VolkswagenJetta2012
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2012 Volkswagen Jetta Engine And Engine Cooling Problems

6
Owner complaint records in our dataset

Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.

Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.

Among these 6 stored complaint records:

  • 0 indicate a crash
  • 0 indicate injury
  • 1 indicate fire

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
1–30k mi5
60–100k mi1

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • December 18, 2016 · 89,934 miles

    Engine · Engine And Engine Cooling

    Coolant came then went off after shutting off car turning back then 3days later engine light came on while driving pulled over turnt car off turned on after 5 mins engine light cut off. 2 days later engine light came back on. *tr

    ODI 10936831

  • May 6, 2014 · 25,350 miles

    Engine And Engine Cooling · Fuel System, Diesel

    The car had been driven all day with no problems. We parked for almost two hours and when starting the engine, it sounded loud, like a typical diesel (ours had always been very quiet). Drove out of the parking lot and merged onto the freeway. The yellow glow plug light started to flash (engine control malfunction) and the car engine died. We had to perform an emergency maneuver to pull over to the right hand lane…

    ODI 10587130

  • July 28, 2012 · 12,000 miles

    Engine And Engine Cooling · Fuel System, Diesel

    Vehicle was traveling at 25 mph, suddenly lost power and died. *tr *js

    ODI 10468746

  • January 14, 2012 · 17,000 miles

    Electrical System · Engine And Engine Cooling

    Drove the vehicle home from work friday 1/13, weather was below freezing causing ice build up. Parked the vehicle in my garage ~45 degrees. Ice began melt, and when trying to start the vehicle saturday afternoon it turned 1/4 turn and the engine stopped. My assumption is that the engine inhaled water causing a hydro-lock, i continued to try to start the vehicle a total 5 times (it turned over once and ran extremely…

    Fire reported

    ODI 10445020

  • October 21, 2011 · 1,000 miles

    Engine And Engine Cooling · Fuel System, Diesel

    2012 jetta tdi manual, the first occurrence happened after traveling on a downhill grade when i came to a complete stop at the stoplight the car started to shutter and acted like it was going to stall. This exact incident happened several times a month for no rhyme or reason. The car has now started to do the same thing more frequently and will now stall out. It used to be on cold starts and would happen within the…

    ODI 10442730

  • October 3, 2011 · 1,000 miles

    Engine And Engine Cooling · Fuel System, Gasoline · Power Train

    Upon entering an on-ramp and also accelerating around a turn, experienced no response to depression of gas pedal. Basically car had serious lag before taking off. Worried about safety issue when trying to get out of someone's way. Very unpredictable in occurrence and do not want to have a wreck. Also experienced "stuttering" around 30 mph as if vehicle did not know which gear to get into. This happens frequently and…

    ODI 10440575