Car engine just died while in drive, usually while slowing down and coming to a stop. When brought in for repair, a fuel engine was replaced. Two weeks later the problem began occurring again. Another part was replaced. Four months later, the problem has returned. The engine starts to shake will in idle with foot on break. And then shuts off.

- Alexandria, VA, USA

The vehicle is known for intercooler icing and Volkswagen dealerships don't want to do anything unless they can replicate it. After driving in cold weather and starting the car up again the intercooler has water build up from condensation that can potentially hydrolock or destroy the engine by pumping water through it.

- Indianapolis, IN, USA

My vehicle; for months now, has either not started up right away or shut off while driving through city streets and a major freeway. While driving the car loses power but the battery has power. Power steering becomes lost and I have to push the vehicle off the road or freeway. The vehicle has a rough idol when this occurs and becomes unsafe to handle and carefully remove from a busy road.I have taken it in to VW service multiple times and thet cannot fix it. No code comes up on their diagnostic computer and no check engine dash lights illuminate. This issue seems as though it is impossible to fix by the dealership who sold it to me, and self diagnosing is out of my league.

- Phoenix, AZ, USA

Car shuts off while driving on highway. Lost all power. Pulled over, placed in park, and then the car started. Engine light stayed on. Happen multiple times. I don't feel safe driving this car

- Scotch Plains, NJ, USA

After exiting the freeway and got to the overpass I had to stop, after a accelerated the engine shut down, lost all electrical power except for the radio, fortunately after the overpass was a downgrade so the car was able to coast to safety on to the shoulder. This has not been the first incident where the vehicle has lost complete power while driving in city streets. This is my wife's car, she had complained to me of the car not starting after she gotten off work, we tried to jump started it and it still would not start, so it had to wait till I got off from work. Soon as I got to the vehicle after my shift, I tried to crank start it and the vehicle started with out hesitation. While driving in the city street, after making a stop the vehicle engine shut off, I was unaware since the radio was still playing, so my wife pointed out this had been happening to her as well, even after we replaced the battery. So I took the vehicle to my mechanic and he mentioned that this could be an alternator problem, so we replaced the alternator as well, but the vehicle continues to shut down or it just won't start. I decided to check the wiring to the battery and to the distributor and after doing this the vehicle will start up again. Last episode was on 11/15/2019 as I exited the freeway on my way to work. When I got home I remembered that my wife had handed me a couple of latters from the VW dealer witch we had omitted since we bought the vehicle used in a car lot. This is how I found out that these letters where notices of the recalls on this particular vehicle. I shared this with a friend that claims he also had the same problem with a VW vehicle he owned, he explained that the problem in his unknown VW model, the electrical wiring was at fault. I'm scheduled to bring the vehicle in for a recall for the key column, witch is not associated to the problem according to VW rep.

- Orem, UT, USA

2014 Jetta with 90000 miles stalls all the time in cold weather. It will just shut off when coming to a stop in traffic or stop signs and red lights. I almost got ran over by a large 18 wheeler when vehicle stalled in baltimore tunnel. Someone is going to get hurt unless there is a recall for this issue, please report this issue if it occurring to you.

- Phoenix, MD, USA

Dealer issued keys are impossible to turn when attempting to turn off engine in stationary/park position. Have to flick key forward causing a power surge to shut the engine off. Process is getting worse, now fuel light is on stating that my fuel sensor is broken. Car has lost power when accelerating as well. This is all connected to the power surge needed to shut the car off. Dealership states, there has not been a recall for this type of issue, it will cost me upwards to $1000 to fix ignition cylinder. It looks like it's one of the only issues with this vehicle and is known by the dealerships. Dealership only advises to purchase new vehicle with "push to start." This will be our first and last VW.

- Palmdale, CA, USA

Key gets stuck in ignition when turning off the engine.

- Port Saint Lucie, FL, USA

Perfectly maintained 2014 Volkswagen Jetta with 65K miles on it "timing chains are stretched and camshaft adjustments values are outside of specifications meaning the camshaft has failed". there is also an issue with the tensioner. The vehicle has stalled, felt as if it was going to buck forward when stopped at a light, RPM is inconsistent with speed. This issue was already address in a class action for regular VW Jetta's. my vechile meets all of the criteria when it comes to mileage, the year, and maintenance done. However, it's a Jetta 2.0.

- Grand Rapids, MI, USA

Excessive stalling at intersections, almost hit when making a right turn because the car stalled. Restart the car and works fine, but is getting more frequent.

- Abilene, TX, USA

The contact owns a 2014 Volkswagen Jetta. While driving various speeds, the engine suddenly shut off. After approximately ten minutes, the vehicle was restarted. The vehicle was taken to three county Volkswagen (701 riverside ave, lyndhurst, NJ), but the cause of the failure was not determined. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 40,000.

