ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS
CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT INTERMITTENT STALLING. WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH VEHICLE STALLED AS IF THE MOTOR SHUT DOWN. WHEN THIS OCCURRED VEHICLE LOST POWER. HAS TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND CONTACTED MANUFACTURER. YET NONE OF THEM SEEMED TO KNOW HOW TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
2010
FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH ON AN INTERSTATE THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER/TURNED OFF. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS, NO NOISES, NO VIBRATIONS, NO SIGNS OF ANYTHING. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO VW DEALER WHERE I WAS INFORMED THAT THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP HAD FAILED ALLEGEDLY DUE TO SUBSTANDARD/CONTAMINATED DIESEL FUEL. THERE WAS NO SIGN OF MIS-FUELING (NO GAS IN TANK WHEN TESTED), CONTAMINANTS ARE UNKNOWN. IT SEEMS THAT THE HPFP IS NOT DESIGNED TO PERFORM WITHIN THE TOLERANCES NECESSARY TO OPERATE SAFELY AND RELIABLY ON 'PUMP FUEL' AVAILABLE TO CONSUMERS. *TR