Volkswagen Jetta

"The paint is peeling off right behind the front wheelwell on both sides of the car. The dealer admits it is a defect and is talking about fixing it as a warranty service even though it is finished. The dealer is giving a bit of run-around, though"

"Paint has started to peel at the doors and around the wheel/fender wells. The paint at the doors is at the bottom at the front door post/pillar"

"The paint is literally falling off. At least 10% of the paint is gone."

"The B pillar black paint had fading on part of the panel"

"Front wings, known problem, Warranty available. Overall, car has held up remarkably well given the amount of salt used in Ontario"

"Hood and rear quarter panel rusted and repaired by vw after complaining and originally denied"

"I had rust on the trunk door near the licence plate lightning. Under Warranty. After this winter, rust also appear on front fenders. I've just brought it to the dealer and i'm waiting for vw CA answer"

"Still awaiting call back from dealership re arranging body shop work. My erosion report was acknowledged Sept. 2, 2014. I know of other owners that have had this difficulty even with rust holes through the front fenders. I would think that a 12 y"

"Within 2 years of ownership, the car went from none of the quarter panels having rust to all of them along with the doors having rust."

"The paint is falling off on all lower edges causing extreme rust."

"Some rust beginning to appear at edge of wheel well above front wheels and left rear wheel. Also behind left front wheel in gap between body parts."

"The rocker panels behind the front wheels were starting to show rust coming through from inside. I showed this to VW and to my surprise they admitted this was a problem with my car and they fixed the problem and repainted the lower portion of the car at their expense."

"Both front fenders and left rear quarter panel all rusted through with hole. Paint peeling wherever there is galvanized steel. Rear hatch corroding around center brake light. Hood with multiple corrosion spots. Door panels corroding on bottom edge."

"Saw rust around all fenders and beside a couple lights"

"erosion policy includes only rust through the body from interior not normal rust. Company and employees could be more clear (rather than waiting 6 months) causing more rust to find out rust not covered"

"-Fender and rocker panels. repaired under warrranty"

"Rust around the door sills especially the driver side"

"Rust along wheel wells and between body panels."

"computer chip failure. 1200 to repair w/o labor. does not affect overall braking system."

"computer chip failure. does not effect braking system according to my mechanic. chip cost over $1200 without the labor to install. have operated the vehicle without any braking problems what so ever since chip failed a year ago."

"Modular required a reset after it had been activated. Repaired by recall"

"Dashboard light and buzzer comes on indicating ABS not operative. Was assured by mechanic that it did not effect brakes. Module is approx $1500 and I decided not to fix the problem."

"Last spring my ABS and Stability control warning lights came on. I brought to a dealer to have software upgrade under a recall. Then last fall, same lights came on, had it in shop to replace ABS module, again a recall under warrantee. NOW, a month ago, the lights are again on. VW told me that it is because the one or all ABS sensors on the wheels need to be replace, can cost between $150 and $600+. Thankfully I can drive without danger. BUT if I want to sell the car, the value plummets. I will NEVER purchase another WV!!!!"

"Abs control module failed. It was braking even harder than before but if you needed to go all in it would lock the brakes in all 4"

"car was recalled for ABS issue"

"Issues cropped up before the recall, but there was a recall on the ABS controller"

"Recall on module"

"Manufacturer recall"

"Module that controls antilock braking and stability had to be replaced"

"I really had no problems, but VW issued a recall on the ABS system because it could fail. I took it to dealer which replaced my ABS as it was faulty at no charge to me.."

"At 45000 miles the right rear caliper seized due to corrosion. Parts had to be ordered which caused significant delay."

"rear brake pads replaced at 123k and then again at 144k, sticky rear brakes caused premature wear"

"Rotors and brake pads needed to be replaced at about 55000"

"I had two complete brake jobs done within one year, both times requiring new rotors and callipers. I believe this was more to do with a dealer ripoff by the service department. The brakes do seem to require work once a year"

"brakes occasionally squeak in first few minutes of use, and disappears quickly"

"Stopped working and drained battery"

"Inserting CD to 3rd slot gives hard error. Reset itself days later"

"Needs code to be reset with battery change"

"Navigation system quit working will cost more than I am willing to pay to replace it"

"I have having difficulty pairing the latest iPhone with my bluetooth system"

"The radio had some sort of internal problem. It indicated that it had some sort of problem with a CD even though a CD had never been inserted into it. There was no way to unstick an uninserted CD. This disabled the radio. We ultimately had to rep"

"Antenna connection for satellite radio system has a short somewhere and cannot be repaired. So it doesn't work and never will work"

"Does not work at all for days or weeks"

"Stopped working and drained battery"

"AM radio no longer works, satellite radio cuts out occasionally, LCD screen is improperly oriented as to polarization - cannot be read with polarized sunglasses"

"I replaced the car battery and afterwards, I could not play audio from my phone - the aux function had been removed. The dealer stated I needed a new radio to fix the issue. An after market shop reset a code in the computer to turn that function back on."

"This car had a 6 disc changer. The disc changer jammed but this causes the whole radio to cease functioning which is a poor design"

"Radio is dead. Cost to repair/replace: $ 1000"

"Speakers stopped working passenger side front door"

"Electric Latch to unlock the door has been replaced twice."

"All door power locks except the driver's side door and rear hatch had failed completely - leading to unexpectedly setting off the alarm when opening car doors. (The fuel door power lock showed intermittent failures)."

