2011 Volkswagen Routan Brakes Problems

“I was driving along a highway with my wife and children when all the power in my vehicle shutoff. I lost power to the engine, power steering, and power braking. I was able to get the vehicle over to the side of the road without incident. Since then I have had several electrical issues and the Volkswagen dealership has attributed it to a failed totally integrated power module (tipm).”

“Shortly after purchasing the vehicle we noticed the front brakes caused a vibration/ wobble at speed when braking, this was with less than 9000 miles on the vehicle. Now again at little more than 24000mi. We are taking the van in for warranty replacement of the brakes and rotors. I'm told by my original dealer that there is a service advisory notice for this issue.”

“I am now going to have to replace my brakes and rotors for the third time and possibly the control arms as well. I understand that there is a service bulletin for this. Why isn't there a recall for this? Many customers have the same issue.”

“I own a 2011 Volkswagen Routan. I bought it in august of 2014 with 50,000 miles. In november 2015, the vehicle started having issues. Every once in a while when starting the vehicle the engine would crank but not start. Then would start right up the second try. This problem got worse within a short amount of time. It took several tries to start. I took it in to my local vw dealership where they diagnosed it to be a timp failure. I got the vehicle repaired costing me $1028.17. It had 69,000 miles at the time of repair. …”

“After buying my certified Routan and only putting around a 1000 miles on it the steering wheel would start to shake when braking at a speed of 40mph or faster. Took the car to the dealership and was told the front brakes need to be replaced. At first they said it would not be covered under warranty because it may have been caused by me pushing to hard on the brakes. Completely bull. They finally said it would be covered under warranty. Now at 31,000 the back brakes are squeaky and need to be replaced. …”