2001 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA Complaints

CONSUMER LOST POWER WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE. ALSO, WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE HESITATED. THE IGNITION COIL WAS REPLACED AT LEAST TWICE ON RECALLS. MANUFACTURER TOLD THE CONSUMER TO CHANGE THE GASOLINE. HOWEVER, VEHICLE STILL OPERATED IN THE SAME MANNER. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN ATTEMPTING TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL IT WENT TO THE FLOOR BY ITSELF. CONSUMER HAD TO PLACE FOOT UNDER THE BRAKE PEDAL TO RAISE IT OFF THE FLOOR. THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED NUMEROUS TIMES WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

THE CLUTCH ON MY 2001 VW JETTA 1.8T WENT OUT SLL OF A SUDDEN. THE CAR WAS DRIVING COMPLETELY FINE (GEARS WEREN'T STICKY OR CLUTCH LOOSE) AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY QUOTED $1600 FOR REPAIR (NEW CLUTCH KIT AND FLYWHEEL). I HAD IT TOWED AGAIN TO A VW SPECIALIST AND HE SAID THE CLUTCHES ON THE NEW VW'S SHOULD LAST AT LEAST 100,000 (AND THAT IS FOR SOMEONE WHO EVEN RIDES THE CLUTCH, HE SAID IT SHOULD LAST EVEN LONGER). VW REFUSED TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS (EVEN THOUGH I HAVE A WARRANTTY UNTIL 48,000 MILES) SAYING IT WAS DUE TO NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. MY JETTA ONLY HAS 32,000 MILES. SO, WE HAD TO COVER THE REPAIRS OUT OF POCKET. *AK

BACK PASSENGER SIDE DISC BRAKE MAKING A HIGH PITCHED SQUEAL SOUND, NOT METAL ON METAL GRINDING. REAR PASSENGER SIDE CALIPER SEIZED AND NOT COMPLETELY RELEASING CAUSING THE SQUEALING NOISE, AND HEATING UP DISC BRAKE SO YOU CAN FRY EGGS AND BACON ON IT. PASSENGER SIDE REAR CALIPERS NEED TO BE REPLACED AS THE SERVICE DEPT. CANNOT KEEP IT FROM BINDING. BOTH REAR BREAK PADS ALSO REPLACED (BRAKE LINING). ALSO CHANGED BRAKE FLUID AS I WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD HAVE BOILED CAUSED BY THE EXTREME HEAT DUE TO THE BRAKE PAD DRAGGING ON THE SIEZED CALIPER. APPARENTLY BOILED BRAKE FLUID WILL CONTAIN BUBBLES AND THIS CAN CAUSE A PROBLE IN THE BRAKE LINE. TOTAL COST, PARTS AND LABOUR $721.89. SOULD HAVE PURCHASED A CAMERY OR JAPANESE PRODUCT!*AK

THE CONSUMER HAS HAD ON GOING PROBLEMS WITH THE MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR CONTINUALLY FAILING. THE SENSOR HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES. EACH TIME THE SENSOR FAILED THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A LETTER FROM VW OF AMERICA WHICH EXTENDED THE WARRANTY OF THE SENSOR TO 7 YEARS OR 70000 MILES ON JETTA'S FROM 1999 TO 2001. THE CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS AN IMPROPER SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM. *AK *NM THE FRONT SEAT FRAMES CONTINUED TO BREAK. VW HAVE REPLACED THEM ON THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE 5-6 TIMES UNDER WARRANTY. *SC *JB

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED ON OR OFF A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOUR TIMES, AND MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE TURNING LEFT FROM A STOP SIGN AT ABOUT 5 MPH, THE RIGHT REAR TIRE SKIMMED A POTHOLE. THE PASSENGER SIDE CURTAIN AND SIDE IMPACT AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. I WAS THANKFUL I WAS NOT DRIVING AT A FASTER SPEED BECAUSE THE ENTIRE CAR FILLED WITH POWDERY SMOKE AND I COULD NOT SEE OUT MY WINDSHIELD FOR SEVERAL SECONDS. IN ADDITION THE NOISE STARTLED ME SO MUCH, I AM PRETTY SURE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN HARD TO CONTROL THE CAR AFTERWARDS HAD THIS HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY. I WAS ALSO THANKFUL MY INFANT SON WAS NOT IN THE CAR. MY RIGHT EAR WAS BOTHERING ME FOR ABOUT A DAY AND A HALF AFTERWARDS, I'M SURE HAD MY SON BEEN IN THE CAR, HIS SENSITIVE EARS MAY HAVE BEEN PERMANENTLY DAMAGED, NEVER MIND THAT IT WOULD HAVE TRAUMATIZED HIM. VOLKSWAGEN CLAIMS THE CODES THEY DOWNLOADED FROM THE CAR INDICATED A SIDE IMPACT OCCURRED AND THAT A "MARK" ON THE UNDERCARRIAGE VERIFIES THAT THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED CORRECTLY. I'M PRETTY SURE THAT WITH 90K ON THE CAR THERE ARE SEVERAL "MARKS" ON THE UNDERCARRIAGE. CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THE DEALERSHIP WERE UNMOVED BY THE INCIDENT AND CLAIMED NO RESPONSIBILITY. CLAIM WAS FILED WITH METLIFE, WHO COVERED THE $3500 REPAIR BILL TO REPLACE THE AIRBAGS AND FRONT PASSENGER SEAT COVER. NO REPAIRS WERE REQUIRED TO THE CAR FRAME, UNDERCARRIAGE, AXLE, REAR TIRE ETC, YET STILL THEY CLAIM AN ACCIDENT OCCURRED!*AK

WHILE STARTING UP THE VEHICLE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE IGNITION COIL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

THE VEHICLE BURNS OIL EXCESSIVELY. I HAVE TO CONSTANTLY ADD OIL. EVERYTIME I'VE SPOKEN WITH THE DEALER HE JUST GAVE ME THE RUN-AROUND. THEY CONDUCTED 2 OIL CONSUMPTION TESTS BUT NEVER DID ANYTHING TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THE VEHILCE WAS PURCHASED IN NJ FROM DOUGLAS MOTORS. AT EVERY SCHEDULED SERVICE I COMPLAINED OF THE SAME PROBLEM BUT NOTHING WAS DONE TO FIX IT.*AK

1. & 2. WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES THE BRAKE PEDAL IS DRAWN QUICKLY DOWN TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STOP VIOLENTLY. SIMULTANEOUSLY WHEN THE PEDAL IS ALL THE WAY DOWN THERE IS A LOUD SOUND OF AIR WHOOSHING AND THE PEDAL COMES BACK TO THE NORMAL POSITION. 3. THE PROBLEM IS CAUSED BY A FAULTY POWER BRAKE BOOSTER. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT I FOUND NUMEROUS POSTS REGARDING ON THE FORUMS AT WWW.TDICLUB.COM. MULTIPLE REPLACEMENT POWER BRAKE BOOSTERS ARE AVAILABLE AT ALL THE VW DEALER PARTS DEPARTMENTS I CALLED IN MY AREA WHICH LEADS ME TO FURTHER BELIEVE THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. READING FURTHER ON THE TDICLUB FORUMS IT WAS STATED THAT FAULTY POWER BRAKE BOOSTERS ARE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR BRAKES DRAGGING AND WEARING OUT PREMATURELY. THIS IS A HUGE POTENTIAL PROBLEM FOR VW OWNERS. *AK