Mechanical Jack Problems of Volkswagen Jetta

The contact owns a 1998 Volkswagen Jetta. While driving approximately 15 mph the vehicle hit a pot hole and sustained a flat tire. The contact pulled over to the side of the road to replace the tire with the spare and the jack broke. The dealer was contacted and referred the contact to the manufacturer. The manufacturer stated that the jack was not covered under warranty and it would be the contacts responsibility to replace it. The jack was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 47,000.

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My 2001 Volkswagen Jetta fell off the jack while my son was changing a tire this morning. The jack, provided by the manufacturer with the vehicle, appears to have some sort of design defect. I was able to raise the vehicle and replace the tire using the jack provided with a 1994 Volvo 940.

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Jack supplied with vehicle would not hold vehicle up and slipped out damaging body of the vehicle. Car is a 2000 vw Jetta. Had to call tow truck and was advised by tow truck driver that vw jack's were useless unless you had a perfectly flat surface.

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While on the freeway we had a blown tire in our 2002 vw Jetta GLS vr6 vehicle. We could not open the wheel bolts since they were glued from the factory, into the wheel. It took a 4' piece of pipe to operate the bolts wrench to open them. Furthermore, the jack supplied with the vehicle is undersized and unsafe to operate. It shifted with the vehicle and was not able to provide a steady support for raising the vehicle for the wheel change. After a few tries, we resorted to using a hydraulic jack supplied by the local sheriff deputy who was passing by the location we were stopped at.

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While the consumer was jacking up the vehicle to change the right rear tire the jack collapsed and the vehicle fell to the ground. Consumer maintained that the jack was made of plastic and the thread stripped.

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While using the lifting jack supplied with the automobile to lift the vehicle to change a tire, the jack collapsed. It collapsed because the jack screw carrier threads failed. The carrier threads nut is plastic. Plastic does not have enough strength to support the weight of a 3000 pound automobile.

The jack pops off the ridge under the car when lifting the car. This caused damage to the car and could have caused the car to drop on use while changing the tire. Second problem: on inspecting the front brake rotors, they were worn down more than what one would expect at 40k. There was still pad left. This would indicate poor materials in the rotor.

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Jack failed and caused damage to drivers side skirt. The jack punched through the metal.