2012 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA Complaints

KEY GETS STUCK IN IGNITION WHEN TURNING OFF THE ENGINE. I HAD THE IGNITION CYLINDER REPLACED BY THE THE DEALER TWO YEARS AGO AND RECENTLY I'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM ALL OVER AGAIN. THIS WILL BE MY 3RD IGNITION CYLINDER FOR THE PAST 6 YEARS IF I GET THIS FIXED BY THE DEALER.

CAR WOULD NOT START SUDDENLY... VW DEALERSHIP SAID ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THERE WAS NO INDICATION ANYTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. IT WAS DRIVING NORMALLY, NO ABNORMAL NOISES, NO CHECK ENGINE OR OTHER WARNING LIGHTS. LUCKILY, WE FOUND OUT ENGINE HAD FAILED WHEN TRYING TO START A PARKED VEHICLE. IT MAY HAVE BEEN AN UNSAFE SITUATION HAD THE ENGINE FAILED WHILE DRIVING.

KEY GETS STUCK IN THE IGNITION AND MY CAR WON'T TURN OFF. I HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY STATED IT'S A COMMON PROBLEM. THEY TOLD ME HOW TO GET THE KEY OUT BUT SOMETIMES IT TAKES ANYWHERE FROM 5-35 MINUTES TO REMOVE THE KEY IN ORDER FOR MY CAR TO TURN OFF.

THE KEY CONTINUED TO GET STUCK IN THE IGNITION AND IT WAS ALSO VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN THE KEY TO START THE ENGINE. AT ONE POINT, THE KEY WAS UNABLE TO BE REMOVED AND COULD NOT TURN THE CAR OFF WHILE MY DAUGHTER HAD IT. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO VW DEALERSHIP AND THE IGNITION HOUSING HAD TO BE REPLACED. APPARENTLY, THIS HAS BEEN A RECURRENT PROBLEM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HORN WOULD NOT SOUND AND THE HEADLAMPS WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE. THE FAILURES OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED, BUT THE HEADLAMPS WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000.

THE KEY FOR MY JETTA WILL NOT COME OUT OF THE IGNITION. THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM IN MANY VOLKSWAGENS AND PRESENTS A SAFETY RISK IF I AM NOT ABLE TO TURN OFF MY CAR. THIS HAPPENS EVERY SINGLE TIME I TRY TO TURN OFF MY CAR.

LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT BULBS FAIL FREQUENTLY. I PURCHASED THE CAR APPROX. 1 YEAR AGO AND HAVE HAD TO REPLACE EACH LOWBEAM BULB TWICE ALREADY. THEY HAVE FAILED ONE AT A TIME, SO I HAVE NOT LOST BOTH WHILE DRIVING.

MY HORN DOES NOT MAKE A SOUND WHEN I PRESS ON IT HOWEVER WHEN I LOCK THE CAR THE HORN SOUNDS OFF. I HAVE NEVER HAD AN ISSUE WITH A CAR HORN

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY UNKNOWN MOMENT THE CAR WILL START TO MISFIRE IN 1 OR MORE CYLINDERS (SEEMS LIKE USUALLY WHEN THERE IS MOISTURE IN THE AIR) BUT YOU STILL NEVER KNOW WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN. THIS CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO SUDDENLY GO INTO ENGINE POWER CONTROL AND WILL SOMETIMES CUT OFF THE STEERING AND BRAKES. I'VE GOTTEN CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION WITH NO BRAKES AND NO STEERING. I HAD TO USE MY PARKING BRAKE AND SHUT THE ENGINE OFF. MOST OF THE TIME THE STEERING GOES OUT IS WHEN I'M TRYING TO MAKE A U TURN. AND MOST OF THE TIME THE ENGINE STARTS TO MISFIRE AND/OR SHUT OFF IS WHEN I'M TRYING ACCELERATE EITHER AFTER BEING STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT OR SIGNIFICANT INCREASE LIKE MERGING ON A FREEWAY

DOOR LOCKS LOCKING AND UNLOCKING EVERY FEW SECONDS THIS IS THE FOURTH DOOR LOCK ON OUR VEHICLE TO DO THIS AND ONE NOT UNLOCKING FROM 20000 MILES TO 85000 MILES.