Wiper Problems of Volkswagen Jetta - part 1

My driver side mirror is over-corrected/magnified. If I need to navigate to left lane, the magnification makes the vehicle in my blind spot appear too close. Same in a situation where I am performing a zipper merge to the left. I have driven 50 years in different cars, including Volkswagens, and never in an accident. This mirror seems hazardous and dangerous because trusting the instrument for left visuals of oncoming cars isn't accurate in a 1:1 ratio. The dealership replaced the mirror and it appears the same. All vw service techs, and other drivers who I have asked for evaluation, agree the mirror is not right.

Shifting vehicle into reverse, turns of back up camera, then shifting into drive camera remains on for a set period of time, if shifted back into reverse as camera turns off, camera will not come back on. Android auto was being used.

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As reported by many other drivers on this website and all over the internet that 2019 having ignition switch problem in 2019 Volkswagen Jettas. I started having the same problem aswell. This has happened several time already and now I am scared to drive this car on the highways. It is clearly mentioned that 2019 and 2020 ignition systems are faulty than why vw is not helping people who have those year cars. This is the big safety concern and I believe it should not be overlooked. I tried searching with my plates and VIN but it’s says 0 recalls. Every thing shuts off inside (ac, infotainment screen, all the dash lights, wiper blades, speedometer, rpm meter, everything) I hope NHTSA will take this problem seriously as not hundreds but thousands of vehicles are affected with this problem so far. Thank you.

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The contact owns a 2013 Volkswagen Jetta. The contact stated that whenever the temperature fell below 20 degrees, the windshield wipers became inoperable. The contact stated that the body control module (bcm) had previously been replaced, but the failure persisted. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who determined that the body control module (bcm) needed to be replaced a second time. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 134,900.

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Rearview mirror detached from windshield while car was in motion. There was no force of any kind applied to the mirror, and nothing hanging from it.

I'm noticing that the driver side wiper blade is not locked in the arm. It's not getting lost, but I have to reinstall the blade when I clear the snow off the vehicle. No inspection because I don't have a reliable shop that can get it looked at in a timely manner. They want it left over night, but I live over an hour away and I don't have other travel options.

The contact's daughter owns a 2012 Volkswagen Jetta. The contact stated that while his daughter was driving at undisclosed speeds in the rain, an abnormal popping sound was heard. The wipers were moving slowly and became inoperable. The contact stated that after turning on the windshield wipers, the wiper blades went into the down position. The driver was able to pull over. There were no warning lights illuminated. The owner called an unknown local dealer, but the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was unknown.

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The epc light and check engine light came on while driving, major car throttling, problems with acceleration, stronger throttling occurred with more acceleration. Car was immediately towed to nearest vw dealership service. Me and my son had to stop on the expressway far from home. Problems were confirmed at inspection by vw dealership on same day of incident. No symptoms or warnings occurred of problems before incident.

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Under 20,000 miles, but over 1 year old (leased new February 12, 2021). Vw dealership and secondary party reported rear brake pads and rotors were worn down to 1mm and that the car was unsafe to drive. This cost $500 to repair and I had to pay it for a car that was just over 1 year old. The dealership wanted to charge double to replace. The brakes are only warrantied for 1 year, and because most don't hit 20k miles for a year, they know that the parts are unsafe and will wear down at 20,000 miles (as reported by many many others for the 2021 vw Jetta). I have receipts of inspection and for part replacement by brakes plus. There were no warnings, just the tires squeaking when the weather got cold in December. Also, abs issues - car stalled twice in the middle of a busy street in the first 6 months of use.

I was driving the vehicle late at night, absolutely no traffic in the area. I love in south dakota so it was cold. I turned on the rear defrost and after only a minute of having it on, the entire back windshield burst out of the car. No rocks, no traffic no people. There was a loud bang and the entire window blew out of the vehicle.

Hot day (~107f), car started fine but after a mile of driving all electrical systems appeared to stop with the following error: "starter system faulty. Please service vehicle. " the engine kept going, and the car was driven home (with no signals, speedo, air conditioning, lights etc. ) if this had happened in a more demanding situation (e. G. Weather, night or traffic) there could have been an accident. There are numerous threads online about this happening to 2019 Jettas in hot weather, and the ignition switch being blamed. I recreated the issue in the heat of the day, but the car worked fine later on when the day cooled down.

