NHTSA Complaint #10731464 — 2013 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE

DRIVING 60 MPH IN RUSH HOUR 6/19/15 & SUDDENLY ENG LIGHTS GO ON & CAR STALLED IN MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC! I WAS SCARED I WAS GOING TO BE REAR ENDED & KILLED. PUT FLASHERS ON CALLED 911. POLICE PARKED BEHIND ME WHILE I WAITED FOR TOW TRUCK. OFFICER ASKED TO TRY & START TO SEE IF I COULD GET TO SIDE OF ROAD. I WAS ABLE TO START IT, BUT ONLY DRIVE A FEW FEET BEFORE STUTTERED & DIED AGAIN. HAD IT TOWED TO TYNANS VW, WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED & REG MAINTAINED. NEXT DAY VW VERIFIED ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON WHEN THEY STARTED. HOWEVER, THEY CLAIM IT WENT OFF WHEN THEY DROVE A FEW MILES. CODE INDICATED ISSUE RELATED TO FUEL SYSTEM, HOWEVER THEY WERENT ABLE TO FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH CAR. THEY KEPT CAR A FEW DAYS, DROVE IT 90 MILES W/ NO ISSUES. I CONTACTED VW CORP & REPORTED INCIDENT & EXPLAINED DEALER CANT FIGURE OUT WHATS WRONG. I EXPLAINED IM NOT COMFORTABLE DRIVING CAR UNTIL THEY CAN DETERMINE WHY MY CAR STALLED. THEY SAID IT WAS LIKELY DEBRIS IN GAS THAT COULDVE CAUSED FUEL NOT TO FLOW PROPERLY - REALLY? THEY WANTED TO KNOW WHAT BRAND OF GAS I USED - CONOCO - BRAND NAME. THIS IS SERIOUS! MY CAR STALLED FOR A REASON, SOMETHING FAILED. I REALIZE CARS BREAKDOWN, I HAVE NO PROBLEM, AS LONG AS THE ISSUE IS IDENTIFIED & FIXED. I DO HAVE A PROBLEM, HOWEVER, W/VW HANDING CAR BACK TO ME NOT KNOWING WHY IT HAPPENED. TOLD TO BRING IT BACK IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN. IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN, I MAY NOT BE SO LUCKY. WHAT IF THIS HAPPENED ON MOUNTAIN PASS? IN THE SNOW? OR IN MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION? RESEARCH, YOU WILL FIND OTHER FUEL ISSUES & STALLING COMPLAINTS, & RECALLS FOR OTHER VW CARS TIGUAN, PASSAT ETC. NO RECALL FOR FUEL/STALLING ISSUES ON BEETLE..YET.I DO NOT WANT MYSELF OR ANYONE ELSE TO BECOME A STATISTIC BEFORE VW IDENTIFIES THE PROBLEM. GM FAILED TO RECALL THE CHEVY COBALT. THEY KNEW ABOUT ISSUE FOR 10 YRS BEFORE RECALLING, AFTER 13 PEOPLE DIED. IS THAT WHAT YOURE WAITING FOR VW?