1994 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA Complaints

TRUNK DOOR PIERCES TAIL LIGHT LENSE WITH CORNER. TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY TAKES ON WATER IN RAIN AND SHORTS OUT LIGHTS AND OTHER ELECTRONICS. DEALERSHIP NOTES THAT THIS PROBLEM OCCURS WITH 1994 JETTA III GL'S. SDO FAR, I HAVE NOT HAD ANY LUCK GETTING WARRANTY SERVICE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN ANY WEIGHT 50 POUNDS OR OVER IS PUT IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE, IT MAKES A DRAGGING NOISE. *SLC

CAR STARTS FROM STOP NORMAL, THEN GOES INTO NEUTRAL. WHICH HAS CAUSED ME TO BE BUMPED FROM BEHIND TWO TIMES. NO INJURIES, BUT COULD HAVE BEEN! HAVE BEEN TOLD VW HAS A VALVE BODY PROBLEM , BY INDEPENDENT TRANSMISSION SHOPS. VW WONT ADMIT THIS . *AK

PRIOR TO RECALL (98V-160) THE FRONT HOOD CAME OFF AND SMASHED IN THE FRONT WINDOW WHILE DRIVING, RESULTING IN OBSTRUCTING THE DRIVER'S VIEW. YH

HOOD ASSEMBLY WAS UNDER RECALL AND REPLACED, BUT NOT FIXED, STILL CANTOPEN HOOD. *AK

WHILE DRIVING WINDSHIELD WIPER ARM SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

VEHICLE PARKED OVERNIGHT. WENT TO START VEHICLE AND IT FAILED TO START. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER. WAS INFORMED DASHBOARD WIRES HAD CAUGHT ON FIRE. EVERYTHING INSIDE DASHBOARD WAS DAMAGED & FUSED. *AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED OVER NIGHT AN ELECTRICAL SHORT OCCURRED IN THE DASH AREA, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOSE ALL POWER, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED AND A CHILD SAFETY SEAT WAS IN THE REAR SEAT, IN A SEAT BELT. FORCE CAUSED THE SEAT BELT TO BEDISCONNECTED, THROWING THE CHILD SAFETY SEAT AROUND IN VEHICLE. DEALER NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. *AK

THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH ENGINE OIL PAN. WHILE DRIVING SMELLED FUEL, AND THE OIL LEAKS FROM THE PAN. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. IN ADDITION, THE RADIATOR FAN DOESN'T COME ON WHICH CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT.*AK