2011 Volkswagen Routan engine problems
49 complaints about engine have been filed for the 2011 Volkswagen Routan, which is 16% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 49 16% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 70,000 miles 39 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 1 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 4 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When engine problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 3 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 3 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 7 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 10 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 5 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 6 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 2 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 2 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 39 engine complaints that report mileage, the median is about 70,000 miles, and 33% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 1 crash, 1 fire, 4 injuries.
What owners wrote
My children and I were stationary at a light when the van started sputtering. When the light turned green I accelerated. Within 5 minutes the van cut off. I have a full tank of gas. This now happens often and I never know where or when it will cut off. Most days it will not start. I have had a VW mechanic take a look and they advised its the fuel pump relay same that was recalled on the dodge and jeep vehicles. Because this is the same one but in VW body
Veicle has stalled while driving on city streets at 40 miles per hour posing a danger to my self and children leaving me and my children panicking from such incident, was able to pull to the side by hanging to steering will, turned it off and on again when I turned it on veicle started accelerating by itself it was going crazy, turned it off again and veicle started as normal, took only 3 miles for same thing to happen again. Also battery gets drained if left off for more than 4 hours.
Other problems reported for the 2011 Volkswagen Routan
- Electrical system 111 complaints
- Fuel system 41 complaints
- Drivetrain & axles 17 complaints
- Brakes 15 complaints