NHTSA Complaint #10371723 — 2009 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA

CAR HAS STUTTERED WHEN ACCELERATING FROM STOP SINCE PURCHASING WITH 12 MILES. ON 12/21/2009, CAR LOST POWER AND STUTTERED AT SPEED ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. THE ROAD IMMEDIATELY CLIMBED A HILL. WITH ACCELERATOR TO THE FLOOR, THE CAR DROPPED TO UNDER 60 MPH AND I SHIFTED FROM 6TH TO 5TH. CAR STILL KEPT DECELERATING SO I SHIFTED TO 4TH. FORTUNE PROVIDED A REST AREA AS THE CAR GOT TO ABOUT 45 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE. AFTER PARKING, CAR STALLED WHILE IDLING. STARTING ENGINE WOULD ROUGHLY IDLE AT 1/2 OF THE IDLE RPM FOR ABOUT 5 SECONDS BEFORE STALLING. AFTER 4 TRIES, I LET THE CAR SIT FOR 10 MINUTES AND IT RESTARTED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE CAR HAD DIESEL PURCHASED IN UPSTATE NY IN THE WINTER, PRESUMABLY A WINTER BLEND. THE INCIDENT HAPPENED IN VA IN 30+ DEGREE TEMPERATURES, SO PRESUMABLY GELLING OF THE FUEL WAS NOT THE PROBLEM. ADDITIONALLY, ON 12/17/2010, CAR STARTED BUT WOULD NOT REV ABOVE 1500 RPM EVEN WHILE OUT OF GEAR. WOULD NOT GO MORE THAN 10 MPH. I ASSUME IT IS THE FUEL SYSTEM BUT THE VW DEALER CLAIMS EVERYTHING IS FINE WITH THE CAR.