2009 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA Complaints

JETTA'S ABS LIGHT AND TRACTION LIGHTS CAME ON. SPEEDOMETER WILL SPUTTER AND CAR DASHBOARD WILL HAVE A BEEPING SOUND WITH THE BRAKE LIGHT ON AS WELL AS THE ABS LIGHT. CAN WILL STILL DRIVE NORMALLY BUT THE WARNING LIGHTS AND BEEPING SOUND WILL APPEAR EVERY FEW MINUTES. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD MY ABS MODULE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND THE REPAIR WILL COST $2400. SEARCHED ONLINE AND OTHER JETTA OWNERS SEEM TO HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM.

DEALER STATES "REPLACE UNDER HOOD FUSE PANEL AND 30 AMP FUSE (FUSE PANEL UNDER HOOD MELTING AT SB16)". ALSO REPORTS "REMOVE DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTER AND REPLACE ABS MODULE, BLEED BRAKE SYSTEM, CODE NEW MODULE AND SET BASIC SETTINGS FOR SENSORS (FAULT CODE 01130 ABS OPERATION IMPLAUSIBLE SIGNAL)". AFTER I'VE RESEARCHED THIS IT SEEMS THERE WAS A RECALL ON MANY CARS, #97AM, BUT SOMEHOW NOT MINE.

RANDOMLY, MOST OF THE VEHICLE WARNING LIGHTS, CHECK ENGINE OR MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT, BRAKE SYSTEM, ABS, TRACTION CONTROL OR ESP, AIRBAG FAULT, APPEAR WHILE I AM USING A BRAKE FOR RED LIGHT AND DRIVING ON ANY KINDS OF ROADS. THEN I FEEL THE WHEEL AS HEAVIER THAN USUAL, THE PAST (CANNOT TURN SMOOTHLY LIKE BEFORE). I JUST PURCHASED THE USED VEHICLE ON DECEMBER 16, 2015. THE CARDEALER, AUTONATION, SOLD THE CAR BY ADVERTISING THAT'S WELL MAINTENANCED AND ALL CHECKED. HOWEVER, WITHIN6 MONTHS AFTER THE PURCHASE, THOSE VEHICLE WARNING LIGHTS CAME UP ON THE DISPLAY. AUTONATION SUGGESTED ME TO GO TO WOLLSWAGEN DEALER. THE MECHANIC AT THE LOCAL VOLKSWAGEN DEALER GAVE ME AN ESTIMATES FOR THE REPAIR AROUND 2,000 USD SAYING THAT ABS SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED BY A NEW ONE. I ASKED A HELP TO AUTONATION, BUT THE DEALER SAID THAT'S WHY VOLKSWAGEN CAR IS KNOWN AS A RISKY CHOISE. THE DEALER APPOLOZIED ME SAYING THAT HE CANNOT HELP ME. IS THERE ANY WAY TO RETURN THE CAR TO AUTONATION OR TO GET MY CAR REPAIRED BY AUTONATION?

" TAKATA RECALL" ? MY HUSBAND WAS GOING TO WORK ONE DAY AND A DEER CAME OUT OF NOWHERE AND HIT HIM. HE WAS GOING ABOUT 30 MPH AND WAS GETTING READY TO TURN INTO WORK. WHEN THE DEER HIT HIM, THE DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG(CURTAIN I THINK THEY CALL IT) AND DRIVERS REAR AIR BAG DEPLOYED BUT NOT THE AIRBAG DIRECTLY IN FRONT FRONT OF HIM. THE SIDE AIRBAG HIT HIM SO HARD THAT THE AIRBAG MATERIAL LEFT A MARK ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS NECK.(IT LOOKED LIKE A BURLAP/CANVAS MATERIAL) MY HUSBAND SUFFERED A CONCUSSION AND NOW HAS PCS AND STILL IS HAVING PROBLEMS BECAUSE OF THE AIRBAG . THE CAR IS CURRENTLY NOT RECALL FOR THE AIRBAG BUT SHOULD BE. HIS CAR WAS TOTALED