As I was driving the vehicle the car just randomly shut off. It turned off the air conditioning and wiper blades as it was raining. It said to check starter system or ignition system or something like that. I recently had the software update recall done at the dealer also had a new battery installed by the dealer between two days. Also said something about checking the key battery. It has happened on two separate occasions this week alone.

Driving down from work to lunch. Whenn slowly pulling out of the parking lot and no one around. Then all of a sudden a loud explosion was heard and I looked up and saw glass shattered all across the moonroof. I parked in my parking spot and got out and looked up and saw glass shattered at the top with no impacts. The sunroof just spotenoulsy shattered.

Visibility was impaired when defroster failed to clear windshield and heater was not working on 12/16/2022. I took vehicle to hayward Volkswagen on 04/04/2023 and was told heater core needs to be replaced. This is a known problem to Volkswagen; there's a warranty recall on the 2014 passatt with the same heater core. I have found numerous complaints on line with the same Jetta heater complaint. The 2014 Jetta I own has approximately 88,000 miles, mechanically sound car which I am unable to drive in winter months. Feeling frustrated, I did contact vw "helpline" on 01/05/2024, they were no help, not even to negotiate price.

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The windshield wiper broke the window, brakes need replaced to soon, fuel system car has trouble fueling and after fueling and engine over heating due to engine cooling malfunction. None of these have been repaired yet it shows 0 unprepared recalls.

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The windshield wiper motors are extremely noisy. There is a knock technical service bulletin on this issue but vw says it is not covered as a recall. The issue is that water gets into the improperly sealed motor and then starts to rust the internal metal and then a very loud, noisy whining sound emits from the motor. It should be a recall and it should be replaced for free by Volkswagen. I don’t understand why I should foot the bill for their mistake or their parts supplier’s defect. It does affect safety because the loud wiper motor is a distraction to driving, as well as the unit can potentially seize in the future and cause complete failure of the wiper system.

I had hit snd run by this car. It looks like that driver had attention to hurt me moving in same line, I made him space behind me than he hit on back, I was tih king tha he/she was trying to escape he moved again in right line but he again started to move in left side where I was driving. I hit part of shoulder and there is a damege on my car from the back side and both left side how he/she hit me and right side how I hit on shoulder. Than he/she was trying to run as crazy trought crowd but my car got only body damages and I was able to run after him/her and wrote down license plate. I am a remitter agent, I was able to find only lien holder for this car but not yet the assigned owner. Hopfully I can get same help from you. Thanks.

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Sunglass holder keeps breacking which prevents me from seeing review view mirros. This is an ongoing vw issues that has not been fixed for many years. It is cheap and breaks easily .

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I was on the highway when it started pouring rain. I tried to turn on my windshield wipers on the vw Jetta 2011 and they did not move. I lost visibility in seconds at 50mph and thank goodness, was able to pull over before anyone was hurt but it was terrifying and a close call. The windshield wipers don't work in the cold, apparently, which to me seems very dangerous!.

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Control panel fan stopped working and back passenger floor is wet.

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The contact owns a 2019 Volkswagen Jetta. The contact stated while driving 55 mph, the windshield wipers independently activated without any waring. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, but the dealer stated that no failure was found; however, the failure reoccurred. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 20,000.

Intermittent smoke smell coming from the lf door. (10 days ago dealer said operating per design and intent when compared to similar or like vehicle. ) window seal has come come off 4 times. Last night car had been parked around 5am and when I went out to the car around 5:30pm the power window switch had melted destroying the switch and the lf door panel.

When the weather gets cold around 35 degrees and lower, the wipers stop working. They are not stuck to windshield. Very dangerous and happens randomly on in the winter.

