I took it to the dealer today and they replaced the low pressure (in fuel tank) fuel pump. So far, so good.
I purchased my new pump from FCPEuro - highly recommend them - it was "aftermarket" but was the same brand (VDO, a division of Continental) as the original, and was reasonably priced at a little over $200.
Ended up being the fuel pump. Just got a new APR unit in and it runs like a_________!
tested main fuel pump >good, has a new bosch in-tank fuel pump, new spark plugs, new bosch wires, air/fuel filter, new FAE fuel pump relay.
The hard start issue appears to have fixed itself though. Starts just as well as it did with the dual pump setup now.
I had this problem for well over a year, then my fuel pump died. Installed a Bosch because I felt the stalling problem, after lots of research, could be due to faulty pumps ..even new ones. The car didn't stall again under 1/4 tank for many months until all of a sudden, it did it again ..a few times.
The car doesn't like to start as quickly as it did with the two pump setup. As the car gets hotter and I do a few restarts while running errands the car is even harder to start. Yesterday resulted in me being stranded in my kid's daycare parking lot for about 5 minutes before it eventually started up again. The pump still fires like it should in the acc position and the car otherwise runs fine which tells me the fuel pump is doing its job.
My Jetta was great until it hit the 135,000 mark. And then my high pressure fuel pump exploded sending shrapnel throughout the entire engine.
New fuel pump + gasket, VDO $345 + $17 July 2022 (Stuck now)
They rate the pump at 500 hours on ethanol and I think I actually got less than that. Although I have heard dsm and evo guys running these pumps with no issues for over a year my guess is our cars don't like it. This is a genuine 044 not a fake one. It was installed of July of last year and it ran pump fuel until December. My pump completely died on Friday and the car would not start. Luckily my friend had a spare one laying around that he wasn't using popped it in and the car started up again.
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In March 2026, the ranking of fuel pump for Volkswagen Jetta on PartReview included 5 manufacturers. It is based on 11 reviews and 35 votes.
Last month, PartReview users preferred AIRTEX. 17% of positive votes went to this manufacturer.
In second place: fuel pump APR — 8%.
Third place: Bosch with 0% of the votes.
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