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Volkswagen Jetta Starting and Stalling Issues

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#43 of 267 Re: Also... [jeffyscott] by 600kgolfgt

Dec 16, 2007 (10:58 am)

Replying to: jeffyscott (Dec 06, 2007 8:23 pm)
Careful, there...she did not say what year her car is. I don't know when VW started using G12, but my kid's '97 was orginally G11 (not G12).
 
According to the Bentley Manual (covering 1993-1999 Golf/Jetta and 1995-2002 Cabriolets) right in front of me, VWs from early 1997 production (and on) SHOULD be used on all water-cooled VWs.
 
So unless she has a VW made before 1997, any antifreeze that is used other than G12 is an invitation for costly engine problems....

#44 of 267 Re: Rough Idle and stalls [glevien] by 600kgolfgt

Dec 16, 2007 (11:21 am)

Replying to: glevien (Dec 16, 2007 1:15 am)
I just bought a 2001 jetta 2.0...
 
Sorry to hear that...
 
1999 through 2002 model Jettas have proven to be quite problematic (especially if you have an automatic transmission model).
 
Other potential problems you may encounter:
 
- Falling windows (due to VW''s idiotic decision to use plastic rwindow etaining clips instead of metal ones).
 
- Coil pack problems due to cracking (replacement packs are very difficult to find - not to mention very expensive).
 
- Excessive oil consumption with the 2.0L engines beginning with the early 1999 models (not sure if the problem was corrected by 2001). This one baffles me - considering that the 2.0L engines from 1993-1998 were fairly robust (albeit underpowered).
 
- Automatic transmissions (mentioned before) - not a VW strong suit - particularly the Mexican-made units.
 
If I were you, I would cut my losses and get rid of this car...

#45 of 267 Re: Also... [600kgolfgt] by jeffyscott

Dec 16, 2007 (3:30 pm)

Replying to: 600kgolfgt (Dec 16, 2007 10:58 am)
So unless she has a VW made before 1997, any antifreeze that is used other than G12 is an invitation for costly engine problems....
 
Sometime during the 1997 model year is when they switched from G11 to G12. Some 1997s came with G11, my son owns one. It says right on the resevoir to use G11.
 
In any case, whatever it contained initially may no longer be in there. Some people foolishly flush out G12 and run on the cheap green stuff. If someone has done that, adding G12 would cause problems.

#46 of 267 Re: Rough Idle and stalls [glevien] by bpeebles

Dec 16, 2007 (6:44 pm)

Replying to: glevien (Dec 16, 2007 1:15 am)
A 2001 with 45K miles - this means you should NOT HAVE PAID for that MAF sensor. That dealership should have told you about the extended MAF warantee.
 
I would suggest you print out the above document and take it back to the dealersip and get a full refund of your $350 dollars.
 
It really irks me that dealerships can be so blantently deceitful. The extended MAF warantee has been around since November of 2003.

#47 of 267 Re: Rough Idle and stalls [bpeebles] by glevien

Dec 16, 2007 (7:18 pm)

Replying to: bpeebles (Dec 16, 2007 6:44 pm)
Thank you so much for letting me know that.. I was pretty upset to pay that money right away after buying a new vehicle... I will take that paper in and try to get a refund from them.. I have to take it in anyway since the check engine light is back on and is stalling out agian.. This makes me so mad... But thanks again for sharing that warranty info with me

#48 of 267 Car don't want to do anything by randy34

Dec 29, 2007 (2:31 pm)

Hi everybody,
 
I am going to explain my situation to see if someone can give me some direction of what to do.
I have a 2001 Jetta 2.0L GLS.
Today I noticed that the ABS (yellow) and Brake (red) lights were blinking while I was driving. After I noticed this I drove back home, turned off the car and when I tried to open the trunk with the beeper it did not do anything. I went inside to try to open it with the button by the door and nothing. I tried to start the car and nothing. The odometer and clock started to flash and all the different symbols in the panel were flashing randomly. Also a nonstop clicking sound started.
I thought that maybe the battery was not making good contact, cleaned the poles but nothing changed.
 
I will really appreciate any advice.
 
Thanks!!!

