NHTSA Complaint #10585627 — 2010 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA

FIRST INCIDENT: OCCURRED IN FALL 2012, EXACT DATE UNKNOWN. SLOWING TO TURN RIGHT, VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. POWER STEERING WAS NOT RESPONDING. IT WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP THE NEXT DAY. VEHICLE WAS EVALUATED, NOTHING WAS FOUND. WE WERE TOLD THAT THEY COULD SEE SOME SORT OF POWER INTERRUPTION, BUT COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH ANY OF THE SYSTEMS INVOLVED. SECOND INCIDENT: OCCURRED ABOUT 1 MONTHS AFTER FIRST INCIDENT. WHILE SLOWING TO A STOP, INTENDING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN OUT OF PARKING LOT, AGAIN VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. DID NOT TAKE CAR TO DEALERSHIP, AS IT HAD JUST RECENTLY BEEN EVALUATED. GAS WAS < 1/8 TANK FILLED, AND PARKING LOT EXIT WAS ON A SLIGHT DECLINE, SUSPECTED MAYBE IT WAS RELATED TO LOW FUEL, AND WE TRIED TO KEEP THE CAR ABOVE 1/4 TANK FULL AT ALL TIMES THEREAFTER. THIRD INCIDENT: OCCURRED 4/29/14. SLOWING TO PULL INTO A PARKING SPACE, AGAIN ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. I NOTED THAT THE BATTERY INDICATOR LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD LIT UP SLIGHTLY BEFORE OR AS CAR WAS STALLING. POWER STEERING FAILED AS WELL WHEN CAR STALLED. RADIO / HEATER / OTHER ELECTRONICS SEEMED UNAFFECTED AFTER A BRIEF FLICKER. FOURTH INCIDENT: OCCURRED ABOUT 20 MINUTES LATER ON 4/29/14. SLOWING FOR A STOP LIGHT, VEHICLE STALLED UNEXPECTEDLY. CAR IS DUE FOR INSPECTION, APPOINTMENT IN 2 DAYS. DEALERSHIP ASKED TO INVESTIGATE STALLING AS WELL. *JS