1. Volkswagen Jetta
  2. Problems
  3. 2003
  4. Fuel/Propulsion System

2003 Volkswagen Jetta Fuel/Propulsion System Problems

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Owner complaint records in our dataset

Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.

Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
150–400k mi3
60–100k mi1
100–150k mi1

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • December 15, 2018 · 166,000 miles

    Fuel/Propulsion System

    The car stalls while driving at any speed or while idling when the fuel gauge is around or under 1/4 of a tank. I have read up on this and people are dumping a lot of money onto trying to figure out what the issue is and there is no answer. Stalling on a highway without a median or pull-off is not only inconvenient but dangerous.

    ODI 11161955

  • August 3, 2017 · 220,185 miles

    Electrical System · Exterior Lighting · Fuel/Propulsion System

    My car got hacked my charlie miller and chris valasek was seen over at my neighbors house on 4/29/2017 and my ex boss chris stutz jr is in charge of all the break in of my house and cars edwardsville police will not do anything because the police are friend of them i hope i don't get killed over these hacks but if that's what it will take to do anything about it

    ODI 11014091

  • February 17, 2016 · 110,678 miles

    Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System

    Transmission strained to shift out of first gear. Water pump went out cause car to run hot.. Water pump was replaced but blower head gasket.... Airbag light comes on and off

    ODI 10888440

  • May 16, 2015 · 159,000 miles

    Fuel/Propulsion System

    While driving on the freeway my vehicle began to loose power and then just shut off. Looking at the fuel gauge i had a quarter of a tank left in fuel. Pulling to the shoulder of the freeway i attempted to restart my vehicle. After 5-10 minutes of trying to restart my vehicle, it started. I then drove to the nearest gas station and filled up my tank. A couple of days later i was driving on the freeway again and the…

    ODI 10725356

  • December 24, 2012 · 90,000 miles

    Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System

    Car stalls at highway speeds when at quarter tank or less. Parts replaced, still occurs. There is no known fix for this problem, it always comes back, and is most likely a manufacturers defect with the fuel pump system that is being ignored by vw of america. This is happening to hundreds and most likely thousands of volkswagen jetta, golf, beetle and gti owners. We have been connecting the dots through online vw…

    ODI 10620761