Owner-reported complaints naming the engine system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the engine itself — including stalling, misfires, oil consumption, cooling and internal engine components. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2012 Volkswagen Cc submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 65 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
The 25 most recent of 65, in the owner's own words
Vehicle stalls when accelerating or traveling at high rates of speed and it will lose power. It bumps and jolts to life. My RPM shoots up and and down. It lags to accelerate when the gas pedal is pressed to accelerate it suddenly jolts. Battery, Epc light, as well as engine light come on immediately.
I'm part of a class action lawsuit where I was denied after sending all of the pertinent information the attorney's requested. I have all documentation of the correspondence which was requested with contact information to the Volkswagen company and other recipients. The class action is "Engine Water Pump Settlement". The water pump was faulty in this vehicle and many others of this model. It was deemed a safety concern by the federal government of the United States. This has been in progress since 2019.
Vehicle stalls when accelerating or traveling at high rates of speed loses power. Lags to accelerate when gas pedal is pressed then suddenly jolts. Battery, Epc light, as well as engine light come on immediately. Vehicle will restart lights wil eventually go off until the next failure.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 VOLKSWAGEN CC. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE CHECK OIL WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND UPON INSPECTION, NOTICED THAT ENGINE OIL NEEDED TO BE ADDED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED HENDRICK VOLKSWAGEN FRISCO 5010 TX-121, FRISCO, TX 75034, (469) 342-3493) TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN, TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER, AND ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED OF THE FAILURE AND AGREED TO PARTIALLY COVER THE COST OF THE REPAIRS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 97,000.
ENGINE SHUTOFF. TIMING BELT ISSUE. ELECTRICAL ISSUES BEFORE THIS.
FLASHING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT; EPC LIGHT; CAR SHAKING; POWER LOSS; ENGINE MISFIRE. VEHICLE WAS MOVING AROUND 50MPH AT THE TIME.
OIL PRESSURE CHANGE INDICATED ON DASHBOARD STATING, "LOW OIL PRESSURE", THE INDICATOR THEN WENT OUT AND THE 2012 VW CC 2.0 TSI SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 45 MILES A HOUR. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND MOVED OF THE INTERSTATE UNDER ITS OWN POWER, BUT WAS IDLING ROUGH AND STALLED. THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START NOW. THE CODE PULLED FROM THIS VEHICLE NOW READ, P0300, P0302, P0341, P000A, P0016, P0304, P0301, P0011, P0506
WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK LAST NIGHT THE ENGINE STARTED MAKING STRANGE KNOCKING NOISES AND THEN STALLED WITH A BLINKING CEL THAT TURNED TO SOLID I RESTARTED THE CAR TWICE IN NEUTRAL (MANUAL TRANSMISSION) IT WAS R MILES FROM MY JOB TO MY HOME THE CAR NOW DOES NOT START AND MAKES A VERY LOUD KNOCKING NOISE THE TIMING CHAIN JUMPED AND NOW MY ENGINE IS COMPLETELY DAMAGED I COULD HAVE BEEN REAR ENDED WHEN THE CAR STALLED 3 MILES
I WENT TO STORE CAME BACK OUT CAR WAS DRIVING FINE ON THE WAY WHEN I CAME BACK OT IT WOULDN'T START HAD IT TOWED TO MY MECHANIC NO COMPRESSION IT TRIES TO STAR BUT JUST TURNS OVER HE SAYS I NEED A NEW MOTOR A USED MOTOR FOR THE CAR IS LIKE 2900 AAND THAT'S JUST TOO BUY NOT HAVE THE OLD ONE TOOK IT AND THE NEW ONE INSTALLED I CALLED VOLKSWAGEN IN COLERAINE MECHANIC TELLS NE THE ENGINE IN THOSE CARS JUAT GO OT WITHOUT ANY REASON SO NEED LESS TO SAY IM BEING SUED BY A CAR DEALERSHIP FOR SOMETHING I CANR EVEN DRIVE SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE I SEE MANY OF PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME B PROBLEM
CAR STUTTERED RIGHT BEFORE I PARKED IN A PARKING SPOT TURNED OFF CAR, WENT IN A STORE CAME BACK OUT AND CAR WOULD NOT START, JUST CRANKS BUT WONT TURN OVER. TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER FAILURE. LOSS OF 4 CYLINDER COMPRESSION. NEED COMPLETE ENGINE REPLACEMENT. A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH 2.0 TURBO ENGINE, DATING BACK TO 2008 I HAVE 86000 MILES.
