2008 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA Complaints

DRIVER SIDE FRONT AND REAR DOORS DON'T LOCK. THERE IS NO OPTION TO MANUALLY LOCK IT, THE ELECTRONIC IGNITION HAS MALFUNCTIONED AND THERE IS NO WAY TO LOCK THESE DOORS. THERE IS RISK OF THE DOORS FLINGING OPEN IN CASE OF ACCIDENT ESPECIALLY WITH A CHILD SITTING IN THE REAR SEAT. *TR

WHILE ENTERING A PARKING LOT, PARKING SPACE, AFTER STOPPING COMPLETELY, THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE WHEN ACCELERATOR WAS LIGHTLY DEPRESSED, THERE WAS A 1 TO 3 SECOND DELAY, AND THEN THE CAR LUNGED FORWARD CRASHING INTO THE OPPOSING PARKED VEHICLE, DAMAGING THE FRONTS OF BOTH VEHICLES. THIS HESITATION WAS NOTED ONCE BEFORE AT ABOUT 3800 MILES WHILE ENTERING A HIGHWAY FROM A STOP. AGAIN, THE HESITATION WAS FOLLOWED BY A SUDDEN LUNGE. SELLING VW DEALER SAID IT SOUNDED LIKE A DSG TRANS PROBLEM, BRING BACK FPR EVALUATION AFTER ITS REPAIRED. THIS UNEXPECTED SURGE PROBLEM IS THE DIRECT CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT. THERE SHOULD BE A SAFETY RECALL. NOTE: WHILE THIS VW JETTA IS 7 YRS OLD, IT IS NOT DRIVEN OFTEN AS CAN BE SEEN BY LESS THAN 500-800 MILES PER YEAR. *TR

VEHICLE JERKS HARSHLY WHEN DOWN SHIFTING FROM 3RD TO 2ND & 2ND TO 1ST GEARS. USUALLY RIGHT AROUND 20MPH TO 15MPH. *TR

WE HAVE A 2008 JETTA PURCHASED NEW IN DECEMBER 2007. IT CURRENTLY HAS 58,000 MILES ON IT. WE HAVE HAD NUMEROUS SAFETY ISSUES WITH IT. A CRASH SENSOR WENT OUT AT ABOUT 50K. THIS COST OVER $500 TO FIX AT THE LOCAL DEALER. RECENTLY THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND SHOWS CODE 01221 WHICH IS DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAG. THE DEALER SAID THE AIRBAG SYSTEM IS PROBABLY NOT FUNCTIONING WITH THE LIGHT ON. I'D GUESS THIS IS ANOTHER EXPENSIVE FIX. THIS CAR HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT, SUBMERGED, OR HAD A SPILL IN IT. IT SEEMS RIDICULOUS THAT THESE TYPE OF ISSUES WOULD BE OCCURRING IN A VEHICLE WITH THIS TYPE OF MILEAGE. *TR

AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON. VOLKSWAGEN INDICATES THAT AIRBAGS ARE NOT FUNCTIONING. NO INCIDENT CONTRIBUTED TO THIS. *TR

EMMISIONS LIGHT ON- NEVER RECEIVED ANY RECALL NOTICES FOR VW 2008 JETTA GLI/ EMMISION LIGHT ON/IGNIATION TO START HESITATION PLEASE TELL ME ALL RECALLS ON VW 2008 JETTA GLI. CAN I TAKE MY CAR TO MY LOCAL MECHANIC FOR RECALLS? THANK YOU *JS

SUNROOF WOULD OPEN AND CLOSE AT RANDOM, HAD THAT FIXED WHILE UNDER WARRANTY. NOW THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE DOOR WILL NOT LOCK AND THE ALARM WILL NOT TURN ON. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS WELL AS A THEFT ISSUE AND APPEARS ITS PRETTY COMMON DUE TO PREVIOUS VW THREADS. AT $400 REPAIR COSTS AND VW KNOWING THIS IS AN ISSUE, I FEEL THIS SHOULD BE ELEVATED TO A RECALL STATUS AND NOT CHARGEABLE TO OWNERS. PLEASE HELP ME/US, I CANT AFFORD THE REPAIR!!! *TR

IN 2011, THE RIGHT REAR DOOR STOPPED LOCKING. WHEN I WOULD TRY TO LOCK THE DOOR BOTH WITH THE INTERNAL LOCK SWITCH AND THE FOB, THE DOOR WOULD NOT LOCK. IT ALSO WOULD NOT CHIRP TO LET ME KNOW THAT ALL THE DOORS WERE LOCKED AND THE ALARM WAS SET. LOCKING THE DOOR WITH THE FOB DOES SET THE ALARM, HOWEVER YOU CAN OPEN THE REAR DOOR AND THE ALARM GOES OFF. IN SEPTEMBER OF 2014 THE LEFT REAR DOOR STOPPED LOCKING AS WELL...IT HAS THE EXACT SAME ISSUES AS THE RIGHT REAR DOOR NOT LOCKING...HOWEVER, IT IS SO FAR SOMEWHAT INTERMITTENT AND SOMETIMES WILL NOT OPEN AT ALL! *TR

A CAR HIT ME WHEN I WAS STOP TRYING TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN. THEY HIT ME ON THE LEFT FRONT CORNER OF MY CAR . TOOK OUT MY FRONT END. MY AIR BAGS DID NOT GO OFF. *TR

I TOOK MY CAR IN TO HAVE OIL CHANGED AND TO HAVE MY AC LOOKED AT DUE TO STRANGE SMELL COMING FROM VENTS. PER DEALERSHIP REQUEST THEY STATED I SHOULD HAVE THE AC FLUSHED. I LEFT MY CAR THERE WITHIN 30 MINUTES OF DROPPING IT OFF THE DEALERSHIP CALLED ME TO TELL ME MY CAR DIED. THEY HAD HOOKED IT UP TO FLUSH THE AC AND THE ENGINE DIED. UPON THEIR INVESTIGATION A COMPRESSION TEST WAS PERFORMED AND IT WAS DETERMINED CYLINDERS 1,2,3 AND 5 SHOWED ZERO COMPRESSION WHILE 4 SHOWED 80PSI. THEY ARE STATING DUE TO IMPROPER CAM TIMING. FURTHER INVESTIGATION SHOWED THE SECURING BOLT ON THE INTAKE CAMSHAFT WAS LOOSE. IT IS NOW RECOMMENDED TO REPLACE THE CYLINDER HEAD AND RETIME THE CAMSHAFT TO THE CRANKSHAFT. MY CAR DID NOT SHOW ANY ISSUES LEADING UP TO THE OIL CHANGE, NO WARNING LIGHTS NOTHING. CLEARLY I SHOULD HAVE HAD SOME SORT OF WARNING SIGNS. *TR