Ignition Coils Failure problems of the 2003 Volkswagen Jetta

I have a Jetta that continually burns out the fuse box, which just happened again. The fuse box to replace costs around $100. Everytime. Due to this problem I am encountering additional repairs. Ignition coil etc. I even went and purchase a new battery for 160. 00. Car will not run? help.

2003 vw Jetta: digital display would shut off when key was removed from ignition. Unable to lock vehicle doors with remote. Vehicle had to be restarted for digital panel to appear (re-set) and for door to lock with remote. Engine would also shut off while at a stop light and while driving on freeway. Possibility to cause a crash. All digital panels still illuminated, key would be locked in ingnition, un-able to turn or be removed until car placed back in park and hand brake pulled up. Issues occured bi-weekly, weekly, and now daily. Vehicle brought to dealership. Was told that ignition switch failed and needed to be replaced. Would have been covered under warranty (warrant just expired last month). After trying to diagnose problem prior to bringing to dealership, I've found on several forums that this is not a new issue/repair for vw customers with the same make and model. Many customers have had similar complaints/experiences, all of which were taken in for repair after warranty expired. Vehicle is only 7 years old and is at approximately 85,000 miles. This vehicle has also had service for the following recalls: catalytic converter, failed ignition coils, failed rear window/door locks. This car is a lemon!.

Within 6 months (4) of the (6) ignition coils have failed. I have it in now for the third and fourth ones.

I drove to work the car ran fine. After work I started the car it begin to shake. It lost half its power. . The dealership was three miles away. Ignition coil went bad at 46,158 miles and today 3-10-08 another one went bad at 49,036. My best friends passat ignition coil went bad at 19,367. I think these ignition coils are lemons and they need to make better ones.

1/10/08 I had my 2003 vw Jetta in for service. I was told the ignition coil #3 needed to be replaced. 4/11/08 ignition coil #1 needed to be replaced. I found the recall on your web site after the April problem. I was told that my car is not part of the recall, even though it states 2003 Jetta. On 12/4/08 I had to replace ignition coil #4 and on 1/21/09 another which also included the last two. I contacted Volkswagen of America, inc and was once again told that my 2003 Jetta was not included in the recall.

Ignition coils on 2003 Volkswagen Jetta 1. 8t continue d to fail every 3-4 months. I have gone through 6 coils in less than one year. Numerous times a coil failed while on a major highway, especially while attempting to merge into traffic flow. I could recall twice where I came very close to being rear ended because of this sudden loss of power. The engine light would briefly flash letting me know that the car was having a misfire. The vehicle was taken to the dealership for this and plenty of other problems in the past. The service manager suggested that I do a tune-up on the vehicle only 5,000 miles after one was performed. He could not pinpoint' the problem or duplicate it either. Apparently, Volkswagen was aware of the problem, but had not taken action to my knowledge. This was something very serious that should be more of a priority to Volkswagen considering I have found plenty of articles on this particular problem.

The contact owns a 2003 Volkswagen Jetta. While driving 30 mph, the check engine light illuminated. The mechanic stated that the ignition coil was defective. As of June 22, 2007, the vehicle has not been repaired. The VIN and engine size were unavailable. The current mileage is 76,000 and failure mileage was 69,000.

Three out of four of my ignition coils have blown and I have less then 50,000 miles on my car. The dealership admits there is no reason this should be happening, however I have to keep breaking down and getting my car towed in for it to be covered under warranty. This is outrageous they know they are all bad, but if I ask them to fix them I have to pay for it. This is an ongoing problem with my make/model and year. I have contacted Volkswagen directly and they will not do anything about it they say and I quote "I'm sorry to hear that" I tell everyone how many problems I have had due to this issue and have deterred at least two people that were considering Volkswagens to buy different vehicles. Its a shame this is my husband and I's second Volkswagen but the car has been towed/or broken down 9 times in less then 3 years, that's not good. Once this lease is up we will never deal with Volkswagen again. They don't want to do anything to help their customers, and that's a shame. I have done research on the coil issue and there are a lot of people who have encountered this same problem, obviously there is a huge defect and a lot of vehicles were affected.