DRIVING A 2012 VW CC WITH 57,000 MILES. DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH AND ATTEMPTED TO PASS A SLOW MOVING TRUCK. ACCELERATED QUICKLY AND MID PASS THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND IMMEDIATELY WENT INTO "LIMP MODE" WITH ECR LIGHT ACTIVATED ON THE DASH. PULLED OVER SAFELY AND TURNED OFF THE ENGINE. AFTER COLLECTING MYSELF, I STARTED ENGINE TO DRIVE OFF HIGHWAY. CAR WOULD NOT START. I SAT A FEW MOMENTS IN PANIC AND TRIED AGAIN. THE CAR STARTED AND I DROVE WITH ECR LIGHT ON TO NEXT EXIT. THE CAR WAS SLUGGISH WITH LITTLE ACCELERATION. PULLED TO GAS STATION AND TURNED OFF AGAIN. RESTARTED AND THE ENGINE RPMS RAN HIGHER IN IDLE SO I TURNED OFF THE CAR AGAIN. LET IT SIT AND RESTARTED AND DROVE TO AUTO ZONE WHERE THEY DID A CODE TESTER AND WAS TOLD P0229 UNDERBOOST TURBOCHARGER WAS ISSUE. AUTO ZONE EMPLOYEE SAID HE HAD SEEN IT MANY TIMES AND ITS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH 2.0 TURBO ENGINES IN VW AND AUDI. THE REPORT IS ATTACHED. AUTO ZONE RESET THE ECR LIGHT AND THE CAR WAS DRIVEN TO FINAL DESTINATION INTO ARIZONA WITH NO ADDITIONAL ISSUES YET. RESEARCHING I FOUND THE FOLLOWING LINK HTTPS://WWW.CARGURUS.COM/CARS/DISCUSSION-T23523_DS493841. THIS LINK EXPRESSES THE OPINIONS OF MANY DRIVERS OVER THE YEARS EXPERIENCING THIS ISSUE AND HOW UNSAFE AND DIFFICULT TO IS TO RESOLVE WITH MANY FOLKS EXPERIENCING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN REPAIRS AND NEVER FINDING A REMEDY. I AM WORRIED AND SHOCKED THAT THE CAR ENGINE CAN BE TURNED OFF BY A COMPUTER WITH NO BYPASS FOR THE DRIVER. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WHILE DRIVING.
THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE TWICE, ,
MY CAR HAS BEEN BURNING OIL LIKE CRAZY ONCE IT REACHED 95,000 MILES. I'VE ALWAYS GO MY OIL CHANGED ON TIME PROFESSIONALLY. I HAVE TO KEEP OIL IN MY CAR BECAUSE IT BURNS SO FAST. WHEN I ACCELERATE BLACK SMOKE COMES OUT THE TAILPIPE. I GOT MY OIL CHANGED APRIL 12TH AND BY APRIL 28TH MY ENGINE SHUT OFF LIGHT WAS FLASHING..... CHECKED THE OIL AND THE STICK WAS BONE DRY. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 VOLKSWAGEN CC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT IMMEDIATELY START. WHILE DRIVING, THE SPEED WOULD SUDDENLY DECELERATE AND THE ENGINE STALLED. THE CONTACT ALSO INDICATED THAT GRAY COLORED EXHAUST FUMES WERE PRESENT COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE LOCAL DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.
THE 2.0T TSI ENGINE WAS MADE WITH A FAULTY TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER WHICH WILL FAIL AND CAUSE THE TIMING CHAIN TO BREAK CAUSING IMMEDIATE CATASTROPHIC ENGINE DAMAGE PUTTING THE DRIVER AND OCCUPANTS IN DANGER BECAUSE OF LOSS OF POWER AND DIFFICULTY STEERING. I AM EXTREMELY BLESSED THAT I NOTICED THE CAR WAS ACTING FUNNY AND EXITED OFF THE HIGHWAY. IT'S RIDICULOUS TO ME HOW THE TIMING CHAIN COULD CAUSE THAT MUCH DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE OBVIOUSLY HAS BEEN CREATED WITH A FAULTY DESIGN, SO NOW I'M EXPECTED TO PAY TO REPLACE A FAULTY ENGINE WITH ANOTHER FAULTY ENGINE. IT'S EXTREMELY UPSETTING THAT AFTER I SENT MY VEHICLE IN FOR ISSUES WITH A RECALL, FUEL PUMP, THAT MY VEHICLE WOULD JUST SELF DESTRUCT LIKE THIS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 VOLKSWAGEN CC. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO DECELERATE AND LOST POWER. ALSO, THE EPC WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO COAST THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AFTER THIRTY MINUTES, THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AND WAS DRIVEN TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING, THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS LATER TAKEN TO PIAZZA VOLKSWAGEN OF ARDMORE (150 W LANCASTER AVE, ARDMORE, PA 19003, (610) 896-8600) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE LOW PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS RECENTLY REPAIRED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V509000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE BUT DID NOT OFFER ASSISTANCE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000.