I had parked my 2019 Jetta in my locked garage last night. When I went to use the car this morning, and before I got into the car, I noticed that the driver's side window was shattered. I am the only one who lives in the house. The garage is attached to the house, and there aren't any windows in the garage. The only way into the garage is through a door from the kitchen or by using the garage door. There is no sign of any forced entry, but my driver's side window is shattered with most of the glass on the driver's seat, some on the garage floor (~5%) and very little (~2%) on the roof of the car. It would appear that the window was not all the way up after I parked it in the garage, which is based on the amount of shattered glass in and around the car. There is no sign of any damage to the workings of the garage door, including the springs. There is no sign of anything having fallen onto the car, or from inside the car. There is no sign of anything having been taken from the car. The car was stationary and it had been parked in the garage for at least 12 hours.

The vehicle was in motion, middle lane on main road, 30 mph. Suddenly the passenger back window shattered for no apparent reason and the glass fell and blew inside the car.

Stopped working. Wiper motor malfunction. Blades stopped mid swipe, sitting on the windshield.

There are some mounting brackets, suspension brackets, nuts and bolts associated to the operation of the vehicle that have broke more than once please contact me and I will give u further detail. 9077649969.

While driving about 70mph on the highway, car in motion, going straight, not turning, I hear a loud pop. The sound was similar to a gun shot. In fact, it was so loud it startled me, causing me to swerve to the left, almost hitting the car in the lane to the left of me. I frantically looked around the oustside of my car, and noticed the sound of wind above my head was loud and then saw broken glass all over the passenger seat. The sunroof had broke, and I know for sure it was no rock or outside cause. It was still daytime, and I never saw anything fly at me. There was not an overpass or bridge to drive under for about 8 miles. So, I know nothing had dropped onto and threw the window. Curious about this, I look up online 'defective broken sunroof vw Jetta 19' and find multiple stories of people having similar experiences. I guess this is happening more often with a lot of makes and models of cars, because the sunroof is a common feature put in cars nowadays and they are larger in size. Also, I found out vw is in court now for older models of their cars having defective sunroof, and they know they were poorly designed but still put them in and sold them with no disclosure to thw customer of the poor quality sunroof. This happened 12/29/19, and as of now the dealership wont fix it. Vw wont fix and claim that their engineers are saying the window broke from the outside, like from a rock. These engineers are concluding this by looking at pictures. They are not investigating my car in person but by pictures sent to them. If one looks at the sunroof of my car in person you can see that the glass has broken up and out ward towards the sky not downward towards the seats, which is what a rock would do. They want me to call my insurance and have them deal with it. This is frustrating and not right of vw. I almost wrecked, so this surely could cause a death or someone getting hurt.

Wiper blades randomly start going. Wiper arm is in off position, it is not raining. Scares me when driving.

The wipers screech when operating headlights are not aligned properly wrong gear is displayed on the instrument cluster sometimes slight metal grinding noise when the clutch is depressed (can only he heard from the outside). Engine has soft hissing noise and shakes a little when the running cold (can be only heard from outside) . The dealership has failed to acknowledge this. Car shakes when reversing with gas.

Vehicle was in motion traveling at freeway speeds of about 65mph when the sunroof suddenly exploded causing safety hazard, luckily car was kept under control. Sunroof exploded and glass hit the drivers behind me as well as myself. Was given a quote of 1,319. 00 and was told that no financial assistance would be provided by volkswagon and that it would have to come out of pocket.

For the second time in 3 years, my rear windshield has completely shattered without warning. The car was parked in the driveway. When I got in, I heard a loud pop. I looked back and saw that the rear windshield had completely shattered. I had not yet started the car. The first time that it happened 3 years ago, I was sitting at a red light and it shattered. The kids were in the car the first time and got glass on them.

When it is cold outside and the temperature goes below 20 degrees the windshield wipers stop working. When the temperature warms up the wipers start working again. This is very dangerous when it is raining or snowing an I am unable to clear the windshield!.

Tl the contact owns a 2011 Volkswagen Jetta. While driving 45 mph, the air bag off warning indicator illuminated. After two months, the radio and windshield wipers failed to function. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who stated there was an electrical shortage. The vehicle was not repaired. A dealer and the manufacturer were not notified. The failure mileage was 52,000.

It's freezing outside. The windshield wipers don't work in the morning when the temperature is low. For our safety we not able to drive the car. Please help.