2013 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA Complaints

MY KEY CONSTANTLY GETS STUCK IN THE IGNITION. MY CAR TURNS ON BUT NOT OFF WHICH LEAVES ME TO UNHOOK THE BATTERY AND TAKE OUT FUSE SO NO ONE STEALS MY CAR OVERNIGHT. A LOT OF PEOPLE I KNOW WITH JETTAS ARE HAVING THIS SAME ISSUES. I THINK IT IS A MALFUNCTION WITH THE IGNITION SWITCH. I ALSO HAVE A LOT OF ELECTRICAL ISSUES. MY HORN DOES NOT WORK, WINDSHIELD WIPER FLUID DOESNT WORK, MY PASSENGER WINDOW AS WELL! THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ASAP !

THE KEY WON'T COME OUT OF THE IGNITION. I HAVE NOW BROKEN BOTH SETS OF KEYS.. AND STILL NO RECALL. 11 PAGES OF I BROKE MY KEY IN MY IGNITION AND STILL NO RECALL. ABSURD.

DSG TRANSMISSION SHIFTING HARD 2-3 AND 3-4 WITH CLANKING YOU CAN FEEL. LURCHING FROM A STOP WHEN LETTING OF THE BRAKE. THIS HAPPENS MOSTLY AT AROUND 50% THROTTLE WHEN ACCELERATING.

I DROVE HOME FROM WORK AND THE CAR WAS PERFECTLY FINE. I PULLED INTO MY GARAGE PARKED AND TURNED THE CAR OFF. THE NEXT MORNING I GOT INTO MY CAR TO GO TO WORK. I STARTED THE VEHICLE AND PUT IT IN REVERSE AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT MOVE AFTER I LET OFF THE BRAKE. SO I SHIFTED THE CAR BACK INTO PARK AND AS SOON AS I LET OFF THE BRAKE THE VEHICLE VIOLENTLY JERKED FORWARD AND THEN THE ENTIRE CAR AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SHUT OFF.

CAR WON'T SHUT OFF AND KEYS ARE STUCK IN THE IGNITION. CAR IS IN PARK, I TRY WIGGLING IT AND TURNING THE WHEEL BUT NOTHING WORKS.

I PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY AND WAS TURNING AROUND. THE CAR SUDDENLY STALLED WHILE DRIVING, BUCKED AND THEN WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. MY HYBRID HAS A DSQ TRANSMISSION THAT IS SO FAULTY, VW HAS EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON THIS PART IN EVERY COUNTRY BUT THE US! I CALL VW CUSTOMER CARE. THEY COULD NOT ANSWER MY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE DSQ TRANSMISSION AND ITS WELL DOCUMENTED ISSUES AND WHY VW OF AMERICA IS NOT ADDRESSING THESE ISSUES IN ITS HYBRIDS. THE 7 GEAR DSQ TRANSMISSION IS ONLY USED IN THE HYBRID IN THE US AND THE VW HYBRID IS NOT A BIG SELLER IN THE US SO THERE IS LESS REPORTED INFORMATION FOR THIS ISSUE. HOWEVER, MANY HYBRID OWNERS IN THE US HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM AND VW IS AWARE OF IT. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL OR AN WARRANTY EXTENSION ISSUED LIKE OTHER COUNTRIES FOR THIS PART. THANK YOU.,

IGNITION WOULDN'T TURN OFF. HAD TO MONKEY WITH THE KEY FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES BEFORE THE CAR WOULD SHUT OFF. MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN MADE ON THIS ISSUE. PLEASE ISSUE RECALL. ALSO NOTED THAT THE KEY HAS BEEN DIFFICULT TO TURN AT TIME SINCE SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING THE CAR A MONTH AGO.

VEHICLE STARTED EXPERIENCING FAILURE WITH THE AUTOMATIC START/STOP UNIT IN THE CAR. AT STOP LIGHTS CAR WOULD CYCLE BETWEEN BATTERY AND GAS ENGINES CONTINUOUSLY. DIAGNOSTIC TEST BY DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED . CAR IS ONLY HAS 82000 MILES, DRIVEN IN NORMAL CONDITIONS. FOUND RECALL RELATED TO TRANSMISSION BUT TOLD BY VW THAT MY CAR VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL.

ON DECEMBER 8, 2016 WE PURCHASED A 2013 VW JETTA HYBRID WITH EXTENDED WARRANTY. WITHIN 3 MONTHS IT WAS LOSING POWER, JUMPY AND NOT DRIVING CORRECTLY. THIS WAS FOR MY 16 YEAR OLD SON. IT WOULD LOSE COMPLETE POWER ON THE STREET. NOT IDEAL FOR A BRAND NEW DRIVER. TOWED IT TO DEALER, TOLD NEEDED NEW TRANSMISSION. FOUR WEEKS LATER WE FINALLY GOT CAR BACK. STILL NOTICED A JUMPY FEELING WHEN DRIVING BUT ASSUMED DEALER FIXED CORRECTLY. IN NOVEMBER 2017 SAME THING HAPPENED, LOSS OF POWER, JUMPY, NOT SAFE AT ALL. TOWED IN TO DEALER AGAIN AND THEY SAID VEHICLE NEEDED REPAIRS OF 12K AND NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY. I COULD NOT PAY THAT NOR COULD I NOT UNDERSTAND WHY IT WASN'T COVERED??? DEALER SAID CAR WAS UNDRIVEABLE AND THEY GAVE US 500.00. I STILL OWE 11K ON THE LOAN. PLEASE HELP, I AM JUST SICK ABOUT THE WAY I WAS TREATED AND THE DEBT I INCURRED FOR NO REASON. I REALLY FEEL LIKE THIS WAS A LEMON.

THE VEHICLE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY, LOSING POWER TO THE ENGINE. AT FIRST, IT BEGAN TO HAPPEN MONTHLY (50,000 MILES) ONLY WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY (AT STOP LIGHTS OR IDLING IN THE DRIVEWAY). THE ENGINE WOULD LOSE POWER AND THE BATTERY LIGHT WOULD COME ON, AND THE VEHICLE COULD BE STARTED AGAIN IMMEDIATELY. THE VEHICLE ALSO EXHIBITED LURCHING ACCELERATION AT LOW GEARS. IT WOULD NOT TRIGGER ANY CODES (FOR EITHER ISSUE), AND MULTIPLE VW DEALERSHIPS WERE UNABLE TO REPLICATE AND DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. THE STALLING THEN OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING (70,000 MILES), CAUSING THE STEERING TO LOCK UP. THIS OCCURRED WHILE ON A FREEWAY AT 70 MPH; THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE PUSHED OFF THE FREEWAY BY AN OFFICER AND THEN TOWED. STILL, THE VEHICLE DID NOT PRODUCE ANY CODES. AFTER OVER 1 MONTH AT THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE CENTER AND REPLACEMENT OF 4 DIFFERENT WIRES THAT APPEARED CORRODED, AND THE TRANSMISSION VALVE BODY, THE SAME ISSUES PERSISTED. THE STALLING BEGAN TO HAPPEN MORE FREQUENTLY, BOTH WHILE STATIONARY AND WHILE DRIVING, AND BEGAN TO TRIGGER THE EPC LIGHT (80,000 MILES). BY THIS TIME IT WAS CLEARLY UNSAFE TO DRIVE. NOT WILLING TO RENT A CAR FOR AN UNKNOWN DURATION FOR THE SERVICE CENTER TO ATTEMPT TO REPLICATE AND DIAGNOSE THE ISSUE, I WAS FORCED TO PURCHASE A NEW VEHICLE.