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The car will stall a few times when starting after sitting over night. After starting a couple times, the engine will appear to be running normally until you place it in gear and begin to move. As soon as you let the clutch out and give it gas, the car will shake violently, with the RPM's erradically jumping between 200 and 1600. Sometimes it stalls, other times it will remain like this until it heats up. Once the car has had a few minutes to heat, it will run with no futher difficulties. It has been in several times, the list of repairs and status update is below in General Comments.
The air-conditioning did not work from the first time I tried using it. The dealership is currently working with this issue now.
There was a terrible rattle coming from the driver side door when playing my stereo. (The dealership believes this was due to a few clips which were missing and not seen when they did the certified inspection).
At times, there is a loss of power, especially in lower gears. When switching from first to second, the RPM's will drop very low and very little power is given. This may be related to the stalling issue since this only appears to happen when it is already warm.
This car was a Volkswagen Certified Vehicle. Upon leaving the dealership, it has given me nothing, but problems. The stalling issue has happened every day I have owned it since it was brought home. The Air-Conditioning has never worked.
The dealership has been great about trying to find me another vehicle since this has already reached the used car lemon law statute for New York State. Service is still trying to fix the issues.
Currently, they have replaced the air flow sensor, re-flashed the computer, and re-wired all ground wires, but still have not found what is causing the stalling issue.
The air-conditioning was recharged and they are checking for leaks, but have not found any. I haven't gotten the car back to see if this fix has worked as they are still working on the stalling issue.
If this car did not have so many issues, I would enjoy it. It handles great and the acceleration is decent. While not the most powerful motor, the turbo does a good job of delivering enough power in the lower RPM's for passing and spirited driving.
I notice a number of people are having the same issues with the stalling problem. If someone has had this problem in the past, and had it successfully fixed, please respond as I would love to know what it is. My dealership is looking for another vehicle for me, but I am very curious.
I'm having the same stalling problem... even my dealer can't find the issue.. let me know if anyone can find the problem.
I have a 2001 Jetta 1.8L Turbo Wolfsburg and I also have continuous stalling problems. I have taken it in for service on 4 occasions for this problem and my dealer cannot find the problem either. If anyone has had any success with the stalling issue, please respond!!
I have a 2001 Jetta 1.8T and the check engine light keeps coming on I took it to the dealership and they are going to try and change the Mass Air Flow Sensor, but I am not sure this will fix the problem. They cannot diagnose the problem.
I guess I am very late with this post, but if you are having these issues you should go to vwvortex. com and do a search on pcv valve and a hose that vw called a vent hose. the vent hose sits on top of the valve cover in 1.8t's and has something to do with pressures in the engine and intake and such. mine blew on me saturday and I changed it and since then the car has been giving me the same symptoms you guys have. I changed the hose and am still having these symptoms. after doing research on the tex I am leaning to the conclusion that I may have a bad or clogged pcv (positive crankcase ventilation) valve. this valve is supposed to all air to flow from your crankcase, but can be the cause of sludge buildup in your engine. lots of 1.8t's have been the victim of sludge buildup under the valve covers and throughout their engines. do a google search on 1.8t + sludge and you can get more info on that. with that being said my car gets turned in to the dealership tomorrow to see what the actual problems are. I hope its nothing serious because I actually love my Jetta and wouldn't want to trade it for anything.
Did they check or replace the ignition coil? There was a recall sent out for faulty ignition coils for Volkswagen and Audi cars of that year. If you haven't solved the problem after following up on the last suggestion, I would look into what I said. I had the same problem, and I just replaced the coil in my Jetta. I haven't had a problem since.
I replaced the ignition coils 2 days ago, and my Jetta STILL vibrates violently when I first start it, stalls if it isn't warmed up. What do I do? I'm really starting to hate this car!
Heya, I have a 2001 VW Jetta Wolfsburg edition. I'm canadian so unfortunately lemon laws don't apply, but here it is.
I have had the interior lights screw up on a half dozen occasions.
My passenger heated seat has been replaced twice.
My side mirror heaters have burned my mirrors.
My transmission needed a complete replacement after less than 2 years.
Oh and yes, the violent rattling and check engine light issue. Yes, I blame this for most of my hair loss over the last 5 years. After replacing the mass air flow sensor, numerous fuel injectors and wiring and tubes and what not, along with work to my turbo charger, the last thing they did was to "reflash" my onboard computer. Which resolved it for about... a month. Now it's back to check engine light and the shaking, although nowhere near what it used to be, still happens on a much lesser scale.
So, get them to do your computer for a start, but it still doesn't seem to have solved the issue.
