1999 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA Complaints

TURN SIGNALS AND FLASHERS NOT BLINKING AS DESCRIBED IN RECALL ID NUMBER: 04V584000 WHICH CALLS FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE HAZARD FLASHER SWITCH, HOWEVER THE 1999 NEW JETTAS ARE NOT COVERED BY THE RECALL. *NM

IN MY 1999 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA, ALL FOUR POWER WINDOWS HAVE HAD TO BE REPLACED IN THE LAST 5 YEARS AND NOW ANOTHER HAS BROKEN AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. A VERY SHODDY PRODUCT FROM WHAT USED TO BE A GREAT CAR COMPANY. I'VE BOUGHT THREE VW'S BUT NEVER AGAIN. SHAME ON VOLKSWAGEN! *JB

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JETTA OLD BODY STYLE. 4 DOOR SEDAN WITH 2. 0 LITER ENGINE. THE CAR WAS PURCHASED IN 1998. THE CAR HAD THE FOLLOWING PROBLEM; 4 WINDOWS FELL DOWN DUE TO FAULTY WINDOW REGULATORS AND OR HOLDING CLIPS. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO VOLKSWAGEN SERVICE DEALER, WHO OFFERED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. THE EXTENDED WARRANTY WAS OFFERED 4 TIMES .THEY REPAIRED THE WINDOWS 4 TIMES. CUSTOMER STILL HAS PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 VW JETTA. THE CONTACT WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH. SHE STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE SWITCH ON 9-2-05. IT CAUSED THE BRAKE LIGHTS TO BECOME INOPERABLE OR TO COME ON AND STAY ON EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. THE CONSUMER COULD NOT GET THE CAR OUT OF PARK AND THIS PROBLEM WAS IN SOME WAY TIED INTO THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH FAILURE. A NHTSA RECALL 04V096000 WAS ISSUED. THE CONSUMER BOUGHT THE CAR USED FROM AN INDIVIDUAL WHO RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE IN 4-04. THE NOTICE DID NOT INDICATE A VIN. *AK *MR

1999 VOLKSWAGEN DEVELOPED A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH WIRING AND ELECTRICAL FAILURE.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***.*MR THE CONSUMER HAD DIFFICULTY STARTING THE VEHICLE. ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED SMOKE BEGAN TO EMIT FROM THE VEHICLE. UPON INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE STARTED SOLENOID SHORTED OUT AND BURNED THE MAIN POWER WIRES FROM THE STARTED ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE COMPLETE MAIN WIRING HARNESS AS WELL AS THE ENGINE MANAGEMENT AND FUEL INJECTOR HARNESS AND MELTED THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE VEHICLE SHOWED SMOKE DAMAGE. *JB

THE PARKING LIGHT SWITCH IS LOCKING UP. THE CAR IS STALLING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRAFFIC BECAUSE I WAS NOT ABLE TO SHIFT FROM PARKING TO ANY OTHER GEAR. THE PARKING LIGHT LIT AND WILL UNLIT ABOUT 30 MINUTES LATER. AS OF NOW, THE LIGHT LIT CONSTANTLY AND I HAVE TO DISASSEMBLE THE BATTERY AND THE LIGHT WOULD STILL RE-APPEAR ONCE I PUT THE BATTERY BACK IN. THE CAR IS NOT DRIVE ABLE.

DT: CONSUMER STATES THE FRONT DRIVER'S SEAT CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE LOCAL SERVICE DEALER DID NOT KNOW WHAT CAUSED THE FIRE. THE CONSUMER STATES THERE IS A RECALL ON 2002 MODEL REGARDING THE SAME ISSUE. *TT

FITZGERALD OF ANNAPOLIS FAILED TO REPLACE THE STRETCH BOLTS WHEN THEY CHANGED THE TIMING BELT AT 40K MILES. AT 130K MILES, THE BOLTS GAVE AND THE ENGINE FELL OUT OF THE CAR. I REPAIRED THIS AND CONTINUED TO DRIVE THE CAR. AT 140K THE MOUNTING BRACKET ON THE ENGINE BLOCK SNAPPED AND THE ENGINE FELL OUT AGAIN. THE CAR NOW NEEDS A NEW

1999, VOLKSWAGEN, JETTA WOLFSBURG EDITION. FRONT AND BACK PASSENGER SIDE POWER WINDOWS WILL NOT GO DOWN; BACK DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW FELL DOWN INTO DOOR. PASSENGER'S SIDE WINDOWS WAS STUCK IN THE UP POSITION COULD REPRESENT A HAZARD SHOULD THERE BE A WRECK AND THE WINDOWS COULD NOT BE LET DOWN. DRIVER'S SIDE REAR WINDOW FELL DOWN INTO THE DOOR WAS A SECURITY RISK, NOT ONLY FOR BEING ABLE TO SECURE THE CAR, BUT FROM SOMEONE BEING ABLE TO ENTER THE CAR WHILE DRIVING. VOLKSWAGEN HAD A SERVICE ORDER TO REPAIR THE KNOWN DEFECTIVE MECHANISM IN THE LATE MODEL 1999 CARS AND LATER, BUT IT DID NOT COVER THE EARLY 1999 MODELS, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS THE SAME PROBLEM AND DEFECTIVE PARTS. NEITHER THE DEALER ON LORAIN AVENUE IN NORTH OLMSTED CLEVELAND, OHIO NOR VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA WILL REPAIR THE DEFECT WITHOUT CHARGE TO THE CONSUMER.*AK

COMPLAINT REGARDING RECALL WORK APPOINTMENT. ***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE WORK WOULD BE COMPLETED, HOWEVER THE DEALER CALLED THE CONSUMER AND TOLD HIM THERE WERE NO MORE PARTS AVAILABLE. THE CIGARETTE LIGHTER DID NOT WORK. *JB