1999 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA Complaints

VEHICLE HAS EXCESSIVE ENGINE OIL CONSUMPTION AND LOSS OF COOLING AT THE SAME RATE, WHICH COULD CAUSE ENGINE FAILURE/FIRE AND AIR POLLUTION. OWNER HAS CONTACTED DEALERSHIP TWO TIMES ABOUT THE PROBLEM. ALSO, GEAR SELECTION AND ENGAGEMENT OF THE TRANSMISSION ARE SLOW TO RESPOND TO INPUT. DEALER SAYS THAT THESE PROBLEMS ARE NORMAL. *ML

WHILE TRAVELING NORTH ON THE NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE THE VEHICLE, WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, SUDDENLY STALLED IN THE CENTER OF THREE LANES AND WOULD NOT RESTART. I WAS NOT ABLE TO MOVE THE CAR FROM THE CENTER LANE. SHORTLY AFTER I GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE A TRACTOR TRAILER STRUCK THE REAR OF MY VEHICLE TOTALLY DESTROYING THE VEHICLE.*AK

DRIVER WENT TO PASS VEHICLE WHEN PEDAL GOT STUCK , VEHICLE ACCELERATED UP TO SPEEDS OF 80 MPH. BRAKES WOULD NOT OVERRIDE IT, AND WAS NOT ABLE TO CHANGE GEAR. SUDDENDLY ACCELERATOR PEDAL RESUMED POSITION AND VEHICLE ACTED AS NORMAL. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE BRAKES EVERY 25 MILES. FRONT DISC ROTORS WORE OUT. WHEN CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES CAR SHOOK TERRIBLY. *AK

POSSIBLE TREANSMISSION FAILURE HAS RESULTED IN THE VEHICLE GOING INTO A MODE WHERE IT REMAINS IN 3RD GEAR AND WILL NOT GO INTO OVER-DRIVE. THE RPM'S ALSO BECOME SPORADIC. NLM

I WAS DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 91 ON THE EVENING OF JANUARY 21ST WHEN THE CAR BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN EVEN THOUGH I WAS PRESSING ON THE GAS PEDAL. I WAS ABLE TO GET IT OFF THE EXIT AND THINKING THAT I MAY NOT HAVE HAD ENOUGH DIESEL ADDITIVE, I NURSED IT TO A TRUCK STOP AT THE BASE OF THE EXIT AND ADDED ENOUGH ADDITIVE FOR 75 GAL. AFTER 3 MINUTES THE CAR DIED AND NEEDED TO BE TOWED. IT WAS TOWED TO A VW DEALER AND THEY CONTACTED VW. THE VW REP SAID THAT THERE WAS A SERVICE BULLETIN OUT AND DIRECTED THE DEALER TO DRILL OUT THE CHECK VALVE ON THE FUEL SENDING UNIT. I PICKED THE CAR UP ON WEDNESDAY THE 19TH AND DROVE IT WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. ON FRIDAY, I HAD DRIVEN FOR ABOUT 1/2 HOUR ON INTERSTATE 91 AND THE CAR DID THE SAME THING. I COASTED TO THE BREAKDOWN LANE AND THE CAR STALLED. ONCE AGAIN IT COULD NOT BE RESTARTED. IT WAS TOWED TO GENE LANGAN VW IN GLASTONBURY. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS DEFECT THAT COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT IF THE DRIVER CANNOT SAFELY NEGOTIATE THE VEHICLE OFF OF THE HIGHWAY. WHEN I SPOKE WITH VW ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE ON THE EVENING OF JANUARY 21ST, THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE GETTING HUNDREDS OF CALLS ABOUT THE 1999 DIESELS JUST DYING AFTER PROLONGED PERIODS OF DRIVING. APPARENTLY THIS PROBLEM IS MORE WIDESPREAD THAN JUST MY VEHICLE. I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR INVESTIGATING THIS PROBLEM WITH THE 1999 JETTA DIESELS. THANK YOU. *AK