2008 Volkswagen Jetta Engine Problems

THIS VEHICLE WILL NEED $1500. OF WORK TO PASS NYS INSPECTION.THE REAR MAIN SEAL HAS FAILED WHICH CAUSES A VACUUM LEAK THAT RESULTS IN AN EMISSIONS FAILURE. CEL. MY RESEARCH HAS INFORMED THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON FAILURE.

FAULTY TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER

WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE CAR STARTED SHAKING AND WHEN I CHECKED THE OIL THERE WAS NO OIL ON THE DIPSTICK.NO OIL LIGHT CAME ON AND WHEN I BROUGHT IT TO MY MECHANIC HE STATED THAT THE REAR SEAL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THIS CAR HAS ONLY 120,000 MILES ON IT WHEN I CALLED THE VW DEALER IN SACO MAINE I WAS TOLD THAT WHEN IT IS REPAIRED I SHOULD ALSO HAS THE PVB VALVE CHANGED THAT IT IS NOW MADE OUT OF A BETTER MATERIAL- HE STATED THAT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THAT SPECIFIC MOTOR THAT WHEN THE PVB VALVE PUTS TOO MUCH PRESSURE ON THE SEAL CAUSING IT TO BREAK BUT STATED THERE IS NO WARRANTY COVERAGE OR RECALL. IT IS AN EXPENSIVE REPAIR AS THEY NEED TO COMPLETELY REMOVE THE TRANSMISSION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. WHEN DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT ALSO NOTICED A LEAK IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE COOLING FAN MALFUNCTIONED AND THE LEAK WAS A CAUSED BY FAULTY PURGE PRESSURE SENSOR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 132,911.

SINCE 2012, I HAVE HAD CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS THAT NO MECHANIC HAS BEEN ABLE TO DIAGNOSE, BECAUSE EVERYTHING WAS FINE WHEN THEY WOULD CHECK THE KNOCK SENSOR. THEY WOULD RESET IT, AND SEE IF IT CAME ON AGAIN. HOWEVER, THERE WOULD BE LONG PERIODS WHERE IT WOULDN'T COME ON. IT HAS NOT COME ON, SINCE NOVEMBER OF 2014. 4/13/2015, AT APPROXIMATELY 1900 HOURS, I WAS TRAVELING ON A MAJOR FREEWAY, IN AFTERNOON TRAFFIC IN HOUSTON. WHEN, MY ENGINE BEGAN TO DIE. MY CONTROL PANEL WENT DEAD, AND MY ENGINE WAS GRADUALLY DYING, WITH THE RADIO AND ELECTRICITY STILL WORKING. I ENDED UP BEING STRANDED IN A MOVING LANE, AT A SPLIT, WITH VEHICLES WHIZZING FROM 60-80 MPH. I CALLED FOR A WRECKER OVER A POLICE RADIO, BUT 5 MINUTES LATER MY VEHICLE RESTARTED LIKE EVERYTHING WAS FINE, DIED AND RESTARTED AGAIN ON SHOULDER OF FREEWAY. I THEN GOT OFF THE FREEWAY AND WENT PARKING LOT TO PARKING LOT GOT HOME, TOOK IT TO VW DEALERSHIP FIRST THING. DUE TO NO ENGINE LIGHT OR FAULT CODE, DEALERSHIP GUESSED IGNITION SWITCH. DUE TO PROBLEMS WITH DEALERSHIP, TOOK VEHICLE FROM THEM AND PAID FOR DIAGNOSTIC. DISCOVERED IN REPORT THEY LISTED MALFUNCTIONING CAMSHAFT, WHICH THEY WERE GOING TO TRY AND HAVE ME PAY. I HAD THE IGNITION SWITCH REPLACED, DIED ON ME AGAIN ON 4/19/15. BECAUSE SEARCHING WITH MY VIN DID NOT REVEAL DEFECTS OR INVESTIGATIONS AND MY VEHICLE WAS SERVICED FOR THE 1 RECALL -- I SEARCHED WITH THE ENGINE CODE "BPY", I FOUND THERE HAD BEEN AN INVESTIGATION AND VW DECIDED TO NOT DO A RECALL BUT "UPDATE", THUS DIDN'T HAVE TO GIVE OWNERS NOTICE. HOWEVER, THEIR OWN MECHANICS SEEM TO BE UNAWARE. I REALIZED THAT THE TECHNICIAN THOUGHT OF THE IGNITION SWITCH DUE TO GM BEING IN THE NEWS AFTER THE DEATHS, DUE TO SIMILARITIES. VW DID AN "UPDATE" TO SETTLE THE INVESTIGATION, DID NOT GIVE NOTICE, AND I WOULD HAVE HAD TO PAY EVEN THOUGH THEY AGREED TO EXTEND THE WARRANTY FOR 10 YEARS AND 120,000 MILES. *TR

