Vehicle check engine light came on while driving. driver immediately pulled over, turned engine off. driver restarted engine, checked under hood. engine started, but there was a strong vibration and high pitch metal on metal sound. vehicle towed to dealer. dealer diagnosed a failure of high pressure fuel pump. fuel pump and all component parts needed replacement. note: diesel fuel only used on this vehicle. *tr
I was entering the freeway and accelerating when i realized that my car wouldn't go faster than 40mph. i pulled the car over at the next exit and the car would no longer accelerate. it would not let me go past the slowest speed that i had reached while exiting. i turned the car off and it would no longer start. i had the car towed to the nearest vw dealership where it took nearly a week to get the car fixed. there were metal shavings in the fuel lines; the fuel pump and all lines needed to be replaced. i had my car for less than a year at the time of the incident and the vehicle had less than 15000 miles on it. i was told by the dealership service department that "sometimes these things happen" and that i was fortunate it was covered under the warranty (+$5k worth of damage). they said there was nothing i could have done to prevent it, or prevent it from happening in the future. my car is a volkswagen gold tdi (diesel). *tr
After exiting the freeway, i was driving in stop and go traffic and the engine cut out without warning. i was unable to change lanes due to lack of power and power steering, so i tried to re-start the engine while coasting in the fast lane. the hud indicated that i had to put the car in park, so i stopped the car in the fast lane in order to do so. the engine started and i was able to drive away. the car was 6 weeks old at the time, and had about 1100 miles on the odometer. *tr