"The door lock solenoids have failed and cost to replace these components is in excess of 600 dollars because of the difficult to access location in the door. These are the types of issues that make people conclude that car makers build in this kind of problem for profit. This concept is beyond my comprehension when VW is paying out billions of dollars to settle the TDI issue. and they have lost me as a customer and two adult children one a programmer and one a pharmacist they do not seem to get"

"Leaks Sunroof retractable shade broken (stuck open)"

"The sunroof will get stuck open on hot days. It has to be returned to the dealer to get it closed. The dealer keeps making ineffectual fixes and avoids making the expensive real fix. The car is now out of warranty and the dealer won't commit to a fix"

"The sunshade does not close properly"

"leakage that cause lot of mist (ice in winter here in Quebec) in the windscreen. I had the pb twice : - water in the spare wheel - water in the passenger compartment 2 years later"

"Rust developed on the trunk hood around the license plate light. It was replaced under warranty without problem"

"Same issue, the latch doesn't open easily"

"Rear driver side window motor is making noises. Dealer didn't have one in stock and has never called about it"

"replacement of front left strut"

"Front Suspension worn out and needed to be replaced. Car would creak on speed bumps"

"broken right front spring"

"Springs on these cars are pre-maturely breaking ! Three springs in last year ! V.W. mechanics told me this is a weakness in the cars, and I agree ! I owned a Toyota for 10 years before and drove on same roads and never replaced one spring !!!"

"Both front springs broke due to corrosion. Parts had to be ordered which delayed the repair and the repair was quite costly."

"One front spring broke on normal road conditions (no potholes). Cause was corrosion and stress crack. Same type of brittle failure happened to the rear stabilizer bar. Both failures happened while driving."

"One of my rear coil springs snapped in half and *fell off the car* while I was taking a turn."

"Front right spring broke, car was undriveable and was towed to dealer for repair"

"cracked front spring"

"I am repeatedly having to replace one part or another of the front steering and drive system"

"car has only highway miles--changeout turned out to be entirely unneccessary--next to zero waer"

"Was due to be changed at 120. Changed it early due to radiator work and cost saving involved with removing the same things to access belt. General maintenance"

"The pulleys used for the serpentine belt are made of plastic rather than metal, and at 52000 miles were worn to the point of danger. Repair was costly and could have been avoided had VW chosen a more appropriate material for these parts"

"Intake manifold needed replacing Waste gate control needed replacing Turbo had screw missing which is a know problem and VW replaced the Turbo for free. Glow plug needs replacing"

"Turbo died for second time - $2500 replacement"

"premature failure, unreasonably expensive, would not allow use of new OEM part, had to buy VW rebuid to get warranty"

"Turbo was leaking"

"Went bad after 120k miles. Very expensive"

"Turbocharger failed and had to be replaced. Too much debris found in intercooler which also had to be replaced"

"Engine computer failed. Car would start, but would not engage transmission. Cost over $1700 to replace computer"

"Some electronic modules need replacement, but the cost was covered by waranty"

"I had a significant, but not gushing, diesel fuel leak"

"At 100,000 miles this car kept blowing oil filters and draining the oil. Seems the oil cooler (?) malfunctioned which then blew the oil pressure regulator which was connected to it. From there it would blow the filter seals. $1500. very $$ to own"

"Leaking oil pan that needed replacement. Bumper to Bumper Warranty was not honored because it was an aftermarket oil pan. But it was the oil pan existing on the car when purchased. If that was the oil pan on the vehicle when certified, warrantied and"

"There was a leak in the engine that caused the failure of a seal/gasket."

"Oil leak at oil pan gasket"

"brake fluid pump replaced"

"sun roof"

"Sunroof drain clogged. Front footwells wet. Water also leaks in rear cargo dome light after heavy rain"

"Water leaks after heavy rain in cabin. Not yet resolved."

"Leaking from roof into cabin caused wet carpet. Had to trace leak and fix at some expense..."

"Sometimes a Loud "Thunk" from rear roof area when going over irregular surface e.g. clipping a curg in a driveway. (It is a wagon with big sunroof.)"

"generally noisy when on Interstate"

"The pendulum support bushing wore out allowing the engine to rock too far forward and aft during start/stop and shifting. This also caused vibration through the front suspension."

"Clicking sound making turns at slow speeds under 10 mph"

"Steering wheel column electrical assembly related; No wiper & horn control; plus false airbag fault indicator light on"

"Car computers could not be fixed after 4 (yes four!) different mechanic shops tried to repair including dealer. Eventually just sold it back to dealer as the care was unable to function reliably"

"The cable connecting the driveshaft speed sensor to the engine management computer had a broken wire that caused an intermittent loss of signal. So the serious problem warning came on (all segments of the gear selector display illuminated) but the vehicle actually continued to operate normally."

"Recurrent check engine light was diagnosed as defective wiring harness. Replaced under extended warranty"

"Glow plug failure which included additional sensor indications - intermittent, took several days to troubleshoot but took out multiple sensors whenever failed"

"#4 cylinder glow plug and sensor replaced at 144k #3 cylinder fuel injector replaced at 148k"

"One of the four diesel engine "glow plugs" failed and required replacement at an expense in the $300 price range"

"routine maintance"

"Leak in radiator, required replacement. Plastic parts in radiator failed"

"Temp sensor failure"

"Part failed. Needsd to replace"

"The water pump failed and required replacement at a cost of $1200 which was not covered by warranty"

"Transmission leaking into lower underbody shield was found at 30,000 mi. in 4'th year of service. Required Engine & Transmission R&R under new-car 7-yr. Extended Warranty. Out of pocket cost $100, Total cost of repair about $1800 under extended warr"

"The transmission was in need of repair due to control solenoids the dealer did the repair at the cost of over 3000 dollars and were unable to properly seal the transmission casing and it leaks to this day. The car is subject to the tdi buyback but a dealer not being able to properly repair a transmission is inexcusable"

"doesn't like to back up"

"Intake manifold is jamming up at low idle"