#49 of 267 Re: jetta wont start [mccorcoran] by holt74

Jan 10, 2008 (7:39 pm)

Replying to: mccorcoran (Feb 13, 2007 7:30 pm)
IT'S PROBABLY THE COIL ONE CHEAP FIX IS WD-40 IT WORKED REALLY WELL FOR ME AND IT SAVE ME MONEY UNTIL I CAN AFFORD TO GET IT FIXED BUT I DID HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM BUT SPRAY THE WIRES AND COIL

#50 of 267 Re: 1999 Jetta Wolfsburg won't start in wet, cold or on incline [sjohnson2] by ksthiebaud

Jan 11, 2008 (3:41 pm)

Replying to: sjohnson2 (Dec 10, 2007 2:01 pm)
It sounds like the coil pack. I have a 2000 VR6 and had to have it replaced. If it is the coil pack and you don't get it fixed, your cat converter may go bad as well. I'm now shopping for a new car after spending over $500+ for the new coil pack only to find out my cat converter is shot (as well as the heater coil, water pump and various other parts). I believe there was a recall for this problem on 2001 models and newer. I have 135K on the car.

#51 of 267 2004 Jetta TDI stalls and refuses to restart by wrenchrash

Jan 12, 2008 (12:52 pm)

A friend of mine has a 2004 diesel Jetta (mine is a 2006 TDI) that stalled as we were leaving a parking lot on Dec 24th. It eventually re started and we managed to get a few more miles before it stalled and refused to re-start. Since it was Christmas and no one was available to fix it we left the car untouched until I was able to have a look at it on the 26th. I removed the fuel filter and drained it and found the fuel was black enough that you could not see the bottom of the container I poured the fuel into. I flushed the filter a couple of times with kerosene since I didn't have any diesel on hand. I filled the filter with kerosene and re-installed it. The car started and we were able to get it back home. I advised them to take it to the local VW mechanic and have a new filter installed after checking out the condition of the fuel remaining in the tank (which was just shy of being full). Well, they change the filter but did nothing about the tank. Tuesday of this week the car died on them again and had to be towed to the shop. This time I was there to talk to the mechanic and advised him he needed to check the condition of the fuel in the tank as well as change the filter again. Filter was changed (those suckers cost $45 Can.) and the tank wasn't touched as it was once again, near to being full. The car died again last night and I was asked to see if I could help out. I had the owner turn the engine over after I had disconnected the output hose from the filter ... no fuel came out. I re-connected that line and took the input line off; again, no flow of fuel while cranking the engine. We pushed the car to a safe place and I said I would check in today when the sun came up and it wasn't pouring rain out.
 
The first thing I did was make sure everything was turned off so I could hear if the fuel pump did anything when I first turned the key to the one position. I could hear the pump activate for a few seconds then stop. It sounds like this car has a diaphragm-type pump. At least that is the sound I heard. I repeated this several times until it no longer made the noise. I then tried to turn the engine over. The engine turned over for about 10 seconds or so before it gave a kick. I tried a couple more times before it started and stayed running. Hmmm, gotta love those problems that are there one minute then gone the next!
 
Once we got the car home I had a look at the "sending unit/pump assembly" in the tank. Can't tell much by looking at that! I did manage to shine a light into the tank and I don't see any obvious difficulty with the fuel.
 
I am thinking there is some sort of intermittent fuel pump problem but I am not sure. I suspect those tank units are not cheap and don't want to suggest to those folks that they pay for a new one without being sure that is the cause of the problem.
 
Any thoughts or directions on this problem would be appreciated.
 
BTW the car has under 100,000 kilometers on it.

#52 of 267 stalling/rough running/hard starting by jonyjetta

Jan 19, 2008 (9:01 pm)

First of all for all you novice boys and girls athat love your Hitler nitemares........Fuel pumps may be whining but that doesn't mean they are working. If you have run out of gas often you placed a twisted amt of stress on a pump that only functions in liquid(that would be gas)the act of running the pump dry kills the life of the unit and can also burn out the pulsator pump in the tank. Both of these units have to work together and can kill each other if one quits or if both are fed a diet of empty fuel tanks now and then. A bad accumulator or loose fuel pump fuse can also cause problems as do o- rings at the injector sites that might be leaking old or shrinking from age!.....All of these areas need to be addressed be fore you think of anything else!

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