Eight problems related to air bag not deploy have been reported for the 2003 Volkswagen Jetta. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2003 Volkswagen Jetta based on all problems reported for the 2003 Jetta.
Headed west on i70 in eagle county and hit an ice bridge and went head on to a concrete barrier. 03 tdi Jetta was totaled. Air bags did not deploy at all.
Air bag sensors failure. In event of a crash air bags will not deploy. There are 1000's of similar complaints on the internet.
- the contact owns a 2003 Jetta jls. While driving at 60 mph the contact's vehicle was cut off by a truck and lost control of the vehicle. The vehicle proceeded down an embankment, flipped over sideways, and end over end, landing upside down in a canal. The driver was pulled from the wreckage and it became submerged. There was damage to the doors, the rear and the front. The air bag side/curtain, frontal airbags failed to deploy, and the seat belt failed to work properly during the crash. The failure and current mileage were both 35000. The driver sustained a broke nose, as well as, other injuries.
: the contact stated while traveling at 60 mph on a slush covered highway, the vehicle started to fish tail and hit the retaining wall in the median. This was a frontal impact, the driver side air bag did not deploy. The passenger side air bag deployed without a passenger in the seat. The contact was wearing a seat belt, but sustained minor injuries. The vehicle was towed to a salvage yard. The vehicle has not been inspected to determine why the air bag did not deploy. The vehicle was deemed totaled. The manufacturer has been contacted. A police report was taken at the scene.
The vehicle's air bags did not deploy during an accident. The consumer sustained multiple injuries as a result. Vw refused to investigate the problem. The consumer requested an exchange for a most recent model at no cost or penalty under the same remaining terms of the existing lease.
Consumer's vehicle was going 40 mph when it was hit by another vehicle which had cut in front of consumer. Upon impact, the air bags failed to deploy. Driver sustained whiplash. Vehicle was not totalled, but it did suffer over $8,000. 00 in damages.
While driving at 25 mph and talking on the phone consumer's vehicle collided with the rear of another vehicle. Upon impact, air bags did not deploy. No injuries were reported, but consumer was citied by the police.
While driving 25 mph in inclement weather consumer applied the brake pedal and the brakes failed. This caused the vehicle to crash into a tree. Upon impact, both frontal air bags failed to deploy. Vehicle was towed to the dealer for inspection.
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