NHTSA Complaint #11246573 — 2014 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, IT STARTS TO STALL OR HAVE STALLED WHILE SLOWING DOWN OR SITTING IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC; OR WHILE STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT. THE DEALER STATED THE CODE WAS P0011 AND THE CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE PART WAS ABOUT $75 AND THE LABOR JUST UNDER $400. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON WITHIN 2 DAYS AND THE ISSUE STARTED AGAIN. NOW THE DEALER STATED CODE P0011 AGAIN, AND ALSO CODE P0016 CRANK SHAFT POSITION CORRELATION WHICH IS THE TIMING BELT HE STATED. HE ALSO QUOTED A PRICE OVER $3000 TO HAVE THE WORK COMPLETED. I ASKED IF THIS WAS THE PROBLEM ALL ALONG AND THE P0011 WAS MISDIAGNOSED THE LAST TIME SINCE YOU HAVE THE SAME CODE AGAIN. WAS THE OLD POSITION SENSOR BAD OR NOT. HE COULD NOT ANSWER. I TOLD HIM I CAN'T KEEP SPENDING MONEY IF YOU CAN'T GRANTEE A FIX. I DON'T WANT TO COME BACK IN A FEW WEEKS WITH THE SAME CODE, BUT THE PRICE KEEPS GOING UP. ALSO, THAT STATED THEY COMPLETED A RECALL UPDATE TO THE ECM SOFTWARE. I TOLD THEM I WAS SURPRISED AS I HAD CHECKED NHTSA AND IT STATED 0 INCOMPLETE RECALLS. I KNOW THIS AS I RESEARCHED THE P0011 ISSUE SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, AND SOMEONE MENTIONED IN A POST TO CHECK FOR THIS UPDATE. THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE AS MANY PEOPLE ON THIS SITE HAVE SIMILAR COMPLAINTS TO MY OWN, WITH THE 2014 VW JETTA: HTTPS://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/VOLKSWAGEN/JETTA/2014/ENGINE/ENGINE_DIES_STALLS_WHILE_DRIVING.SHTML I CAN'T AFFORD TO KEEP PAYING FOR POSSIBLE FIXES. I NEED FOR VW TO WORK ON MY VEHICLE AND COMPLETE THE REPAIRS AND MAKE SURE IT'S WHAT IS NEEDED TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. ALSO, I'VE NOTICED THAT SINCE THIS ISSUE HAS STARTED, THE CAR IS BURNING FUEL AT AN INCREDIBLE RATE; GOING FROM A HALF A TANK TO A QUARTER TANK IN A 12 MILE TRIP TO WORK AND 12 MILES BACK HOME, WITHOUT ANY OTHER STOPS. I WOULD THINK 24 MILES ROUND TRIP IN TRAFFIC WOULD BURN MAYBE 2 GALLONS, BUT NOT A QUARTER TANK OF GAS.