2001 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA Complaints

I WAS DRIVING IN THE CITY. HEARD A GRINDING NOISE IN THE REAR OF MY VEHICLE. BROUGHT CAR TO MECHANIC. WAS TOLD REAR CALIPER FROZE DUE TO WEARING OF BRAKE PADS. THE CALIPERS HAD DAMAGED THE REAR ROTORS. THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALER. ROTORS WERE REPLACED FOR A COST OF $500, AND I WAS TOLD NONE OF THE REPAIRS WERE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY.*AK

THIS SUMMER MY LEFT REAR DOOR BECAME INOPERABLE. IN LATE OCTOBER THE TURN SIGNALS BEGAN OPERATING INTERMITTENTLY. ON A COLD AND RAINY DAY THIS NOVEMBER MY 2001 JETTA WITH 37000 MILES STALLED WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN. I RESTARTED AND COMPLETED MY TURN, THINKING I HAD JUST LET OUT THE CLUTCH TOO FAST. THE CAR WAS A BIT SLUGGISH AND A 1/2 MILE DOWN THE ROAD THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER ON NOVEMBER 30 AND WAS SHOCKED NOT ONLY AT THE PROBLEMS BUT THAT THEY WERE NOT COVERERED BY ANY WARRANTY. THE TOTAL REPAIR BILL WAS OVER $1000 DOLLARS. THE IGNITION COIL PACK NEEDS REPLACED FOR $740. THE HAZARD LIGHT SWITCH NEEDS REPLACED FOR $77. JUST TO FIND OUT WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE DOOR REQUIRES A CHARGE OF $188 DOLLARS. THESE PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES ON YOUR WEBSITE. I GUESS I JUST HIT THE TRIFECTA.*AK

I HAVE AN ONGOING WATER LEAK IN MY 2001 VW JETTA. EVERYTIME IT RAINS, WATER LEAKS FROM A SPOT NEAR MY GLOVE COMPARTMENT AND INTO THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR. WITHOUT FAIL, A 3-5 INCH POOL OF WATER COLLECTS EVERYTIME IT RAINS. THE DEALERSHIP REFUSES TO PAY THE $70/HOUR COST AND STATES THAT IT IS MY PROBLEM AND NOT A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT.*AK

THE AIRBAG LIGHT RANDOMLY CAME ON IN MY CAR. I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO CLUE WHY IT CAME ON. I HAD IT VAG COM'D. AND A CODE CAME UP AS BEING A BAD CONTROL MODULE FOR THE AIRBAG. *JB

DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR LOCK MALFUNCTIONED. IT WILL OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE ONLY. IF YOU ARE IN SIDE THE PASSENGER CAN NOT EXIT THE VEHICLE WHICH IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY BUT WILL NOT COVER THIS DEFECT, WHICH WAS ELIGIBLE UP TO 24,000 MILES. *AK

TURN SIGNALS AND FLASHER OPERATION IMPACTED BY COLD WEATHER. WITH THE FIRST COLD WEATHER OF THE SEASON THE TURN SIGNAL/FLASHER UNIT FAILED TO OPERATE UNTIL WARMED BY THE HEATER (30 MINUTES OF HIGH HEATER OPERATION). MY REPORT MATCHES NHTSA ACTION # PE04073. THE VW DEALER REPLACED PART # 1J0-953-235-J-01C AT A COST OF $72. I HAVE THE OLD PART IN MY POSSESSION IF EXAMINATION OF IT IS REQUESTED.*AK

I WAS DRIVING ON I-87 NORTH IN THE BRONX IN STOP AND GO ROLLING TRAFFIC AND I SMELLED SOMETHING AFTER A WHILE, ALSO FELT A LITTLE BIT OF DRAGGING. THE SPEED PICKED UP AND WHEN I NEEDED THE BRAKES THE PEDAL WAS MUSHY AND WENT DOWN ALMOST ALL THE WAY BARELY STOPPING ME! I STOPPED AND SAW THAT THE BRAKES WERE SUPER HOT, SO I OPENED THE HOOD TO CHECK OUT THE LINES. A GUY PULLED OVER AND HELPED ME CHECK TO SEE IF I HAD TO BLEED THE LINES AT THE ABS CONTROLLER AND WE SAW NO EXCESS PRESSURE. I HAD THE BRAKE SWITCH REPLACED UNDER RECALL, AND GREASED THE CYLINDER THAT FEEDS THE BRAKE BOOSTER, BUT STILL IT GRABS SOMETIMES AND I HAVE TO PULL THE PEDAL UP. ON HTTP://FORUMS.TDICLUB.COM , THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKE BOOSTER ON JET. I WANT A REPLACEMENT, AND CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY 200 + INSTALL FOR SOMETHING THAT IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THESE BOOSTERS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE EXPLODED. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP, AND HAD THE VEHICLE INSPECTED, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE ENGINE HAD A BUILD UP OF SLUDGE. *AK THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE TO GET THE LOCK ON THE TRUCK FIXED BECAUSE YOU COULD NOT OPEN IT FROM THE OUTSIDE. THE ENGINE BEGAN MAKING NOISE AND SMOKING WHILE THE CONSUMER DROVE ON THE HIGHWAY LEAVING THE CONSUMER STRANDED ON THE HIGHWAY. THE CONSUMER DID NOT KEEP RECIEPTS OF WORK DONE TO THE VEHICLE THEREFORE CAN NOT BE REIMBURSED. THE CONSUMER SENT A FORMAL DEMAND FOR SETTLEMENT IN THE AMOOUNT OF REPAIR BILLS AND RENTAL CAR EXPENSES THROUGH HER LEGAL COUNCEL FOR NEGLIGENT INSPECTION OF HER VEHICLE. *TC

REAR BRAKE PADS/ROTORS: PREMATURE WEAR, AT 25K. WENT TO DEALER THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WAS MY FAULT FOR USING THE BRAKES TOO MUCH AND THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE $650 FOR PARTS AND LABOR. WENT TO A MIDAS HAD THEM REPLACED FOR $250 AND WAS TOLD THERE THAT BRAKES SHOULD NOT WEAR OUT THAT SOON ON A NEW CAR.

CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK