2001 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA Complaints

DEALER MECHANIC STATED THAT THE AIR PUMP RUSTED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CAR WAS GARAGED EVERY NIGHT. WARRANTY ON PART EXPIRED AT 24000 MILES I HAVE 31000.

VEHICLE SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS---770753. *AK *NLM

@ 20000 MILES DESERT VW PERFORMED WARRENTY SERVICE (5 WEEKS AGO) WHICH INCLUDED A COMPLETE BREAK INSPECTION. AT THE TIME NO PROBLEM WAS SEEN. @ 22000 MILES BOTH PADS ON THE BACK WERE TOTALLY GONE. I UNDERSTAND VW USED A THINNER PAD ON THE 2001 JETTA'S. THIS WAS TO CUT DOWN ON NOISE NOTED ON THE 2000 MODELS IN 2002 VW WENT BACK TO THE OLD PADS. I CONTACTED VW OF AMERICA, AND DESERT VW. BOTH TOLD ME CHANGING THE BACK BRAKES @ 22000 MILES WAS NORMAL. HOW WAS MY PADS BEING WORN DOWN TO NOTHING MISSED AT 20000? @ 22000 I'M DOING A BRAKE JOB ON THE BACK BRAKES ONLY? IT WOULD SEEM THAT BRAKES, (ON THE BACK), SHOULD LAST 2 TO 1 FROM THE FRONT. THE SHOP THAT DID THE REPAIR SAID HE HAS NEVER ENCOUNTED THIS BEFORE AND THIS SHOP HANDLES IMPORTS ONLY. PLEASE CONTACT ME AND I WILL FORWARD ALL INFORMATION TO YOUR OFFICE. I FEEL THIS IS UNSAFE, COSTLY AND CAN BE CORRECTED. DT

THE FRONT BUMPER ASSEMBLY ON MY JETTA PARTIALLY DETACHES WHENEVER IT SCRAPES AGAINST A CURB OR PARKING BLOCK. I HAVE HAD IT REPAIRED THREE TIMES AND TRIED TO REPAIR IT MYSELF THREE TIMES. I HAVE SPENT OVER FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS IN THE FIRST YEAR OF OWNERSHIP AND NOW IT HAS HAPPENED AGAIN. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A MUCH MORE WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM THAN IS BEING REPORTED. VOLKSWAGEN SHOULD BE MADE TO REPAIR THE BUMPERS AT NO CHARGE OR RECALL ALL EFFECTED VEHICLES AND STRENGTHEN THE BUMPER ASSEMBLY. *TS *NLM **DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12-12-02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS**770127

HAD PROBLEMS PRIOR WITH BRAKE PEDAL VIBRATING WHEN DEPRESSED SLIGHTLY AND ALSO DURING TURNS WITH LOSS OF BRAKE POWER. ABS SYSTEM REPLACED BY LOCAL DEALER. HAD AN INCIDENT AFTER REPLACEMENT. GOING DOWN A HILL AT 45 MPH WITH A RIGHT BEND, APPLIED BRAKES. SAME VIBRATION IN BRAKE PEDAL, NO BRAKING POWER AND STEERING KICKED CAR SHARPLY TO LEFT AND ENDED UP OFF THE ROAD. THEN EVERYTHING SEEMED TO WORK AGAIN BUT STILL EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS CAR GOING IN FOR MORE SERVICE YET AGAIN. DT

THE CEHCK ENGING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, THE DEALER STATED THERE WAS A FAULTY IGNITION COIL. TS *JB

THE 2001 VW JETTA HAS HAD THREE O2 (OXYGEN) SENSOR FAILURES SINCE PURCHASE IN SEPTEMBER 2000. IN ADDITION HAVE EXPERIENCED THE NEED, ACCORDING TO DEALERSHIP, TO HAVE O2 SENSOR CLEANED, WHICH AGAIN CAUSED ENGINE LIGHT TO APPEAR. HAVE TALKED TO VW OF AMERICA, CLAIM MY JETTA IS NOT ONE OF THE CARS ISSUED AS A RECALL FOR THE O2 ISSUED ON 1/11/2002. YET IT IS A CONTINUAL PROBLEM. HAVE SPOKEN TO TWO VW MECHANICS. THEY CLAIM VW IS AWARE THEIR SUPPLIER OF THE PART HAS MANUFACTURED FAULTY O2 SENSORS, YET CONTINUE TO PURCHASE THESE PARTS. TALKED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC ON AN O2 NEEDING A 'CLEANING'. INDEPENDENT MECHANIC STATED THIS SHOULD NOT BE NECESSARY FOR ANY VEHICLE. MAKES ME WONDER IF THIS IS TO AVOID THE LEMON LAW -- LIST THE REPAIR AS A CLEANING INSTEAD OF REPLACEMENT. VW OF AMERICA HAS ISSUED ME A CASE NUMBER, YET VW FEELS THIS IS A DEALER PROBLEM NOT A CORPORATE PROBLEM. I STRONGLY DISAGREE, BASED ON HAVING AN O2 SENSOR FAIL FROM TWO VW DEALERSHIPS. THE DEALERSHIPS CAN ONLY SUPPLY THE PARTS FROM THE MANUFACTURER INWHICH VW HAS AUTHORIZED. CONFIDENCE IN VW'S RECALL JARRED. EXPERIENCE WITH THEIR COSUMER SERVICE AND SATISFACTION DISMAL. MY JETTA IS EXPERIENCING SOME SITUATIONS AS THE RECALLED CARS, YET I AM NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL UMBRELLA. HOW DO I BEST PROTECT MY SAFETY, AS WELL AS MY INVESTMENT, MY CAR, WHEN IT COMES TO VW PRACTICES? DT

WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 70 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAGS AND THE OVERHEAD AIRBAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT CONTACT WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. TS *JG

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE ON THE ABS CONTROL UNIT IN MARCH 2002. AN APPOINTMENT COULD NOT BE MADE UNTIL JULY 10, 2002. THE ABS LIGHT & BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CONSUMER WAS TOLD TO CONTINUE DRIVING THE CAR UNTIL JUNE 25. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY WERE APPALLED THAT UNDER THE SEVERITY OF THE ABS UNIT CONSUMER WAS TOLD TO KEEP DRIVING. *JG

VEHICLE WOULD HESTATE AND STALL OUT WHEN APPLYING THE ACCELETOR PEDAL FROM A STOP POSITION. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. TS