general problems of the 2001 Volkswagen Jetta

Abs/asr lights came on. Dealership said that I need a new abs module and pump. After reading online, I have read that this is a common problem. Car only has 61,000 miles on it.

We have a 2001 Volkswagen Jetta tdi that we bought in daytona beach, FL. The car has 39,000 miles on it. We recently experienced a problem with the brakes. We were on rt92 when the car started slowing down and would not go any faster; this is in a 50mph speed zone. My husband was driving and as soon as traffic would let him he got over in the right hand lane and all the time the car is going slower and slower. He decided to check the brakes and found the brake pedal down, putting his foot under the pedal he got it back up and then the car started moving faster. This car had applied the brakes all on its own. Then we stopped at a traffic light and the brakes would make a noise sounding like air brakes. We drove the car home (20 miles) that day and parked it in the garage afraid to drive it.

Besides having many, many, many problems with my vw Jetta, I have found the absolute biggest one. While driving for a while. . . Say 45 minutes or so depending on the day. . . The rear brakes lock up and stay on while still driving. It has been to the dealership three separate times to have this fixed and they say they can't get it to demonstrate the problem on their lame 10 mile test drive and has yet to remain fixed. They also tried to make me fix some other meaningless problems with the car under the guise of fixing the brakes which I did not agree to. I no longer feel safe in the car and refuse to drive it.

"when the brake pedal was depressed from a cold start position, the vehicle failed to stop, which resulted in extended stopping distance. . The consumer stated there was damage to the vehicle as a result of the vehicle not stopping.