I TOOK MY CAR IN TO HAVE OIL CHANGED AND TO HAVE MY AC LOOKED AT DUE TO STRANGE SMELL COMING FROM VENTS. PER DEALERSHIP REQUEST THEY STATED I SHOULD HAVE THE AC FLUSHED. I LEFT MY CAR THERE WITHIN 30 MINUTES OF DROPPING IT OFF THE DEALERSHIP CALLED ME TO TELL ME MY CAR DIED. THEY HAD HOOKED IT UP TO FLUSH THE AC AND THE ENGINE DIED. UPON THEIR INVESTIGATION A COMPRESSION TEST WAS PERFORMED AND IT WAS DETERMINED CYLINDERS 1,2,3 AND 5 SHOWED ZERO COMPRESSION WHILE 4 SHOWED 80PSI. THEY ARE STATING DUE TO IMPROPER CAM TIMING. FURTHER INVESTIGATION SHOWED THE SECURING BOLT ON THE INTAKE CAMSHAFT WAS LOOSE. IT IS NOW RECOMMENDED TO REPLACE THE CYLINDER HEAD AND RETIME THE CAMSHAFT TO THE CRANKSHAFT. MY CAR DID NOT SHOW ANY ISSUES LEADING UP TO THE OIL CHANGE, NO WARNING LIGHTS NOTHING. CLEARLY I SHOULD HAVE HAD SOME SORT OF WARNING SIGNS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE A/C WAS OPERATED, THERE WAS A STRONG ODOR EMITTED FROM THE VENTS. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THAT THE EVAPORATOR COIL NEEDED TO BE CLEANED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 66,000.

THE CAM FOLLOWER FAILED RESULTING IN SEVERE ENGINE HESITATION UPON ACCELERATION MAKING THE CAR UNSAFE TO OPERATE. THE METAL THE PART IT IS MADE FROM IS NOT STRONG ENOUGH. THIS CAUSES IT TO WEAR THROUGH AND BREAK, WHICH IN TURN CAUSES SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE CAMSHAFT AND FUEL PUMP. AS A RESULT, ALL THREE PARTS MUST BE REPLACED AT GREAT EXPENSE. VOLKSWAGEN HAS CHOSEN TO COVER THIS REPAIR ON SOME BUT NOT ALL VEHICLES WITH THE IDENTICAL PROBLEM. THEY STATE THAT THEY ARE CHOOSING WHICH VEHICLES TO COVER BASED ON VIN # ALONE AND NOT ALL VEHICLES WITH THE IDENTICAL PROBLEM. THE FAILED PART EXTENDS BEYOND THEIR VIN # METRIC. THEY HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THE PROBLEM AND HAVE CHOSEN TO COVER THE REPAIR ON SOME, BUT NOT ALL VEHICLES AFFECTED. THIS IS UNFAIR TO THOSE CONSUMERS STUCK WITH A BILL, WHILE OTHERS WITH THE IDENTICAL PROBLEM HAVE IT COVERED. *TR

I WAS TOLD BY THE VW DEALERSHIP THAT THERE IS KNOWN DEFECT WITH THE MOTOR THAT IS PART OF THE AIR INTAKE MANIFOLD WHICH CAUSES THE VALVES TO STICK AND NOT ALLOW THE PROPER MIXTURE OF AIR/GAS, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO MISFIRE....AT TIMES, THE MISFIRE CAN BE INTENSE AND COULD POSSIBLY CAUSE SOMEONE TO LOSE CONTROL OF THEIR VEHICLE ("BUCKING SENSATION"). I FOUND MANY THREADS ON THE INTERNET REGARDING THE VW JETTA (2.0T ENGINE) AND A PROBLEM WITH THE AIR INTAKE MANIFOLD, BUT YET, VW HAS NEVER ISSUED A RECALL FOR THE PROBLEM. *TR