Bought a Volkswagen Jetta GLS in 2003. Several things have had to be replaced. For example the glove box cover, wheel bearing. My mechanic told me that on most newer vehicles that wheel bearings do not require maintenance. My car has 74,000 miles. Last week I was driving and my malfunction indicator light started flashing and the car if going over 30 mph cut out. There was a rotten egg smell. It immediately went to the dealership and they said the catalytic converter and 2 coils were faulty. They replaced the catalytic converter and ignition coils for cylinders 1&3 and cleared fault codes. The catalytic converter was replaced under warranty. But said Volkswagen feels the ignition coils are a regular maintenance issue. I have done some research and am finding that Volkswagen has numerous complaints on the coils. In my research I found that vw had a customer satisfaction letter that was sent out to vw owners to bring car into dealership to replace the coils. Vw representative in michigan told me that they stopped doing that in 2005. I believe that I should have not had to pay to replace the ignition coils. Vw knows that they have had numerous problems with this. I love my vw but I have had problems this car that I have never had in any other vehicle. I trade vehicles every 3-4 years but will not purchase another Volkswagen. Not because I have had so many things go wrong because the strange problems I have had with the car and Volkswagen doesn't take care of their drivers.

As I was pulling out of a grocery store parking lot, my 2003 Jetta gli vr6 began to sputter and lose power. Engine light came on and would stay lit or start blinking as I tried to drive home. I contacted vw roadside assistance along with my vw dealership (strong vw, slc ut), and they informed me that I must bring it in. Seeing that I was barely going to make it home I contacted roadside assistance which was provided with my Jetta and they informed me that they could tow it to the nearest vw dealership (not where I originally purchased or had my car serviced) to have it looked at. Needless to say it was actually closer for me to drop off the Jetta at the nearest dealership rather than take it home, so I did that. I found out the following morning that the ignition coils were bad and needed to be replaced. That was done under warranty and apparently everything was fine. Three days later, each and every time I started my Jetta a noxious smell would fill the cabin. I reported this to my original dealership and had it in for service to fix the problem. After 5 days of trying to determine what the problem was they informed that since they couldn't duplicate the problem that there was nothing they could do. Ironically it hasn't happened since. My major complaint is that in the year and a half that I have owned my Jetta, I have had it in for non-traditional or non-scheduled service more than 3 times. My major fear is that when the warranty runs out what will happen next. I have been a loyal vw customer for 20+ years and haven't had this many problems with my previous 4 vw vehicles combined. Sadly enough, I possibly may never buy or lease a vw again!.

Ignition coil failure on the 1. 8 liter turbo engine for the Volkswagen Jetta.

Ignition coil on a brand new vw will go bad. I own a 2003 vw Jetta 1. 8t. Ignition coil #3 went out while I was driving on the highway. Car just lost power and started to run very rough. Brought it in to dealership to repair and was inform that they are aware of this problem and parts are back ordered. Shouldn't there be a notice sent out to owners about this problem and it's potential risk?.

My wife's 2002 Volkswagen Jetta has a bad ignition coil. Both Volkswagen corporation and our local vw dealer, speedcraft in wakefield ri, admitted that they have a coil problem with all 2002 Jettas and passats. They further noted to my wife that they do not have enough parts on hand to perform an actual recall. We are demanding that they replace all 4 coils since they know that it is likely that all 4 will eventually fail. They are refusing to do this. We feel it is unacceptable for them to refuse fixing a problem they know will likely occur. Such a failure at the wrong time while driving could possibly cause an accident. We are fearing for our safety.

Failure (cracked) of multiple ignition coil packs- causes engine to misfire/sputter- allowable emissions exceeded (mil-light indicator). Scc ***dimsii ivoq entry posted after 12/12/02 cut-over to artemis****770863****.

Ignition coil packs are faulty on 2002 vw Jetta's with 1. 8t engines. There are four of these parts on each 1. 8t engine. This problem causes the engine to misfire to the point of the car will stall and can not be driven. Vw is aware of the problem and has not issued a recall and will only replace the defective coil that fails not all defective coils. Owners could be stranded on the roadside and face potential danger. One of my coils failed this January 13, 2003.