1999 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA Complaints

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION IN WHICH SEAT BELTS DID NOT LOCK UP UPON IMPACT, AND DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CAUSE UNKNOWN, ALSO STEERING RACK AND PINION WAS DAMAGED . *AK PASSENGER WINDOW FELL OFF TWICE. *YH

4 CYLINDER ENGINE BURNED 1 QUART OF OIL EVERY 1000 MILES, BUT THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN BURNING MORE OIL. DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

AT ABOUT 26,000 MILES, WHICH WAS ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MONTHS AGO, I CHECKED THE OIL AND HAD TO ADD THREE QUARTS. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME TO LOOK FOR BLACK SMOKE AND OIL SPOTS ON THE DRIVEWAY. NO BLACK SMOKE OR OIL IS VISIBLY ESCAPING FROM THE ENGINE. I CHECKED THE OIL AGAIN ON JUNE 15, AND HAD TO ADD ANOTHER QUART AND A HALF. I REPORTED IT TO THE DEALER AND MADE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT FOR THEM TO CHECK IT OUT. TODAY, JULY 11, 2000, THE DEALER CHECKED THE OIL (WHICH WAS DOWN A HALF QUART), TOLD ME THAT THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR AND HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE VOLKSWAGEN DISTRICT SERVICE MANAGER TO POINT THEM IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. SO "WE" ARE NOW WAITING FOR A CALL FROM THE DISTRICT MANAGER. THE OIL AND FILTER HAVE BEEN CHANGED REGULARLY, BUT THE OIL APPEARS VERY GRITTY AND ALSO APPEARS TO BE BURNT ONTO CAP OF THE FILLER-HOLE. THE DEALER SEEMS RELUCTANT, AT BEST, TO DEAL WITH THE SITUATION.*AK

CENTER REAR RESTRAINTS MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING OCCUPANT (S) TO BE UNRESTRAINED. DEALER HAS REPAIRED VEHICLE 4 TIMES. *AK

WHILE SWITCHING GEARS FROM REVERSE INTO DRIVE, VEHICLE HESITATES FOR ABOUT 5- 10 SECONDS, WHICH MAY CAUSE A CRASH. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

BEGINNING TO BRAKE AT RED LIGHT, ENGINE ACCELERATED TO REDLINE. BRAKES WOULD NOT HOLD CAR. HAD TO PLACE CAR IN NEUTRAL TO AVOID COLLISION. TURNED OFF IGNITION TO STOP HIGH RPM. *AK

VEHICLE BURNS OIL (DOING SO FOR 9 MOS NOW), DEALER HAS BEEN RUNNING "TEST" ON CAR FOR 4 MOS. SAID MAY HAVE TO REPLACE ENGINE. AIR BAG LIGHT ON FIRST DAY OWNING, TOLD TO WAIT 2WKS FOR AN APPT AT WHICH WAS TOLD CAR UNSAFE TO DRIVE. TRANSMISSION DIFFICULT TO SHIFT/ACCELERATION (MAKING TURNS, ENTERING HIGHWAYS, ETC.)

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING IN INTERSECTION AND ANOTHER VEHICLE RAN A RED LIGHT, AND RAMMED INTO CONSUMER'S VEHICLE FROM SIDE .CAR WAS COMPLETLEY TURNED AROUND INTO THE STREET, AND HAD TO BE TOWED AWAY. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT ANY SPEED VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. ALSO, TRANSMISSION SHIFTED GEAR ROUGHLY. *AK

CAR WILL DIE FOR A SECOND OR TWO, LOSE OF POWER AND BEGIN RUNNING NORMALLY WITH DOING ANYTHING 2. CAR WILL NOT START IMMEDIATELY WHEN IT DOES PRESENTS, IE:RADIO ARE GONE AS IF BATTERY WAS DISCONNECTED, COMPUTER SHOWS NO FAILURES