2001 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA Complaints

VEHICLE WAS HIT DIRECTLY ON DRIVERS SIDE AT 50 MPH BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. CONSUMER FELT THAT SIDE AIRBAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED INSTEAD OF STEERING WHEEL AND THE DASH BOARD DEPLOYING. CONSUMER MAY NOT HAVE BROKEN A RIB IF SIDE AIRBAGS HAD DEPLOYED. CONSUMER HAS YET TO CONTACT DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFOMATION. *AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS DELAYED IN TRAFFIC, SUN WAS BEAMING ON VEHICLE AND CAUSED FIRE TO INTERIOR MATERIALS ON SUNROOF. DEALER IS NOT WILLING TO FIX.*AK

SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SPUTTER AND SHAKE WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATING, CONSUMER RETURNED VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP TO FIX TEMPERATURE REGULATOR IN THE ENGINE SYSTEM, HOWEVER AFTER REPAIR THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND CONSUMER LOST ALL BRAKING ABILITY. THE DEALERSHIP AND MANUAL STATE THAT IT IS OK FOR THE DRIVER TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON, BUT WHEN LIGHT IS FLASHING DO NOT DRIVE, THE BRAKES AND ENGINE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT FLASHING LIGHTS FOR PROPER WARNING. *MJS

CAR WAS PARKED ON NEAR-LEVEL SURFACE OF DRIVEWAY. CAR WAS LEFT IN NEUTRAL (MANUAL TRANSMISSION) AND PARKING BRAKE WAS SET. DOORS WERE LOCKED. CAR BEGAN TO ROLL 165 FEET DOWN DRIVEWAY ABOUT 20 MINUTES AFTER USE. CAR RESTED IN A FENCE POST. DEALER CLAIMS THAT CAR SHOULD BE LEFT IN GEAR BECAUSE THE PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM ON THIS CAR IS HYDRAULIC, AND WHILE THE CAR IS DRIVEN, THE REAR DISC BRAKES HEAT UP, AND WHEN THE CAR IS PARKED, THE BRAKES COOL DOWN. THE SAME BRAKES THAT COOL DOWN ARE THE SAME BRAKES THAT HEAT UP. WHEN A BRAKE PAD HEATS UP, IT EXPANDS, WHEN IT COOLS DOWN, IT CONTRACTS. MY PARKING BRAKES FAILED BECAUSE THEY COOLED OFF AND BECAME INOPERABLE, CAUSING THE CAR TO ROLL ALL ON ITS OWN. I WAS NEVER INFORMED THAT THE PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM ON THIS CAR WAS NOT A SEPARATE DRUM BRAKE, AND I WAS NEVER ADVISED BY THE DEALER DURING DELIVERY TO LEAVE THE CAR IN GEAR WHILE PARKED BECAUSE THE PARKING BRAKE WILL BE USELESS AFTER EVERY TRIP.*AK

BOTH FRONT SEATS ROCK FRONT TO BACK ON THEIR TRACKS. I HAVE REPORTED THE PROBLEM TO TWO DEALERS FOR A TOTAL OF FOUR TIMES. ONE DEALER ACKNOWLEDGES THE PROBLEM, AND SAYS THAT THERE IS NO FIX, THE OTHER SAYS THAT THE ROCKING IS NORMAL. THESE SEATS ROCK TOO MUCH. THEY ARE A DISTRACTION WHILE DRIVING, THUS CAUSING A SAFETY HAZARD. THIS CAR IS A LEMON. THE DEALER THAT CLAIMS THERE IS NO FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM COULD HAVE EASILY REPLACED THE SEATS. THE DEALER THAT SAYS THIS PROBLEM IS NORMAL HAS OTHER 2001 MODELS WITH THE SAME DEATS, ALL OF WHICH DO NOT ROCK.

CONSUME RWAS TRAVELING 25MPH ON A SIDE STREETAND HIT A DRAINAGE GATE, AND PASSENGER'S AIRBAG WENT OFF. HE HAS CONTACTED DEALERSHIP. *AK IE04-078*PO

CHECK OIL LIGHT CAME ON. AFTER CHECKING DIPSTICK FOUND THAT IT WAS COMPLETELY EMPTY. TOOK CAR NEXT DAY DIRECTLY TO DEALER AND FOUND THEY KNOW OF PROBLEM WITH THE CAR BURNING OIL AND IT WAS "NORMAL FOR THE CAR TO DO THAT UNDER 10,000." CAR WAS SERVICED AT MINUTEMAN VW FOR 5K SERVICE. CAR TAKEN TO SAME LOCATION. THEY SUGGESTED WE PUT OIL IN CAR AND COME BACK TUESDAY. WE DROVE AWAY BUT RETUNED AFTER 10 MINUTES TO GET RENTAL CAR. THE VEHICLE GAVE NO SIGNS ABOUT AN OIL LEAK BEFOREHAND NOR HEAVY SMOKE FROM THE EXHUAST. UNFORTUNATELY, I DID NOT GET A CHANCE TO CHECK THE SPARK PLUGS. IS THERE ANY RECOURSE WE CAN HAVE SINCE THIS DEFECT NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES WE TAKE IT BACK WILL DEVALUE OUR VEHICLE? PLEASE ADVISE.

CAR WOULD MAKE AWFUL HIGH-PITCHED HOWLING NOISE AT 40MPH. THOUGHT IT WAS ROAD NOISE, DEALER SAID MIGHT BE DRIVESHAFT, CHANGED DRIVE SHAFT, STILL HOWLED, CHANGED TRANSMISSION, NOW IT SEEMS TO BE OK. SEEMS MANY OTHER 2001 VW JETTA'S IN THE S.FLORIDA AREA EXPERIENCED SAME PROBLEMS BECAUSE I SAW MANY MORE JETTAS IN THE REPAIR SHOP, AND MOST OF THE VEHICLE OWNERS I SPOKE TO THERE SAID THEY WERE GETTING NEW TRANSMISSIONS PUT IN. SOME WERE GETTING THEIR 3RD AND 4TH CHANGES. *AK

THE TRUNK PROTECTION PLATE (STAINLESS STEEL) AT THE LATCH CUTOUT AREA IS RAZOR SHARP CAUSING ME TO CUT A CHUNK OF MEAT OUT OF MY FINGER TO THE BONE REQUIRING MEDICAL ATTENTION. I CALLED VW AND THEY STATED THAT THE CONSUMERS SAFETY WAS NOT THEIR CONCERN. I FEEL THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE TO RECALL THIS PART AND FIT IT WITH A PROTECTIVE GASKET OF SOME SORT.*AK

WHILE INSTALLING A CSS ALL REAR SEAT BELT BUCKLES AND ANCHORS WERE PULLED OUT.*AK