THE VEHICLE IN QUESTION HAS HAD OVER TWO YEARS OF UNRESOLVED ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPEATEDLY RETURN TO THE DEALERSHIP ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT WHAT IT WAS THERE FOR NOT TO BE THE PROBLEM BUT OTHER THINGS HAVE BEEN FOUND AND THATS THE PROBLEM. AFTER PAYING FOR THAT REPAIR ONLY TO BRING IT BACK FOR THE ORIGINAL COMPLAINT. THIS IS THE PATTERN WITH THE ENGINE LEAKING OIL AND THE LEAK NEVER FOUND TO THE CAR NOT GOING ABOVE 10 MPH. WTHIN THE LAST 5 MONTHS THE CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR THE SAME ISSUE OF NO POWER AND RATTLING SHAKING TRANSMISSION. THREE TO FOUR WEEKS AT A TIME. IN THE PAST THE CAR HAS BEEN RETURNED TO THE DEALERSHIP ONCE A WEEK FOR THE OIL TO BE CHECK AND FILLED TO SPECS . ALSO WITHIN THE PAST TWO YEARS THE ENTIRE ENGINE HAS BEEN WORKED ON BY THE DEALERSHIP AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS BLOWN UP BY A TECHNICIAN BEING CARELESS IN MAKING A REPAIR. IN REPAIR ORDERS I HAVE THE MAJOR WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE ON THIS VEHICLE.IN TALKING TO THE DEALERSHIP AND VOLKSWAGEN THE ONLY THING THATS BEING SAID THAT THE CAR IS TOO FAR OUT OF WARRANTY. THE ISSUE THAT GENERATES THIS COMPLAINT IS THAT NOW VOLKSWAGEN DEALERSHIP HAS THE CAR AND IT NEEDS A ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION AND WANTS BETWEEN $8,000-$11,000. THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM BECAUSE OF THE ISSUE THAT HAVE BEEN HAVING OVER THE PERIOD OF TIME. THE CONSUMER SHOULD NOT BE CARRYING THE BURDEN OF THIS TYPE OF REPAIR BECAUSE OF THE HISTORY OF THE CARS IN QUESTION (WHICH IS THE VOLKSWAGEN 2012 CC). ALL OF THE PROBLEMS HAVE OCCURRED WHILE THE CAR WAS IN MOTION. THE EVENTS WITH THIS CAR STARTED IN THE YEAR 2016 AND THE PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN CONSTANT EVRY SINCE UP UNTIL THIS CURRENT DATE.
STALLING, AND WILL START AND STALL - EPC LIGHT ON DASH
THE CAR HAS 50,000 MILES ON IT AND ONE DAY I STARTED THE CAR IN THE MORNING AND IT WAS QUITE AS IT SHOULD BE THEN IT STARTED IT TO MISFIRING AND START TO SHUT OFF. I TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC AND THE DEALER, THEY BOTH CONFIRMED THAT THE TIMING BELT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND I SHOULDN'T BE STARTING THE CAR UNTIL I GET IT FIXED. I CAN NOT BELIEVE THAT THIS MAJOR PROBLEM WILL OCCUR ON A CAR THAT HAS A LOW MILEAGE LIKE MINE.
ENGINE IS TURNING OVER BUT ONLY STARTING OCCASIONALLY. WHEN IT DOES START, THE EPC AND CHECK ENGINE/CATALYTIC CONVERTER LIGHTS ARE ILLUMINATED. THIS IS HAPPENING NOW AFTER I HAD TO FIGURE OUT THE FUEL PUMP CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED...BEFORE THERE WAS A RECALLED ISSUED AT MY OWN EXPENSE. CAR RAN FINE EARLIER TODAY, THEN WHEN TRYING TO LEAVE MY HOUSE, TOOK AN EXTENDED TIME TO START. SHUT IT OFF TO SEE IF IT WAS A GLITCH, AND DIDN'T START AT ALL.