- Bloomfield, NJ, USA

While driving the vehicle, it starts to stall or have stalled while slowing down or sitting in rush hour traffic; or while stopped at a red light. The dealer stated the code was P0011 and the camshaft position sensor needed to be replaced. The part was about $75 and the labor just under $400. The check engine light came back on within 2 days and the issue started again. Now the dealer stated code P0011 again, and also code P0016 crank shaft position correlation which is the timing belt he stated. He also quoted a price over $3000 to have the work completed. I asked if this was the problem all along and the P0011 was misdiagnosed the last time since you have the same code again. Was the old position sensor bad or not. He could not answer. I told him I can't keep spending money if you can't grantee a fix. I don't want to come back in a few weeks with the same code, but the price keeps going up. Also, that stated they completed a recall update to the ECM software. I told them I was surprised as I had checked NHTSA and it stated 0 incomplete recalls. I know this as I researched the P0011 issue several weeks ago, and someone mentioned in a post to check for this update. This appears to be a common issue as many people on this site have similar complaints to my own, with the 2014 VW Jetta: Https://www.carcomplaints.com/Volkswagen/Jetta/2014/engine/engine_dies_stalls_while_driving.shtml I can't afford to keep paying for possible fixes. I need for VW to work on my vehicle and complete the repairs and make sure it's what is needed to resolve this issue. Also, I've noticed that since this issue has started, the car is burning fuel at an incredible rate; going from a half a tank to a quarter tank in a 12 mile trip to work and 12 miles back home, without any other stops. I would think 24 miles round trip in traffic would burn maybe 2 gallons, but not a quarter tank of gas.

- San Antonio, TX, USA

After having the car for a year, the injector coil pack malfunction. The car would sputter and slow down speed while driving and would stop. I went through 3 replacements. When the car is idle, the car shakes or like it is stressing itself to work hard being idle. The key ignition is now giving problems. The car will not recognize the key and will not turn on. If you hold the key at a certain angle it will turn on but it is hard to take the key out of ignition.

- San Antonio, TX, USA

Engine seized with no prior warning. The oil light or temperature light did not come on prior to car stalling with a seized engine. We were driving on the highway at highway speed when all of a sudden the car would not accelerate and an epc light came on, not a check engine light. When we pulled over the car stalled with all the warning lights on. The dealership told me the next day that the engine had seized. I have changed the oil every 10000 miles with synthetic oil. There is no reason this should have happened.

- Rural Hall, NC, USA

My 2014 VW Jetta (86000 miles) was parked. I tried to turn it on; it would crank but wouldn't start. Got it towed to the VW dealership where they told me the timing belt and tensioner had to be replaced. The opened the engine to inspect for further damage and found several bent valves.

- Miami, FL, USA

My car has had many problems and has not been able to be fixed through the dealership. All problems occurred after 50,000 miles. The engine seems to run and start hard. The car would not accelerate when driving. It would rev up but no motion until something eventually switched into gear, while in motion on streets and highway. It will act like this for awhile without triggering a code. I would bring it to the dealership and would be told it was nothing. Eventually it will trigger the epc code, but the code will disappear the next time the car is turned on. About 4 days after that the engine light comes on. Volkswagen dealership has "fixed" this issue once before stating that it was a manufacture defect. They covered the cost, but since then it has happened again and they state that now I am responsible for covering the repair, when it wasn't fixed correctly or diagnosed correctly in the first place. I have missed numerous days of work, and have been without a car do to diagnosis/ repairs for over 2 months in this past year. This should not happen with only 56,000 miles on a car.

- Buffalo, NY, USA

Ignition locked and locked the steering wheel as well. Cannot get car started

- The Villages, FL, USA

O ring transmissions leak, epc light, cooling fan

- Newnan, GA, USA

Issues with my 2014 VW Jetta started March 2018. My car had a rough idle that would physically impact the car causing the car to jerk. When decreasing speeds my car would jerk. My car has stalled multiple times while in motion and while coming to a complete stop. I have had issues with my engine mil light and battery light when my car stalled and completely lost power. Upon the first occurrence, I brought my vehicle to the dealership and they informed me I had to get my spark plugs changed, cam sensor replaced, and an induction service. After completion of this work, my car continued to have the same symptoms. After returning to the car dealership they then determined that my timing chain, tensioner, and bridge needed to be replaced. After this repair was completed my oil light came and I took my car back in for an oil change. During the oil change, the service rep informed me that they did not see anything wrong and that I needed to make an appointment to have another diagnostic test done I wanted a second opinion because this whole situation was exacerbating my anxiety and I did not trust the dealership or VW. Please see the attached word document for full report.

- Camden, DE, USA

My vehicle started flashing the engine light. Then its started stalling. I turned it off, waited a couple minutes and it was fine to drive but still had the engine light on. Nothing happened until the next day, the engine light wasnt on anymore. As I was driving at 70 mph it started stalling again. Took it to a shop and they told me I had a couple of codes on. It was cleared just to make sure it wasnt something else. After about 100 miles of driving the engine light turned on again and the car started stalling again at around 65mph. I changed the spark plugs and the spark plug wires. Runs great until another 100miles of driving, it started stalling at around 75mph. Everytime the light comes on, I turn the car off wait a couple minutes and turn it back on with out any signs of misfiring.

- Los Angeles, CA, USA