general problems of the 1999 Volkswagen Jetta

Two problems related to air bag have been reported for the 1999 Volkswagen Jetta. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 03/17/2013

Tl- the contact owns a 1999 Volkswagen Jetta. The contact stated that while driving 35 mph smoke began to fill the cabin of the vehicle. The contact stopped the vehicle and saw the smoke was bellowing from beneath the steering column. After some time the smoke disappeared and the contact attempted to restart the vehicle and the air bag deployed independently. The manufacturer was notified who advised the contact to take the vehicle to a dealer. The vehicle was taken to a dealer for inspection and was awaiting the results. The failure and current mileage was 115,144. Dt.

2 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 05/20/2002

No summary listed for above vehicle.


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