2003 Volkswagen Jetta Exterior Lighting Problems
- 5
- 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.
Among these 5 stored complaint records:
- 1 indicate a crash
- 0 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 100–150k mi | 1 |
| 1–30k mi | 1 |
| 60–100k mi | 1 |
| 150–400k mi | 1 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Exterior Lighting
Driving hello all state route after dark at 55 mi./h the headlights went out completely and then came back on in a short matter of seconds. Had the road not been straight at that section i could have very easily collided with trees or guardrails. The 1st time this happened was 2012-08-01. I had the local volkswagen expert garage replaced the headlights stock. The next time that occurred was july 2018. This is a…
ODI 11123561
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
Exterior Lighting
I have been pulled over by police multiple times over the years with this vehicle due to rear lights not working properly. At one point, both of my tail lights were not functioning -- this was very dangerous. I have replaced them each time and they seem to go out quite frequently. I have noticed tail lights being out on cars with the same make and model as mine. *tr
ODI 10253851
Electrical System · Engine And Engine Cooling · Exterior Lighting · Interior Lighting · Radio/Tape Deck/Cd Etc. · Suspension · Wheels
I have had 27 things break or fail on my 03vw jetta 1.8t. I bought the car used in 01/06 with 32,000 miles. After buying the car the first five mins the window shattered. First two months 2 tires blew out, front rim cracked, back tires out of alignment. Dealer paid to fix rim broke 2 weeks later the dealer paid fo used set of similar rims. Every light inside and out went out by 05/06 driver seat wont raise up cargo…
ODI 10248367
Electrical System · Engine And Engine Cooling · Equipment · Exterior Lighting · Hub · Power Train · Service Brakes, Hydraulic
I have owned a volkswagen jetta (turbo - 2003) and have had one horrible problem after another. Without fail, i have taken my vehicle in for random mechanical repairs every few months since purchasing the vehicle. I found out the car was manufactured in mexico and that vw was aware of how bad their car's manufactured in mexico were. If that is the case, how can so many car owners with so many mechanical issues…
Crash reported
ODI 10197150
Catalog parts for this system
Catalog year/make/model rows for 2003 Volkswagen Jetta.
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