Door Problems of Volkswagen Jetta - part 2

Front right side door molding fell off at 30000 and again at 36000. The other three are in the process of falling off or have fallen off of the other doors. Car has 60000, and the dealer says it is a problem but corporate Volkswagen does not.

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Automatic locks kick in after a minute or so. The buttons that go down have ridges on them that are very dangerous. Consumer has been repeatedly cut when arm was caught on the latch to the point where theres was little blood shed. Consumer feels the locks are dangerous.

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The door mouldings repeated fall off the door--defective adhesive. To date, no one was hit by the expelled moulding.

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Power door locks failed. Yh.

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Vehicle has been in and out of the shop due to the fact that the consumer had alot of problems with the power windows/power door locks and the signals. The dealer repaired all of the defects, but the consumer took the vehicle in for the windows to be repaired again, and they wanted the consumer to cover the fee.

Security remote,door locks, and panic button failed.

Power door locks failed.

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Vehicle power locks experiencing erratic operation; both front door would not locks or unlocks intermittently; dealer notified and informed that vehicle was out of it warranty and any repairs would be at consumer cost. Feel free to provide any further details:.

Driver's door drops when opened, problem with sheet metal inside door, told by dealer metal is not correct size to carry weight of door; drops 1/4 inch, rattles inside while driving; also, engine intermittently hesitates at all speeds.

I am dubious about the safety of a well maintained car when the transmission fails in the first 6 months. The manufacturer's serviceman jumps the battery against owners manual recommendations and blows the internal fuse for the radio and sets off the airbag sensor (neither repaired by the dealer at no charge. Also,) tires needing replacement at less than 20,000 miles - lock cylinder fallling out of driver's side door- and all the power locks failing, resulting in having to go to the dealer just to get out of the car.

Locks freeze in inclement weather. Cannot gain access to car. Window seals were defective from the first month of lease causing floods in back of vehicle. Window motor and regulator defective. Cannot bring windows up or down. General motor failure. Car slows down when going downhill.

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Creaking from door jam area on acceleration/ deceleration. ***dimsii ivoq entry posted after 12/12/02 cut-over to artemis****770759.

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Electrical harness in the left rear door that controls the power window was cut by the door closing. This caused a short in the electrical system and failure of the power window control.

There has been a constant problem with abnormal noise in the two front doors of the vehicle. So far the problem has not been fixed. No one seems to be able to or want to solve the problem. Nlm.

All four doors on driver's and passenger's sides and rear doors will not unlock from either inside or from outside due to wiring harness that needed replacing as a result of corrosion. Consumer has contacted dealer. Vehicle has been in and out of dealer for electrical problems. Please provide any further details.