Equipment › Mechanical › Accessory Scissor/Screw/Bottle Jack/Lift
Filed Jan 31, 1996CT
VEHICLE WAS RECALLED FOR JACK BUT VOLKSWAGEN HAS NOT DELIVERED A NEW JACK. TT *JB
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1994 Volkswagen Jetta complaints
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Equipment › Mechanical › Accessory Scissor/Screw/Bottle Jack/Lift
Filed Dec 13, 1995CA
95V054 SANTA MONICA VOLKSWAGEN. ZONE OFFICE STATES STAGARD SHIPPING. PARTS STILL NOT AVAILABLE. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE MAY. TT
Equipment › Mechanical › Accessory Scissor/Screw/Bottle Jack/Lift
Filed Dec 1, 1995VA
VOLKSWAGEN CUSTOMER RELATIONS WILL NOT CORRECT OWNERS ADDRESS WHICH IS HOLDING UP RECALL SERVICE. JACK IS BROKEN W/VEHICLE COLLAPSING. TT
Visibility › Defroster/Defogger/Hvac System › Fan/Motor
Filed Dec 1, 1995CA
RENO VW, RENA NEVADA WILL NOT PERFORM MFG RECALL TD DUE TO BLOWER MOTOR SHORTING OUT WHILE AT DEALERS. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS.
Visibility › Windshield
Filed Nov 20, 1995NY
WINDSHIELD CRACKING STRAIGHT ACROSS WITH OUT ANY TYPE OF CRACK FOR STARTING POINT. TT
Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Tank Assembly
Filed Nov 13, 1995CA
HOLE IN FUEL TANK, CAUSED BY TIRE BLOWOUT. *DSH
Suspension › RearCrash
Filed Oct 20, 1995CT
VEHICLE TRAVELLING AT 35-40 MPH ON A CURVE, WHEN DOWNSHIFTING TO SLOW DOWN AROUND CURVE, THE VEHICLE FISHTAILED AND WENT OVER AN ENBANKMENT. TT
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Oct 2, 1995OR
ENGINE OIL LEAK. *SD
Equipment › Mechanical › Accessory Scissor/Screw/Bottle Jack/Lift
Filed Sep 20, 1995MD
JACK WAS IN USAGE WHEN THE THREAD OF THE JACK FAILED, CAUSING THE JACK/VEHICLE TO FALL. *SD
Electrical System › Ignition
Filed Sep 1, 1995VA
VEHICLE LOSES SPEED WHILE DRIVING. DIES OUT WHILE STOPPING. *AK
Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Jun 27, 1995NJ
VEHICLE WAS AT HIGH IDLE WHILE BEING PARKED. TT
Electrical System › Ignition
Filed Jun 12, 1995NY
VEHICLE STALLS OUT WITHOUT ANY WARNING, DEALER CAN NOT LOCATE THE PROBLEM. TT
Suspension › Front
Filed Mar 13, 1995MI
VEHICLE HAS HAD NUMEROUS FRONT END ALIGNMENTS, AND FRONT END IS STILL NOT CORRECT. TT
Electrical System › Ignition
Filed Feb 23, 1995NV
VEHICLE STALLS OUT WHILE DRIVING WITH NO WARNING. TT
Electrical System › Alternator/Generator/Regulator
Filed Feb 5, 1995NJ
POTENTIOMETER FAILED, CAUSING SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP/LOSS OF CONTROL. *SKD
Air Bags › FrontalCrash1 injured
Filed Jan 9, 1995CA
DRIVER'S AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT WAS VIOLENT DURING ACCIDENT, CAUSING BURNS. *SKD
Latches/Locks/Linkages › Doors › Latch
Filed Jan 3, 1995CT
UNABLE TO UNLOCK VEHICLE WITH KEY FROM OUTSIDE/KEY WOULD GO INTO PASSENGER'S SIDE LOCK BUT WOULD NOT TURN/KEY WOULD NOT GO INTO DRIVER'S SIDE LOCK AT ALL.
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NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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