THE 08 JETTA SE STALL W/O ANY WARNING, USUALLY AFTER 30 MINUTES OF DRIVING AND SOMETIME AT STOPLIGHTS. *TR

ON 10 FEBRUARY 2012, AT APPROXIMATELY 7:45 AM, I WAS DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 395 NORTH , WASHINGTON, DC. IN THE HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE (HOV) LANE WHEN I HEARD NOISE FROM THE ENGINE AND I SAW WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD OF THE ENGINE. I CHECKED THE INDICATOR LIGHTS AND NO LIGHTS WERE ON THAT INDICATED THERE WAS A PROBLEMS. AT THE STOP SIGN NEAR THE ENTRANCE NEAR THE NAVY ANNEX OFF COLOMBIA PIKE, I NOTICED A SMELL SIMILAR TO BURNING OIL. FIRST, THE VEHICLE WAS CHECKED BY JACK TAYLOR TOYOTA IN ALEXANDRIA, VA. TOYOTA STATED THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF A VOLKSWAGEN DEALERSHIP IN THE AREA AND INDICATED THEY HAD THE ABILITY TO IDENTIFY ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE BY CONDUCTING A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. ACCORDING TO THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST, THE REAR MAIN SEAL, WHICH IS LOCATED AT THE REAR OF THE ENGINE BETWEEN THE ENGINE AND THE FLYWHEEL OF FLEX PLATE/TORQUE CONVERTER WAS LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID. I LEARNED LATER VIA AN INTERNET SEARCH THERE WAS A VOLKSWAGEN DEALERSHIP APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES FROM THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP. I CONSULTED WITH A TECHNICIAN AT VOLKSWAGEN WHO INDICATED THE PROBLEM DESCRIBED BY TOYOTA WAS CONFUSING AND WAS POSSIBLY AN ERROR WAS ASKED TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN FOR A CERTIFIED VOLKSWAGEN TECHNICIAN TO INSPECT FURTHER. PRESENTLY, THE CAR IS AT THE VOLKSWAGEN DEALERSHIP IN ALEXANDRIA, VA FOR FURTHER DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND REPAIRS. THEY CONFIRMED THE REAR MAIN SEAL WAS LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID AND ORDERED THE PART WHICH WAS PROJECTED TO ARRIVE ON OR ABOUT 13 FEBRUARY 2012. THE CAR WAS SERVICED FOR 50K TUNE UP AT VOLKSWAGEN IN SPRINGFIELD, VA AND THIS PROBLEMS WAS NOT IDENTIFIED. THIS IS THE FIRST INCIDENT IN-WHICH I HAVE ENCOUNTERED TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR. *TR

EVERY MORNING MY 2008 VW JETTA 2.0T IS VERY HARD TO START. SOMETIMES WHEN THE CAR IS TRYING TO START IT STALLS IN THE MIDDLE OF STARTING. HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=_TGW53YVLQA&FEATURE=YOUTUBE_GDATA_PLAYER. *TR

2008 VW JETTA. CONSUMER STATES ENGINE SHUTDOWN *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING ON THE TURNPIKE, SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE FELT AS IF IT DOWNSHIFTED AND BEGAN TO LOSE SPEED. DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR HAD NO EFFECT. THE CONSUMER MANAGED TO GET TO THE EMERGENCY LANE. HE PUT THE GEAR IN NEUTRAL AND THEN IN DRIVE AND THE VEHICLE STARTED TO RESPOND AND MOVED FORWARD. HE CONTINUED ON WITH NO FURTHER PROBLEMS. *JB

I PURCHASED MY 2008 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 2.0 IN MAY OF 08. SINCE MY PURCHASE THE CAR IS JERKY ALL THE TIME WHILE IN MOTION, ESPECIALLY DURING ACCELERATION. I BROUGHT THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF THE DEALERSHIP I PURCHASED IT FROM AND THEY FOUND NO ISSUES EACH TIME IT WAS SERVICED. THIS IS NOT NORMAL FOR A CAR TO DO THIS HOWEVER VOLKSWAGEN STATES THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS. *TR