I HAD SCARY MOMENTS WHILE I WAS DRIVING MY VW JETTA LAST FRIDAY MAY 13, 2016. SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE STARTED ACTING UP. THE LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD THAT COMES ON FOR WARNING STARTED BLINKING INCLUDED ENGINE, BRAKE LIGHTS ARE CONSTANTLY FLASHING, STEERING, ABS, AND E.T.C. (ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL) + BOLD RED LINE FLASHING ACROSS DRIVE GEARS DISPLAY ALL IN ONE!!!!!! WHICH IS NOT MAKES ANY SENSE. ''. HAD TO MANEUVER OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, LUCKY WE DIDN'T GET IN AN ACCIDENT!!!! WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS WHEN IT COMES ON IT IS HARD TO STEER, ACCELERATION GOES SLOW, BEEPING HEARING TEST NOISE FREQUENTS, GAS GAUGE GOES TO E, AND SPEEDOMETER GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE END. THIS HAPPENS FREQUENTLY AND DOESN'T MATTER WHAT ROAD OR HIGHWAY I'M IN, WHICH MAKES IT MORE DANGEROUS WHEN IT'S HARD TO STEEL AND THE BRAKE LIGHTS ARE CONSTANTLY FLASHING AND WHEN I STEER THE VEHICLE GOES BACK NOT FORWARD. I TOWED MY VEHICLE TO A LOCAL VW DEALERSHIP AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ABS MODULE FAILED AND CAUSED THE PROBLEMS. THE COST TO REPLACE ABS MODULE IS $2350 ($1650 ABS MODULE +$700 LABOR). THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A MANUFACTURING DEFECT WHICH CAN CAUSE AN IMMEDIATE HARMFUL AFFECT IF I WAS ON A HIGHWAY OR NOT BEING CAREFUL I COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN IN A LIFE THREATENING ACCIDENT I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR THAT CONSUMERS SHOULD ABSORB THE COST OF THIS TYPE OF REPAIR I THINK VW SHOULD SEND A RECALL IMMEDIATELY. VW KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND THEY REPLACED THE ABS PART # 1K0 614 517 BEF WITH NEW PART # 1K0 614 517 BK BEF ( I REQUEST THE OLD PARTS FROM THE DEALER) -ATTACHED MY VIDEO THAT I RECORDED AT THE TIME THAT I HAD THIS INCIDENT. HTTPS://DRIVE.GOOGLE.COM/FILE/D/0B1QRIVBDBO7QMLA2Z1RMANBRU3M/VIEW?USP=SHARING HTTPS://DRIVE.GOOGLE.COM/FILE/D/0B1QRIVBDBO7QWDBMRNHGEDHEEEE/VIEW?USP=SHARING HTTPS://DRIVE.GOOGLE.COM/FILE/D/0B1QRIVBDBO7QBFA2TWO5OFVIT2M/VIEW?USP=SHARING

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON FREQUENTLY AND WHEN I TAKE TO DEALER IT IS ALWAYS A SENSOR PROBLEM I HAVE ALSO HAD SOME ELECTRICAL ISSUES REPLACING BULBS FREQUENTLY. ALSO WHILE DRIVING THE SHIFTING LIGHTS WILL ALL LIGHT UP PRNDS, SOMETIMES THERE IS A LOSS OF POWER. ALSO ONE OF THE OVERHEAD LIGHT SEEMS TO HAVE MELTED DUE TO A HIGH HEAT SOURCE OF SOME KIND.

CAR DOOR LOCKS NOT WORKING / ERRATIC. WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM THE DEALER IN SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA IN 2012, THEY DID NOT TELL ME THE REAR RIGHT PASSENGER DOOR DID NOT AUTOMATICALLY LOCK, NOR COULD IT BE LOCKED FROM INSIDE. I HAD TO MANUALLY LOCK IT FROM THE SIDE, AND NOW IT STAYS LOCKED ALL THE TIME UNLESS I PULL THE INSIDE LEVER. THEN, AN YEAR LATER, THE OTHER (LEFT) PASSENGER SIDE STARTED NEVER LOCKING TOO, AND MOST OF THE TIME I HAVE TO MANUALLY LOCK THE DRIVER DOOR WITH THE KEY. THE FRONT RIGHT PASSENGER DOOR STILL WORKS FINE, AS DO ALL THE ALARMS. THE DEALER SAYS IT WILL COST ME $1400 TO FIX.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEALER COMPLETED A REPAIR DUE TO THE VEHICLE RANDOMLY STALLING AND WAS UNCERTAIN OF WHAT PART WAS REPLACED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED MORE THAN ONCE AND WAS UNABLE TO RESTART. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 106,000.

CAR'S TRANSMISSION SHIFTS INTO NEUTRAL WITH NO WARNING. HAS DONE IT WHILE TURNING IN INTERSECTIONS, NEAR RAIL ROAD TRACKS, INTERSTATE CONSTRUCTION AREAS. CAR HAS TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND ENGINE BE SHUT OFF, THEN IT MAY OR MAY NOT GO, MAY HAVE TO DO MULTIPLE TIMES BEFORE CAR WILL MOVE AGAIN. FLASHES ERROR IN DASH AND TRANS LIGHT BLINKS. CAR WAS RECALLED ONCE FOR THIS ISSUE AND "FIXED" BY VW AND NOW IT IS DOING IT AGAIN. TOTAL SAFETY ISSUE AND VW IS TURNING THEIR HEADS TO IT.

DURING NORMAL DRIVING ABS, BRAKE, AND ESC LIGHTS TURNED ON TO INFORM ME THERE'S PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKING SYSTEM. MY VEHICLE AT THE TIME ONLY HAD AROUND 55,000 MILES. I BELIEVE THE ABS MODULE PREMATURELY MALFUNCTIONED. VW DEALER CONFIRMED A FAULTY ABS MODULE AND IT WILL COST $2,200 TO FIX IT. WHEN SEARCHING FOR RELATED ISSUES ON THE INTERNET, IF FOUND NUMEROUS SIMILAR COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE ABS FAILURE. I CAN ONLY ASSUME THAT THERE ARE MORE DRIVERS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEM LIKE ME, BUT HAS NOT FILED A COMPLAINT YET. I DIDN'T EVEN CONSIDER FILING A COMPLAINT UNTIL I FINALLY GOT IT CONFIRMED THAT IT WAS THE ABS MODULE FAILURE. I BELIEVE VW SHOULD REPLACE THE ABS MODULE AT NO COST TO OWNER.