2011 VOLKSWAGEN ROUTAN Electrical System Problems

ON 4 OCCASIONS SINCE 3-6-15, WHEN TURNING THE IGNITION SWITCH TO START, NOTHING HAPPENS. AFTER ONE OR TWO TRIES IT WILL START. THE BATTERY IS FAIRLY NEW AND STRONG SO IT IS NOT THE BATTERY. THIS SEEMS TO BE RELATED TO THIS CHRYSLER BUILT PRODUCT WHICH IS UNDER RECALL. I HOPE IT DOES NOT STOP RUNNING GOING DOWN THE ROAD. *TR

TIPM FAILURE. THIS SHOULD BE A MANDATORY RECALL. SYSTEM LOSES POWER WHILE MOVING. WILL NOT START. BATTERY, ALTERNATOR, STARTER -- ALL TEST NORMAL. A CAR MANUFACTURER CAN NOT KNOWINGLY ALLOW PEOPLE TO OPERATE A VEHICLE THAT COULD RESULT IN A DEVASTATING CRASH. *TR

TIPM MODULE, SAME AS CHRYSLERS. CAR STOPPED WHILE DRIVING AND HAS AN INTERMITTENT STARTING PROBLEM. *TR

THIS CAR WAS ACTUALLY MANUFACTURED BY CHRYSLER AND SOLD BY VW. THE INITIAL PROBLEM SEEMED TO BE RELATED TO A FAULTY FUEL PUMP. THE CAR WOULD TRY TO CRANK BUT NOT START. IT ACTUALLY STALLED AS WELL. WE TOOK IT TO A DEALER WHO CONTINUED GUESSING AT THE PROBLEM AND FINALLY REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP. LUCKILY I HAD MECHANICAL BREAKDOWN COVERAGE AND ONLY HAD TO PAY $250 OUT OF POCKET. HOWEVER, AFTER THE "FIX" I'VE HAD THE CAR BACK THREE TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM WITH NO SOLUTION. THIS WEEK, THE FUEL PUMP STARTED RUNNING EVEN WHEN THE CAR IS OFF. I DID A SEARCH AND FOUND OUT ABOUT THE ONGOING TIPM PROBLEM WITH CHRYSLER. THIS SEEMS TO BE THE SAME PROBLEM. I'M TAKING THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER THIS WEEK TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO. INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATED THAT CHRYSLER SELLS THIS CRAP AND TAKES NO RESPONSIBILITY. VW...

1ST INCIDENT-PARKING CAR IN A STALL, CAR SHUTS OFF BEFORE PARKED. P0111 REPLACE AIR TEMP SENSOR 2ND INCIDENT-EXITING THE FREEWAY ON A SINGLE LANE JUST UNDER 35MPH ENGINE SHUTS OFF, STEERING WHEEL LOCKS RIGHT, APPLY BRAKES LIGHTLY, SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL TO TURN WHEEL TO PULL ON SHOULDER. P0300 AND P0302 CODE. DEALER REPLACE BANK #2 CYLINDER HEAD AND NECESSARY PARTS.(INCIDENT POSTED INFORMATION) 3RD INCIDENT-MERGING ON FREEWAY UP THE HILL, ENGINE BOGS AND SHUTS OFF, WAS ON FAR RIGHT LANE PULLED TO SIDE. DEALER SAYS MISFIRE ON CYLINDER #6 WITH NO DTC CODE, SAYS IGNITION COIL PROBLEM ON #6. *TR

I STARTED MY 2011 VW ROUTAN THIS MORNING AND AS SOON AS THE TRANSMISSION WAS PLACED IN REVERSE, THE ENGINE QUIT. I HAD ALL ELECTRICAL POWER THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE ORDEAL. I PLACED THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND STARTED IT AGAIN THOUGH IT WAS HESITANT TO START. IT STARTED AFTER 3 SECONDS AND I ALLOWED IT SIT AND IDLE (DID NOT NOTICE ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY WHILE IDLING AT SMOOTH RPMS). I PLACED THE TRANSMISSION INTO REVERSE AND THE ENGINE IMMEDIATELY QUIT RUNNING AGAIN. AFTER PLACING THE TRANSMISSION BACK INTO PARK, IN DEPERATION I ATTEMPTED A THIRD TRY TO START THE ENGINE AND ENGAGE THE TRANSMISSION. THIS TIME EVERYTHING WORKED AS NORMAL. AFTER SEEING SO MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS OF VERY SIMILAR INSTANCES OF ENGINE SHUTDOWN, I AM EXTREMELY CONCERNED AS TO THE SAFE OPERATION OF THIS MINIVAN. THE ONLY KEY THAT HAS EVER BEEN ON MY KEY RING (AFTER 2.5...