Although I still love VW cars in general for their stylings and such, I doubt I'll ever buy another one new. I guess this is the price we pay for having our "GERMAN" cars made in Mexico.
Has anyone told you to check the crankcase ventilation hoses that are underneath the intake manifold. I own a 2001 wolfsburg and the check engine light came on the other day. I took it to vw and had them run diagnostics on it. They said that I needed a mass air sensor and ventilation hose. I took the car home and reset the check light and started looking for the cracked hose. If you know where it is start tracing them down and trying to get them loose to unclog them. That can play hell on your engines ability to breath correctly.
Wow, and I thought I was unique. My 2001 Wolfsburg just started this about a month ago and I have had it back to the dealership 2 times now, looking at a 3rd. So far I have spent almost 1900 bucks on it with Spark plug replacements, new coils, new battery, some turbo valve, temperature sender... If it doesn't get fixed this last time, I'm not sure what I am going to do.
This morning it had started no problem, but then the engine fluttered, so I pulled out of the driveway, only to practically lose all power when shifting to second, drove 45 minutes into work, with the same problem at the traffic lights, fine on the interstate. It stalled twice when I got close to work, the last time I restarted it the idle shot up to 2000 and stayed there (my foot was no where near the gas), then as I coasted through the parking lot, it felt like the throttle was sticking, just going on its own. I'm taking it in on Friday to have it checked out again...
I have a 2007 Jetta 2.5L Wolfsburg (bought new) and have been to dealer 5 times spanning 9,500-10,200 miles for the exact same issue. I have no throttle response past 3000 rpm (in any gear - although I have not tried reverse). Car performs normally until reved up to 3000 and then the needle falls to zero, and there is a loss of power - but not stalling. I can continue to drive if I keep shifting before topping out at 3000 rpm. Dealer has replaced, recleaned, and retorqued both knock sensors 5 times. When the car acts up again after I leave the dealer the CEL comes on solid yellow and the fault code is always the knock sensors. They have no clue what else to do. I too have meet the presumption of the new car lemon law in NY and am going to be filing a claim next week.
I bummed, this is my 7th new VW/Audi in 11 years, and I have weathered all the recalls from window clips to engine coils and faults up to this point but can take it no longer. The honeymoon is over.
It's the camshaft sensor.
My daughter has a 2001 Jetta 1.8L turbo. So far I've changed the mass air flow sensor, didn't fix it, so next I changed crank position sensor, but the new one was received bad out of box, so I put the old one back in. It would run until the engine heated up, then die. I changed the cam position sensor; that still didn't fix it. Then I changed the crank position sensor again, with a good one, and it fixed the problem for about a month, but now problem is back.
My next thought is the diverter valve is malfunctioning, so for $44 I'll try that, and I'm also going to see if the dealer will give me a new coil from the recall, but we'll buy one if necessary.
My best advise to my daughter, is if we ever get it running again, is to trade it for a Honda or Toyota, or anything but a piece of junk made VW.
With all of you who are having "stalling" problems, problems in which your car may run rough or stall in wet weather, have them check your coil pack. These cars are known for their faulty coil packs. Also, the issue where you first start the car and it runs rough or after the engine is warm and you turn it off and then have trouble starting it again (it will turn over and voer and over and over and over, but won't actually start) this may be your coolant temperature sensor.
Both are relatively easy to fix yourself if you are comfortable doing so... you could save several hundred dollars rather than paying someone else to do something it may take you 45 minutes to do yourself with very few tools and a little know-how.
If any of you need a walk through or either one of these procedures, I would be more than willing to post one up.
I have a 2001 VW Jetta Wolfsburg 1.8T with a manual transmission and I have recently encountered a stalling problem whenever I approached a stopping situation.
My successful solution is two fold. First, there was a carbon build-up on the throttle body (aka butterfly valve) which needs to be cleaned. This was done in about 20 minutes by my mechanic.
Just as importantly, I needed to change my driving style. When I approached a stopping situation, I left the transmission in gear to use the power of the engine to assist in the braking. But, what I was saving in brake pad wear, I was losing in engine wear! I have now been told that for older engines it is better to put the car in neutral and coast to a stop.
With these two changes, my stalling problem has been resolved.
My 99 V-Dub Jetta just recently started this thing where it will run fine, then the next time I go out to start it nothing. The engine will turn over, just not start like it's not getting any spark. The first few times it started after I messed with all the wires under the hood and the oil send sensor wire. That wire has came loose before completely shutting down my car after going over some railroad tracks.
The other night I went to leave work and my car wouldn't start no matter what I tried, so I had to leave it and when I came back to pull it home, the damn thing started right up like no problem. My mechanic still doesn't know what's going on with my car. I just don't know what to do about it.