2012 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA Complaints

THE HORN HAS NOT BEEN WORKING SINCE NOVEMBER 2015. THERE IS A RECALL ON THE AIR BAG IN THE HORN.

THE TURN SIGNAL LEVER BROKE UNDER NORMAL USE CONDITIONS - FAILED TO RESET FROM "ON" POSITION WITH SIGNAL OPERATIONAL / UNABLE TO TURN OFF SIGNAL - HEADLIGHT HIGH/LOW-BEAM FUNCTION ALSO DISABLED. APPARENT INTERNAL PART FAILURE OR BREAKAGE OF PLASTIC COMPONENTS.

SOMETIMES THE KEY WILL NOT TURN ON. IT GOES IN, BUT WILL NOT TURN. IT SEEMS TO BE WHEN THE WEATHER IS WARMER. ALSO, SOMETIMES IT TAKES SEVERAL MINUTES TO TURN THE KEY OFF. WHEN THAT HAPPENS, I JUST SIT THERE TRYING, WHILE THE CAR CONTINUES TO RUN. I HEAR IT'S $550-750 TO HAVE THIS REPAIRED, BUT IS VERY COMMON BASED ON WHAT I'M FINDING ONLINE. IT STARTED HAPPENING IN APRIL 2014. IT'S RIDICULOUS.

WHEN TURNING OFF THE IGNITION, THE KEY REMAINS IN THE ON POSITION, NOT ALLOWING ME TO TURN OFF THE ENGINE AND REMOVE THE KEY. THE KEY IS STUCK IN THE IGNITION. THIS HAS HAPPENED OVER 100 TIMES, THE LOCAL DEALER SAYS IT IS NOT THEIR ISSUE AND WILL COST ME $550 TO REPLACE.

WHILE IN PARK MY KEY WAS STUCK IN THE IGNITION AND WOULD NOT COME OUT. CAR WAS ON AND I TRIED TO TURN IT OFF AND REMOVE THE KEY AS NORMAL BUT IT WOULD NOT TURN FULLY TO THE OFF POSITION OR COME OUT. I EVENTUALLY STALLED MY CAR OUT AS IT IS A MANUAL TO SHUT IT OFF AND FIDDLED WITH IT FOR AN HOUR AND WAS ABLE TO GET THE KEY OUT. THIS HAS HAPPENED A COUPLE TIMES.

KEY GOT STUCK IN THE IGNITION WITH MOTOR RUNNING. COULD NOT TURN TO "OFF" POSITION. ALTHOUGH I COULD KILL THE MOTOR BY RELEASING THE CLUTCH (MANUAL TRANSMISSION), I STILL COULD NOT TURN THE KEY OFF AND, THEREFORE, WOULD HAVE TO JUST LET THE BATTERY DIE AFTER MANY HOURS OF SITTING THERE WITH THE KEY ON. I COULD NOT LEAVE THE VEHICLE UNATTENDED AS ANYONE COULD HAVE GOTTEN IN, STARTED IT RIGHT UP, AND LEFT WITH IT. DID A GOOGLE SEARCH AND FOUND THAT OPINION PLACED THE BLAME ON A FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH. ALSO DISCOVERED MANY OTHERS WITH THIS EXACT SAME PROBLEM WHO HAD TO HAVE THEIR IGNITION SWITCHES REPLACED, SO THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH VOLKSWAGEN.

THE KEY IS STUCK IN THE "ON" POSITION IN THE IGNITION WITH THE CAR RUNNING. THE KEY WILL NOT PHYSICALLY MOVE FROM THE "ON" TO "OFF" POSITION TO TURN THE CAR OFF. AFTER LOOKING THIS UP IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS TYPE OF VW. THE CAR IS ABLE TO SHIFT BETWEEN PARK, DRIVE, AND NEUTRAL. WHEN PUTTING THE CAR IN PARK TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF THE KEY DOESN'T BUDGE

LIKE THE RECALL ON 2011 JETTA HORN THE 2012 JETTA HORN HAVE THE SAME ISSUE. WHILE DRIVING THROUGH A PARKING LOT WAS HIT BY A DRIVER BACKING UP AND VOULD NOT WARN THE DRIVER DUE TO AHORN THAT DOES NOT WORK. TODAY I WAS ALMOST SANDWICHED BETWEEN A SEMI-TRUCK AND A CAR MOVING INTO MY LANE. LUCKILY FOR ME AND THEKID THE DRIVER IN THE CAR GOT BACK IN THEIR OWN LANE. IT APPEARS THE TRUNK LIGHT DOES NOT WORK EITHER. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THE HORN AND TRUNK LIGHT STOPPED WORKING, LAST TIME IT FIXED IT'S SELF THIS TIME IT SEEMS TO NEED HELP TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. HORN CLICKS NO SOUND, NO ALARM WARNING SOUNDS.

IGNITION KEY WILL NOT TURN OFF AFTER STARTING CAR. HAVE TO JIGGLE AND TAP ON KEY TO EVENTUALLY GET KEY TO TURN TO THE OFF POSITION. ONCE OUT OF TEN TIMES THE KEY MAY TURN OFF NORMALLY. I HAVE TRIED MOVING THE STEERING WHEEL BACK AND FORTH WHILE TURNING KEY OFF. I'VE ALSO TRIED MOVING THE GEAR SHIFTER TO SEE IF THE LOCK IS PREVENTING THE KEY FROM TURNING. NOTHING REALLY SEEMS TO WORK. THEN FOR NO REASON AT ALL I YOU WILL BE ABLE TO TURN IT OFF. SEEMS LIKE THE TUMBLERS GET OUT OF LINE OR SOMETHING. CAR IS PARKED ON FLAT LEVEL DRIVEWAY WHEN THIS HAPPENS.

THE IGNITION SWITCH IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO TURN OFF AND REMOVE THE KEY FROM. I'VE DONE MY RESEARCH AND HAVE FOUND A COMMUNITY OF OTHER VW OWNERS EXPERIENCING SIMILAR ISSUES WITH THE VW MODELS (MANY JETTAS LIKE MINE). THE VEHICLE IS SAFELY PARKED, ETC, AND THE KEY MUST BE TURNED SO HARD THAT IT FEELS LIKE ONE COULD BREAK/DAMAGE THE KEY IN THE IGNITION SWITCH BEFORE IT RELEASES.