1995 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA Complaints

SPORADICALLY THE BRAKES WILL GO OUT WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED. PEDAL FEELS HARD. DOES NOT GO TO THE FLOOR. DEALER REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER. IN ADDITION JACK WAS ASSEMBLED WITH IMPROPERLY MACHINED SPIDLE, SO THAT A SHARP RIDGE ON THE SPINSLE'S THREAD MAY HAVE REMAINED PRIOR TO RECALL, RECALL REPAIRS PERFORMED (95V-054). *AK

ANTI-THEFT ALARM ACTIVATED WHILE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THIS CUT POWER TO THE ENGINE. DEALER EXPLAINED THAT THE ALARM WAS TRIGGERED BY THE RADIO NOT BEING PROPERLY INSTALLED WHICH BECAME LOOSE AND EVENTUALLY TRIGGERED THE ALARM.

ANTI-THEFT ALARM ACTIVATED WHILE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THIS CUT POWER TO THE ENGINE. DEALER EXPLAINED THAT THE ALARM WAS TRIGGERED BY THE RADIO NOT BEING PROPERLY INSTALLED WHICH BECAME LOOSE AND EVENTUALLY TRIGGERED THE ALARM.

THE ANTI-THEFT ALARM WAS ACTIVATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN ON THE HIGHWAY, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOSE POWER TO THE IGNITION SYSTEM.

FIRST DRIVER SIDE DOOR LOCKED THEN PASSENGER SIDE DOOR LOCKED MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO ENTER VEHICLE.

DOOR LOCKS ON BOTH PASSENGER'S AND DRIVER'S SIDE HAVE FAILED WHEN THE KEY TURNED IN THE CYLINDER, MAKING THE DOOR IMPOSSIBLE TO UNLOCK FROM THE OUTSIDE. THE METAL PART OF THE CYLINDER WHICH COME SINTO CONTACT WITH LOCKING MECHANISM INSIDE THE DOOR IS MADE OF VERY SOFT ALUMINUM, WHICH CAN BEND/BREAK OFF VERY EASILY. *AK

DASH LIGHTS WERE REPLACED 3 TIMES. IN ADDITION, STEERING COLUMN SMOKES AT SPEEDS OF 45 MPH. ALSO, SEAT HEATER BURNED A HOLE IN DRIVER'S SEAT/BURNED DRIVER'S LEG. SMOKES AND SMOLDERS WHEN SET ON HIGH AND SEAT IS OCCUPIED. *AK

AT ANY GIVEN TIME WHILE CONSUMER IS IN THE VEHICLE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. ALSO IT HAS A NASTY SMELL LIKE SULFUR THAT COMES INTO THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND HAD THE OXYGEN SENSOR REPLACED 4 TIMES. CONSUMER STATED THAT THE PROBLEM KEEPS REOCCURRING. *AK

OWNER STATES THAT VHEICLE IS A TOTAL LEMON.OWNER STATES THAT HIS VEHICLE HAS MUTIPLE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WHICH CAUSED FIRE.OWNER NOTES OF FUEL PROBLEMS ,VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN DEALERS MANY TIMES.OWNER IS VERY COCNCERNED ABOUT VEHICLE

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ABOUT 50 MPH, NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN AREA; APPLIED BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN; THE SMOKE STARTED TO DISAPPEAR; HAPPENS AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED; TOOK TO DEALER & THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. *AK