1999 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA Complaints

MANIFOLD AND OIL COOLER PLUG WITH CARBON. DEALER INDICATES THAT VOLKSWAGEN, KNOWS ABOUT THE PROBLEM, AND HAS YET TO OFFER ANY REMEDIES. THIS PROBLEM LEADS TO A VERY COSTLY CLEANING.*AK

REAR BRAKES WERE SQEUALING FOR MONTHS. TOOK INTO DEALERSHIP 5 TIMES AND THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE NOISE. FINALLY REAR BRAKES WENT ALL TOGETHER AND HAD THEM REPLACED AT ANOTHER DEALERSHIP. DEALER SAID THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE GONE AFTER JUST OVER 30,000 MILES SO VOLKSWAGEN COVERED HALF OF COSTS. ONE WEEK LATER PICKED UP CAR AS I WAS DRIVING HOME MALFUNCTION INDICATION LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK INTO DEALERSHIP AGAIN. ALL THREE OXYGEN SENSORS HAD BLOWN. DAY AFTER PICKING UP FROM DEALERSHIP PASSENGER WINDOW FELL INTO DOOR AND IS CURRENTLY BACK IN BEING FIXED. I KNOW THESE ARE ALL COMMON PROBLEMS WITH 1999 JETTA. VW WAS SOMEWHAT HELPFUL ON COST BUT WILL DO NOTHING NOW BECAUSE THEY "HAVE ALREADY BEEN TOO KIND". THIS CAR IS DANGEROUS AND I DO NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE DRIVING IT ANYMORE. NOW I HAVE TO COVER THE COST OF AN EARLY LEASE TERMINATION FOR FEAR OF INJURY OR MORE $ FOR DAMAGE REPAIRS.*AK

FRONT PASSENGER WINDOW REGULATOR HAD TO BE REPLACED IN OCTOBER OF 2001, ON 28 JUNE 2002, DRIVER FRONT WINDOW REGULATOR WAS REPLACED.*AK VOLKSWAGEN REFUSED TO REPLACE THE WINDOW REGULATOR UNTIL CONSUMER PAID 50 PERCENT OF THE COST. *JG

THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM BY VOLKSWAGEN. THIS IS THE 4TH TIME MY WINDOW REGULATOR HAS BROKEN. THE LAST TIME I SPOKE WITH VW AND THEY SAID THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THERE IS A PROBLEM. THE LAST TIME MY WINDOW FELL, I WAS IN A PARKING LOT AND A "CRAZY" PERSON CAME RUNNING TOWARDS MY CAR YELLING THE THE POLICE WERE GOING TO GET HIM. AS I QUICKLY TRIED TO ROLL UP MY WINDOW, IT BROKE. I WAS EXTREMELY UPSET AND SPED AWAY.*AK

FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE WINDOW HAS BEEN A CONSTANT PROBLEM . I HAVE TALKED TO SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THEIR REGULATORS REPLACED NUMEROUS TIMES . THIS IS MY THIRD TIME AND EACH TIME I 'VE HAD TO PAY TO GET IT FIXED. VOLKSWAGEN WILL NOT ADMIT THERE IS A PROBLEM . IT'S A PROBLEM WHEN YOU HAVE NO WAY OF KEEPING RAIN OUT OF THE CAR . I HAVE HAD OTHER PROBEMS WITH THIS CAR WHICH I DON'T HAVE TIME TO WRITE ABOUT .*AK

THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW FELL INTO THE DOOR AND WILL NOT COME UP. BOTH THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED AND RESPONDED THAT IT IS THE REGULATOR. IT SEEMS THAT THERE HAVE BEEN MANY COMPLAINTS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD THAT VOLKSWAGEN USES PLASTIC PIECES TO SUPPORT THE WINDOW. OBVIOUSLY IT IS A DEFECT IN THE DESIGN, WHICH NEEDS TO BE FIXED, BUT NOT AT THE CONSUMERS LEVEL.I WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY, BUT THE CAR IS NOT EVEN 3 YEARS OLD WITH HARDLY ANY MILES.IN MY OPINION, VOLKSWAGEN NEEDS TO RECALL THESE CARS AND REMEDY THE PROBLEM AT NO COST TO THE CONSUMER. PLEASE HELP.