7/2/14 - AFTER BEING IDLE FOR 1HR THE CAR WOULD NOT START. AFTER SEVERAL REPEAT ATTEMPTS IT DID. IT WOULD CRANK AS NORMAL, NO DASHBOARD WARNING LIGHTS EVER CAME ON. 8/8/14 - AFTER 3HRS OF HIGHWAY DRIVING WE STOPPED TO FILL UP WITH GAS. ECO FUEL NEVER USED THE SAME CRANK ISSUE OCCURRED AS 7/2. 8/9/14 - AFTER 8HRS IDLE TIME THE VAN WOULD NOT START UNTIL REPEATED TRIES. I BROUGHT TO DEALERSHIP, THEY COULD NOT GET THE PROBLEM TO REPEAT AND SUSPECTED THE TPIM MODULE. 8/10/14 - AFTER 8HRS IDLE TIME THE VAN WOULD NOT START. WHEN IT FINALLY DID I DROVE 1/4 MILE FROM THE HOUSE AND THE VAN SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY. LOST ALL POWER STEERING AND NORMAL BRAKING ALMOST RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. CALLED DEALER BACK UP AND BROUGHT BACK INTO DEALERSHIP 8/12/14 WITH EXPECTATION TO HAVE $900 TPIM MODULE REPLACED. DIRECTING THE DEALERSHIP TO LEAVE THE...

I DRIVE 90 MILES BEFORE I PARKED THE CAR IN MY GARAGE. AFTER A MINUTE OF TURNING OFF THE CAR, I NOTICED BRIGHT SPARKS AND DENSE SMOKE FROM UNDER THE DRIVER'S SEAT. I WAS ABLE TO PUT DOWN THE FIRE AFTER DUMPING A LOT OF WATER UNDER THE SEAT. AT THAT TIME THE POWER SEATS WERE FUNCTIONAL BUT HEATED SEAT WAS NOT. I TRIED TO REPRODUCE THE ISSUE BY STARTING THE CAR AND TURNING IT OFF MULTIPLE TIMES BUT IT DID NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. I LEFT THE CAR OUTSIDE THE GARAGE OVERNIGHT AND TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THE FOLLOWING MORNING, WHERE THE DEALER FOUND THE ELECTRIC WIRING HARNESS BURNT OUT. 1. ISSUE HAPPENED AFTER A MINUTE OF TURNING OFF THE CAR. 2. BRIGHT SPARKS AND FLAMES WITH VERY DENSE CAUSTIC SMELLING SMOKE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 VOLKSWAGEN ROUTAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE SIDE SLIDING DOORS WOULD OPEN INDEPENDENTLY AND WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE DOOR MOTOR FAILED AND WOULD REQUIRE REPLACING. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE IMMEDIATELY RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND OFFERED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY AND A PERCENTAGE OFF THE PURCHASE OF A NEW VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 7,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 36,923. *TR

I HAVE A FEW CONCERNS ABOUT AN ACCIDENT MY WIFE WAS IN ON 12/06/2012. SHE WAS STRUCK HEAD ON BY ANOTHER DRIVER. SHE HAD THREE CHILDREN IN THE CAR. THEY WERE ON A HIGHWAY AND THEY WERE GOING 55MPH AND THE DRIVER THAT HIT THEM HEAD ON WAS GOING AROUND 20MPH ACCORDING TO THE POLICE REPORT. THERE WAS $10,000 DAMAGE TO THE FRONT OF THE ROUTAN. THE BODY SHOP SAYS THAT THEY HAVE TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE FRONT END. MY CONCERNS ARE THAT THE AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED IN THIS CRASH AND THAT MY WIFE AND CHILDREN COULD HAVE BEEN SPARED SOME EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL DISTRESS IF THEY HAD DEPLOYED. MY WIFE AND CHILDREN HAVE EXPRESSED MANY TIMES SINCE THE ACCIDENT THAT THEY DO NOT FEEL SAFE GETTING BACK INTO OR DRIVING THAT SAME VEHICLE AGAIN. MY QUESTIONS ARE: 1. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS FREQUENTLY? 2. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT...

DRIVING DOWN I70 WEST BOUND GOING 70 MPH IN INDIANA AND ENGINE TURNED OFF LOST POWER EVERY LIGHT ON DASH CAME ON AND THE WAS A BLINKING RED LIGHT IN CENTER OF DASH. SOME HOW I MADE IT OVER TO THE EDGE OF THE ROAD AND PUT IT IN PARK. THE VAN WOULD NOT START. I NOTICED I WAS ON THE WHITE LINE AND WANTED TO MOVE THE VAN OVER MORE, BUT I COULD NOT GET THE VAN INTO NEUTRAL. I COULD FEEL THE EVERY CAR AND TRUCK DRIVE BY. I WAS SCARED FOR MY LIFE. I WAS TRAVELING WITH MY WIFE AND 3 CHILDREN UNDER FIVE ON THE COLDEST DAY OF THE YEAR. I KEPT THINKING A DRUNK DRIVER IS GOING TO CLIP US. WE LUCKY TO HAVE ENTERPRISE PICK UP MY FAMILY AND I GOT TOWED BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE ONLY THING THE DEALER COULD FIND WAS...