATOR CLEARED AND VEHICLE DROVE NORMALLY. ON SUBSEQUENT TRIP LATER IN THE DAY, SAME SYMPTOMS APPEARED. AGAIN, CLEARED BY STOP AND RESTART OF VEHICLE. FLASHING GLOW PLUG INDICATOR RETURNED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, THIS TIME WITH SOLID "CHECK ENGINE" INDICATOR AS WELL. DROVE TO DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT WHERE THEY FOUND METAL FRAGMENTS IN THE FUEL SYSTEM AND LIKELY HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILURE. CURRENTLY AWAITING RESULTS OF FUEL TEST TO VERIFY FAILURE WAS NOT CAUSED BY MISFUELING WITH GASOLINE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. WHILE DRIVING 60-70 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS NO PERMANENT REMEDY FOR THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

ENGINE STALLED WHEN DRIVING AND WOULD NOT RESTART. METAL FRAGMENTS WERE FOUND IN THE ENTIRE FUEL SYSTEM DAMAGING ALL COMPONENTS.COMPLETE FUEL SYSTEM REPLACEMENT IS ONLY ALTERNATIVE PER VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA. CONTACTED VOLKSWAGEN CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE AND WAS TOLD ASSISTANCE IS NOT AN OPTION DUE TO A FEDERAL MANDATE LIMITING TIME AND MILEAGE TO 10 YEARS OR 120000 MILES. ALSO STATED VOLKSWAGEN WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REPAIR AT THEIR DISCRETION IF NOT FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS?? THIS IS A VERY COMMON FAILURE THAT LOCAL DEALER STATES OCCURS LOCALLY 4-5 TIMES A WEEK IN THIS AREA. THE AVERAGE REPAIR COST IS OVER 6000.00 DOLLARS. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THE NHTSA HAD INVESTIGATED THIS SITUATION AND CLOSED THE PROBE. IF DEALER RECORDS WERE INVESTIGATED THOROUGHLY, THEY WOULD HAVE FOUND A TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF LIKE FAILURES THAT CANNOT ALL BE ATTRIBUTED TO IMPROPER FUELING OR TAINTED PRODUCT. 4-5 TIMES A WEEK SINCE 2009?? ABSURD AND UNACCEPTABLE.

THE GLOW PLUG LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON (HAD BEEN ON FOR THE ENTIRE DURATION OF MY OWNERSHIP OF 1 YEAR FOR THE CAR). WE WERE ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE CAR STEADILY LOST POWER IN THE SPAN OF A QUARTER MILE. WE PULLED OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE ENGINE WOULD CRANK BUT NOT START. THE MECHANIC THE NEXT DAY FOUND METAL SHAVINGS IN THE FUEL SYSTEM AND SUSPECTS A HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILURE. THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO REPLACE BOTH FUEL PUMPS AND FUEL LINES. WE HAVE NEVER MISFUELED THE CAR - WE HAVE ONLY USED DIESEL FUEL AT TOP STATIONS LIKE SHELL AND BP.

HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR WELL OVER 100 MILES ON THE INTERSTATE AND WAS EXITING FROM ONE INTERSTATE ONTO ANOTHER IN MODERATE TRAFFIC IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. DURING LANE CHANGE, FLASHING "GLOW PLUG" INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON AND "ENGINE FAULT! WORKSHOP!" CAME ON. CAR IMMEDIATELY DECELERATED, CAUSING HARD BREAKING FROM FOLLOWING TRAFFIC AND NEAR COLLISION. ABLE TO DRIVE AT 40 MPH FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE TO ANOTHER EXIT. STOPPED AT TRAFFIC LIGHT AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT EXIT AND CAR STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND WOULD NOT RESTART. TOWED TO NEAREST DEALERSHIP. TWO DAYS LATER, LEARNED FROM VW DEALER THAT IT WAS THE "HPFP". AGAIN. A SIMILAR INCIDENT HAPPENED WITH THIS CAR IN THE FALL OF 2011 -- AROUND THE SAME TIME VW ISSUED THEIR RECALL OF THE FAULTY PUMP. I WAS TOLD THAT THE HPFP WAS REPLACED AT THAT TIME. THIS WAS ONLY 4 YEARS AGO AND PRECISELY THE SAME ISSUE. I HAVE HAD THE DIESEL FUEL PUMP MODIFICATION (ANOTHER RECALL), THE CAR IS UNDER THE 120K ON THEIR "EXTENDED WARRANTY" AND I ONLY USE VERY-LOW SULFUR DIESEL GASOLINE AT MAJOR NATIONAL CHAINS WHEN TRAVELING CROSS-COUNTRY LIKE THIS.

WAS DRIVING AND THERE WAS A LOSS OF POWER, AS IF THE TURBO HAD STOPPED WORKING, IT EVENTUALLY STALLED OUT.