3 OF 4 WINDOWS FAILED WITHIN MONTHS OF EACH OTHER. FIRST FAILURE TRAVELING WIHT FAMILY ON HIGHWAY. WINDOW WENT DOWN AND WOULD NOT ROLL UP. SECOND FAILURE IN RAINY SEASON IN FLORIDA, WINDOW DROPPED INTO DOOR. RIGHT FRONT WINDOW STUCK AND MOTOR OVERHEATS WHEN TRY TO USE WINDOW POSING POSSIBLE FIRE RISK. ALSO POSES POSSIBLE ENTRAPMENT SINCE NO WAY TO FORCE WINDOW DOWN IN EVENT OF BEING TRAPPED. THESE ARE KNOWN ISSUES BY VW AND THEY HAVE YET TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I HOPE IT DOENS;T TAKE DEATH OR INJURY FOR VW TO NOTICE THE PROBLEMS INHERENT IN THE DESIGN OF THEIR WINDOWS AND REGULATORS.

THE POWER WINDOW REGULATORS FAILED WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, CAUSING THE WINDOW GLASS TO FALL HARD INTO THE DOOR PANEL, CAUSING ME IMMEDIATE ALARM. THIS IS THE 3RD SUCH FAILURE. IT HAS OCCURED ONCE ALREADY ON THIS SAME WINDOW, AND THE REGULATOR WAS REPLACED WITH A "NEW DESIGN" BY THE DEALERSHIP. THIS ALSO OCCURRED ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW PREVIOUSLY. EACH REPAIR COSTS ME $360, SO MY TOTAL FOR THE 3 REPAIRS OVER THE PAST YEAR HAVE BEEN $1080. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AS ONCE CANNOT PARK THEIR CAR WITH THE WINDOWS OPEN SAFELY LET ALONE DRIVE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OR IN BAD WEATHER. I HAVE READ NUMEROUS REPORTS OF THESE FAILURES AND ALSO THE DEALERHSIP HAS CONFIRMED THIS AND IT'S ABOUT TIME VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA DID A RECALL AND I GET REIMBURSED.

DUR TO A SHORT IN THE WIRING ELECTRICAL WIRING WAS BURNT FROM A & B PILLARS TO THE DASH, NUMEROUS ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS., NO REASONABLE EXPLANATION FOR THE BURNING OF THE WIRING OR THE CAUSE OF THE SHORT. ONE MONTH AFTER THE DEALER FIXED THE PROBLEMS, ADDITIONAL ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WERE ENCOUNTERED. DEALER REFUSED TO STAND BEHIND FIRST WORK. FIRST DEALER ALSO FELT INTERIOR FIRE AND ELECTRICAL FAILURE WAS NOT A WARRANTY ITEM. SECOND REPAIR BILL WAS FOR $872 AND THAT DEALER WROTE ON THE BILL "ONCE THE CAR IS REGISTERED IN CALIFORNIA REPAIRS CAN BE REIMBURSED". CAR IS REGISTERED IN UTAH, SEE NO REASON STATE OF REGISTRATION SHOULD EFFECT THE WARRENTY. CALLED VW OF AMERICA 800-822-8987 AND THEY TOOK THE COMPLAINT, BUT HAVE DONE NOTHING TO THIS DATE AND HAVE PROVIDED NO REASONABLE EXPLAINATION FOR WHY WORK WOULD BE COVERED IN ONE STATE BUT NOT ANOTHER. CONCERNED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF INTERIOR FIRE IF THERE ARE WIRING DEFECTS IN THE CAR. VW OF AMERICA RFEFUSED TO PROVIDE HISTORY OF WIRING FIRES FOR JETTAS.*AK

DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE WINDOWS FALL DOWN INSIDE DOOR, THEN, CUSTOMER NOT ABLE TO PUT WINDOW UP. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK