2009 Volkswagen CC Engine Problems

Mileage when the problem started

• Under 25k
  415%
• 25k–50k
  28%
• 50k–75k
  28%
• 75k–100k
  727%
• 100k–150k
  1038%
• 150k+
  14%

Owner reports

Selected complaints filed with NHTSA by 2009 Volkswagen CC owners, lightly cleaned up (personal details are redacted by NHTSA).

I just bought this 2009 CC from buena park Nissan dealership in california, in February 2015 and put in just 6000 miles. I was driving to work on beverly bl on July 27th when all of a sudden the car just lost power while in motion.fortunately I was in the outside lane and was able to pull to the side. After checking to see if there was a loose connection to the battery or whatever....I started it and was able to drive 3 blocks to work before it stalled again. I had it towed to my mechanic and was diagnosed with p2293 low fuel pressure. He said it was drive able but that one day it May not start. After that incident the car has stalled 8 other times twice on the freeway and the last one was at an intersection with my wife and my 87 year old mother in law. …

On September 16, 2017, my wife was driving our Volkswagen CC luxury 2009, and it lost power while in motion, she crashed into a dresser in our garage and and damaged the drywall of our home. We called our insurance because we just had purchased this car on labor day 2017, from the Audi dealership in lakeland, fl, and during the claim we found out that this open recall had not been fixed. So I contacted the Audi dealership and they retrieved with a promise to have it fixed at the vw dealership in lake Land florida, since this was the manufacturers dealership. Well today I was told by the Audi dealership that the vw dealership located on 209 s lake parker avenue, lake Land, fl 33801said the NHTSA website recall was wrong and there is no recall for the vehicle so they cannot fix a vehicle without an active recall. …

2009 vw CC, timing chain tensioner causes timing chain to slip... Vw repeatedly told me the timing chain lasts the life of the car and there is no maintenance guidelines for the timing chain. They fail to advise/disclose/or suggest the tensions should be checked at any point. I have owned the vehicle since 2011 and have asked repeatedly during servicing for timing to be checked or if it needs to be checked and dealer never suggested that the tensioners should be checked as supposedly the timing chain should last life of the car. I took my car in today because the check engine light has been on every since they changed the spark plugs in my car and was told it will be $5300 to fix but suggested I just get a new motor. Why buy a used motor if this issue can happen again. …

Vw is aware that there are issues with many of their cars for vw/Audi/Porsche where the timing chain gives prematurely and no recall has been done on these vehicles. There is a civil lawsuit that has been settled but the payouts have not been disseminated since it was settled in 2018. This is a major concern due to there being a vast number of makes and models with this manufacturer yet they have yet to take full responsibility for the defects in their calls. I have a 2009 vw CC that I have yet to receive any reimbursement on costs to repair this issue. When I wrote into vw to advise them of my problem and to only ask that I be reimbursed for the costs of repair, they responded with "sorry, your warranty has expired." my car was in motion many times while I was on long distance travel or in the city and it stalled on me two times while in motion. …

The epc light came on while driving. The car suddenly lost power, I kept having to take my foot off the gas, and then reapply, it eventually got up to a decent speed on the interstate, then suddenly lost all power regardless of what I did. Was almost hit by an 18 wheeler. This is the most dangerous and ridiculous thing to build a car that tells it to shut off when it first senses a problem. You guys almost cost me my life!!! This is the first vw I've ever owned and was told I would love it. Well, I've had it for 2 day's and I can tell you it won't stay around long if this continues to be a problem. Once I managed to get pulled over I shut the car off waited a min or so and restarted it. The light went off and the car drove like nothing ever happened. I have two small boys and this is a big concern for me. …

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 Volkswagen CC. While driving approximately 45 MPH and depressing the accelerator pedal, the vehicle failed to accelerate. The contact coasted the vehicle to the side of the road and turned off the engine. The contact waited for a few minutes, restarted the vehicle, and was able to drive normally. After driving a mile down the road, the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken to demontrond Volkswagen (14101 n freeway, houston, tx 77090, [phone]) where it was diagnosed that the radiator had a leak and there was also an oil leak that needed to be repaired. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that the vehicle was included in NHTSA campaign number: 17V509000 (fuel system, gasoline). The approximate failure mileage was 88,000.

The epc and engine lights keep coming on even after I have the vehicle serviced. In one instance, as I was driving on the highway to the vw dealership, the car began to slow down and would not accelerate. Traffic was sparse, so I was able to safely get to the shoulder of the highway. At the vw dealership, I had 3 of the coils and 4 spark plugs replaced. On the same day that I had them replaced the epc and the engine lights came back on, there was a message on the information console stating that the engine should be serviced, and the car powered off. The car was stationary in my driveway at the time.

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 Volkswagen CC. The contact stated that while driving 45 MPH, the vehicle stalled and the amp warning lamp illuminated. The contact mentioned that the vehicle started to make a loud popping noise and blue smoke was emitted from under the engine compartment. Shortly after, the vehicle had become completely engulfed in flames. The fire department was contacted and no injuries were reported. The vehicle was destroyed. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer and the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure and current mileage was 32,000.

Went to have car service with oil change and upon leaving car was riding rough and found out that a rear main seal had broke on the engine. Had over 12 codes that showed up. After they fixed that problem got fix, the car was towed to a vw dealership where they diagnose the car with slipping of the time chain. This a horrible and I looked online with over a 100 complaints about this issue with the vw CC and surprise that their isn't a recall on the car. Its a major issue that needs to be looked at immediately.

I was driving on the street and my vehicle lost power and shut off without any warning. Once, the vehicle shut off I tried to restart it and it had no power. Engine and battery lights were on at this point. I had the vehicle towed to the vw dealer. Had the battery replaced and they need to replace the fuel pump, fuel pump regulator module $975 + counting. I had another incident back on 2013 for the fuel pump control module. It's a constant issue wilth the fuel assemly line being deffective on the CC's.

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