2003 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA Complaints

CAR STARED PUTTING OUT ALOT OF BLUE SMOKE FROM TAIL PIPE ON START UP AND GAS MILAGE WAS DROPPING 5-6 MPG AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS ALOT FOR A DIESEL ENGINE. CAR LOST POWER AT FREEWAY SPEEDS AND WOULD BARELY RUN. ENTIRE INTAKE SYSTEM TO THE HEAD WAS FULL BLACK STICKY CARBON CHOKING THE ENGINE FOR CLEAN AIR. INTAKE SYSTEM HAD TO BE COMPLETLY DISASSEMBLED (MANIFLOD,EGR VAVLE,CCV TUBE) AND CLEANED OF CARBON, WHICH BY SEARCHING THE INTERNET IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH VW TDI 1.9 ENGINE.

BLOWN CLUTCH ON NEW 2003 VW JETTA TDI 1.8. FIRST OCCURANCE IN AUGUST OF 04 WITH 26,000 MILES AND AGAIN NOW IN MAY OF 05 WITH 40,500 OR 14,000 MILES TO ANOTHER BLOWN CLUTCH. I AM NOT A TEENAGE DRIVER, I AM 23 WITH EXCELLENT DRIVING SKILLS AND HAVE DRIVEN CLUTCHES ALL MY ADULT DRIVING LIFE. THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THEIR CLUTCH SYSTEM. I HAVE FOUND TONS OF EVIDENCE IN BULLETIN BOARDS. VW IS BLAMING THIS ON POOR DRIVING SKILLS AND I BELIEVE THIS IS A SERIOUS DEFECT THAT OCCURS EVERY 20,000 MILES. CONSUMERS LIKE ME ARE GETTIGN RIPPED OFF ON THIS ONE LEFT AND RIGHT. YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING. THIS IS NO ISOLATED INCIDENT!

MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN RESIDENTIAL AREA WITH MOVING 2003 VW JETTA AND PARKED HONDA/TOYOTA? DRIVER OF JETTA CAME AROUND THE CORNER, LOOKED DOWN & AWAY FROM THE ROAD MOMENTARILLY WHILE DRIVING APX. 30 MPH WHEN SHE HIT THE OTHER VEHICLE WITHOUT ANY BREAKING. THIS FULL FRONTAL IMPACT AND THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF THIS JETTA WAS TAKEN OUT AND THE OTHER VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. NONE OF THE 4 AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. WE ARE CURRENTLY BEING TOLD "NO CHANGES OR ALTERATIONS WILL BE MADE WITH REGARD TO THE AIRBAGS".

PASSANGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED FOR NO REASON WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AVOIDING THE VERY REAL POSSIBILITY OF PERSONAL INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. DRIVER SUFFERED EXTREME EMOTIONAL DISTRESS AND TEMPORARY HEARING LOSS, IN ADDITON TO DAMAGE TO INTERIOR OF VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WILL BE SENT TO THE DEALER IN THE AM.*AK

ON EARLY MORNING START-UP, THE SEAT HEATER WAS TURNED ON. WITHIN ABOUT 1 MINUTE IT BEGAN TO SMOLDER, MELTING THE SEAT FOAM CUSHION AND BURNING A HOLE IN THE UPHOLSTERY FABRIC AND MY TROUSERS. HAD I NOT QUICKLY TURNED OFF THE HEATER, IT MAY HAVE STARTED A FIRE. I CONTACTED VW OF AMERICA. THEY TOOK MY INFORMATION AND REPAIRED IT AT THEIR EXPENSE THROUGH MY LOCAL VW DEALERSHIP. *JB

WHILE DRIVING/PARKING DRIVER'S SEAT HEATER BURNED A HOLE IN THE SEAT WHEN IN USE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS CLUTCH BURNED OUT AT 21,851 MILES NEED TO REPLACE CLUTCH

ON MARCH 24,I TURNED MY SEAT WARMER TO LEVEL 2,ALL OF A SUDDEN I FELT A BURNING SENSATION. I KEPT DRIVING THINKING MAYBE I WAS BIT BY A BUG OR SOMETHING. ABOUT A MINUTE LATER,I SAW AND SMELLED ALOT OF SMOKE. I HAD TO PULL OVER AND WHEN I LOOKED DOWN AT MY SEAT,IT WAS DARK AND RAINY SO I TURNED ON MY DOME LIGHT,THERE WAS A DIME SIZE HOLE IN MY SEAT. I HAD TURNED OFF THE SEAT WARMER WHEN I REALIZED WHAT HAD HAPPENED. I GOT HOME AND THERE WAS A BURN ON THE BACK OF MY LEFT LEG. WE CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY FIXED OUR CAR IN ABOUT 10 DAYS. THERE HAD BEEN AN ELECTRICAL SHORT AND THEY REPLALCED THE SEAT AND FIXED THE ELECTRICAL.*AK

THIS MORNING, 4/5/05, I TURNED ON MY HEATED LEATHER SEATS IN MY 2003 JETTA GLS AND IN A MATTER OF ABOUT A MINUTE, I FELT SOMETHING EXTREMELY HOT ON MY LEG. I IMMEDIATELY LIFTED MYSELF UP FROM THE SEAT BUT IT WAS TOO LATE. I LOOKED DOWN AND THERE WAS A HOLE BURNT INTO MY LEATHER SEAT, SMOKE COMING FROM THE SEAT AND A BURN IN MY PANTS...NOT TO MENTION MY SKIN. WHAT I FIND DISTURBING IS NOT THAT IT HAPPENED BUT THE FACT THAT I TOOK MY CAR IN LAST THURSDAY AND WAS NOT TOLD ABOUT THE PROBLEM EVEN THOUGH A RECALL HAD ALREADY BEEN ISSUED. IF VW HAD BEEN PROACTIVE, I WOULD NOT HAVE HAD THIS INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER HAD THE HEATER SEAT ON AND IT BURNED THROUGH CONSUMER'S COAT AND BURNED HER PANTS. CONSUMER DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURY. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, AND THE PART FOR REPAIR WAS ON ORDER.*AK