2012 VOLKSWAGEN CC. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO OIL PRESSURE SENSOR AND ENGINE SHUTTING OFF. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE DRIVEN MORE THAN 20 MILES BEFORE NEEDING TO SHUT THE ENGINE OFF. *JS
I EXPERIENCED A LEAK FROM THE WATER PUMP WHILE THE CAR WAS STATIONARY. I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT HE ALWAYS SEES THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM WITH THE VOLKSWAGENS BECAUSE VOLKSWAGEN USES PLASTIC PARTS AND THESE PARTS ARE OFTEN AROUND THE HIGHLY HEATED AREAS IN THE ENGINE THEREFORE THEY FAIL. I BOUGHT THIS CAR FOR MY DAUGHTER WHO WILL BE DRIVING BACK AND FORTH TO COLLEGE AND I AM EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT HER SAFETY IF VW IS USING INADEQUATE PARTS IN THEIR CARS. ALSO, REPAIR COSTS ARE UNIMAGINABLE, $1000, ONLY TO BE REPLACED WITH THE SAME PLASTIC PART. I ALSO HAD TO REPLACE ONE OF THE TAIL LIGHT CASINGS BECAUSE IT TOO WAS MADE OF PLASTIC AND THE TAIL LIGHT LAMP BURNED INTO THE PLASTIC AND CEASED TO LIGHT. WE HAVE ALSO HAD THIS CAR IN FOR TWO DIFFERENT PARTS RECALLS, AIRBAG X 2, AND FUEL PUMP CONTROL MODULE.
WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, EPC AND ENGINE WARINGING SIGNS WERE ON ALL OF SUDDEN. I CHECKED WITH LOCAL REPAIR SHOP IN SOLVANG, CA. THEY SAID, THEY WANTED TO ADD 2 QUARTS OF ENGINE OIL AND CHECK. AFTER THEN, THEY SAID THERE WERE LOUD NOISE FROM THE ENGINE AND THEN ENGINE DIED. MY CAR TOWED TO NEARBY VW DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP DID DIAGNOSTICS TEST AND SAID IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACE AN ENGINE.
MY CAR STOPPED RUNNING AND THEN I RECIEVED A LETTER SAYING IT HAD A RECALL ON THE FUEL PUMP CONTROL MODULE. WELL WE THOUGHT THAT IS WHAT WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM BUT AS IT TURNS OUT NOW I HAVE TO REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP ITSELF. AFTER THEY FIXED THE PART MY CAR STARTED TO SMELL LIKE GASOLINE AND WAS TOO SCARED TO DRIVE IT.THIS COULD HAVE BE AVOIDED IF THEY WOULD HAVE NOT HAD THIS RECALL.
I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE UPHILL WHEN I HEARD A STRANGE NOISE COME FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I MANAGED TO PULL INTO THE DRIVEWAY AND PARK AND DIDN'T THINK MUCH ABOUT IT. A FEW HOURS LATER WHEN I TRIED TO START THE CAR, IT WOULD NOT TURN ON. THE ENGINE WOULD CRANK VERY LOUDLY BUT WOULD NEVER TURN OVER. I ASSUMED IT MIGHT BE THE OIL SO I CHANGED IT, FILLED IT WITH GAS SINCE IT WAS A BIT ON THE LOW SIDE, AND FINALLY HAD A NEIGHBOR CHARGE THE BATTERY WITH THEIRS IN CASE IT MIGHT BE THE BATTERY. FROM FEAR THAT I MIGHT FURTHER DAMAGE THE ENGINE I WAITED A WHILE BEFORE TRYING AGAIN. WHEN I DID NOTHING HAD CHANGED. I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO CALL A MECHANIC AND AFTER HIM HAVING NOT A CLUE WHAT MIGHT BE THE PROBLEM I RESORTED TO HAVING THE CAR TOWED BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP 2 HOURS AWAY IN SANTA MONICA, CA. ONE DAY LATER, I RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE VW DEALERSHIP INFORMING ME THAT MY TIMING CHAIN HAD UNEXPECTEDLY BROKEN AND FURTHER DAMAGED A FEW VALVES/PISTONS/ETC. WHEN I ASKED HOW IT MIGHT'VE HAPPENED THEY DID NOT HAVE AN ANSWER FOR ME BUT INSTEAD TOLD ME IT WOULD COST ME UPWARDS OF $5,000 TO EVEN BEGIN REPARATIONS. AFTER A BIT OF MY OWN RESEARCH ONLINE I DISCOVERED THAT TIMING CHAINS SHOULD USUALLY LAST THE LIFE OF THE CAR AND NEVER BREAK THAT SOON. I ALSO READ THAT VW HAS BEEN SOMEWHAT KNOWN TO HAVE FAULTY TIMING CHAINS AND THAT MY BEST BET WAS TO FILE SOME SORT OF COMPLAINT. I WAS NEVER INFORMED OF HAVING TO GET THE TIMING CHAIN CHECKED NOR WAS I WAS THAT SUCH AN INCIDENT COULD OCCUR. AS A WAY OF HOPEFULLY NOT HAVING TO SPEND NEARLY WHAT THE CAR IS WORTH FOR A DAMAGE NOT INCURRED BY MYSELF I AM FILING THIS COMPLAINT.
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