This has happen dozens of times and burned out our starter motor, battery. I will be requesting VW to reimburse these repair costs which we contacted dealer about and they said it was 'designed' to stall the car. Huh???
Update from Sep 21, 2014: There's multiple youtube videos of this exact problem for example..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcE0MqH3zZU
Update from Jan 15, 2015: VW issued a recall in August 2014 on the Routan's ignition and as of 1/15/15 still doesn't have a remedy. Our ignition actually failed, where our doors no longer locked, dome light stayed on and interior chime rang signaling the fob was still in the ignition when it wasn't. VW's response was this issue (better said failure) was unrelated to this recall which was ridiculous. We had to pay out of pocket to fix this ignition, a recalled ignition...what a joke! By the way VW has ceased it assembly agreement with Chrysler for the Routan.
Update from Jan 15, 2015: Other Youtube videos of this problems;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyUniTtY3t0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcE0MqH3zZU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZKlantjMus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BM3U-ZoTIK4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mCDSqqHDtc
A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
This has happen dozens of times and burned out our starter motor, battery. I will be requesting VW to reimburse these repair costs which we contacted dealer about and they said it was 'designed' to stall the car. Huh???
Update from Sep 21, 2014: There's multiple youtube videos of this exact problem for example.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcE0MqH3zZU
Update from Jan 15, 2015: VW issued a recall in August 2014 on the Routan's ignition and as of 1/15/15 still doesn't have a remedy. Our ignition actually failed, where our doors no longer locked, dome light stayed on and interior chime rang signaling the fob was still in the ignition when it wasn't. VW's response was this issue (better said failure) was unrelated to this recall which was ridiculous. We had to pay out of pocket to fix this ignition, a recalled ignition...what a joke! By the way VW has ceased it assembly agreement with Chrysler for the Routan.
Update from Jan 15, 2015: Other Youtube videos of this problems; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyUniTtY3t0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcE0MqH3zZU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZKlantjMus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BM3U-ZoTIK4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mCDSqqHDtc
- Rich R., St. Louis, MO, US