Two problems related to brakes failed have been reported for the 2014 Volkswagen Jetta. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2014 Volkswagen Jetta based on all problems reported for the 2014 Jetta.
The contact owns a 2014 Volkswagen Jetta. While driving approximately 45 mph and attempting to stop at a red light, the brakes malfunctioned and did not stop the vehicle in a timely manner. When depressing the brake pedal, the pedal felt hard. The vehicle was driven to the local dealer (wallace Volkswagen, 2805 se federal hwy, stuart, FL) where it was diagnosed that the brake camshaft lobe had sheared off, causing the brake vacuum pump to fail. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and did not assist. The failure mileage was 122,000.
On Tuesday, August 4, 2015, I was driving my leased 2014 Jetta with my 1 year old baby, when my brakes completely locked up. Unfortunately, at the time, we happened to be at a stop sign on a steep hill about a half a block from our house. As I began rolling backwards down the hill trying to do everything I could think of in that moment of sheer panic, I truly did not think the outcome was going to be good. Thankfully after about fifteen seconds of no brakes whatsoever, they finally popped back on. I lease this Jetta, so I had it towed for free to a dealership where I obviously have to get all of the work done. They called to let me know that my one year old car had faulty wheel bearings and it was causing the computer to get confused and therefore making my brakes seize up. My car is 1 year old and has 14,000 miles on it with no other symptoms and/or noises that would signify bad wheel bearings. Which made it even weirder is I called my old Volkswagen dealership (I just moved a month ago) and I asked him if it could indeed be my wheel bearings. He said it was extremely unlikely and that if it were, my brakes probably wouldn't have popped back on. Maybe I'm just being paranoid, but this all is so fishy to me. I feel like they be covering up and/or misdiagnosing the car to avoid a possible law suit because my brakes failed. I'm terrified to get back in the car even after they've "fixed" it.