2004 Volkswagen Jetta Air Bags Problems
- 12
- 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 12 stored complaint records:
- 6 indicate a crash
- 4 indicate injury
- 1 indicate fire
What owners report
- airbags deployed · 4 records
- passenger side · 4 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 1–30k mi | 3 |
| 100–150k mi | 3 |
| 60–100k mi | 2 |
| 30–60k mi | 1 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Air Bags · Electrical System · Visibility/Wiper
Over the past few days it has been raining heavily & although it has happened to me once before this time is what worse. My car is leaking from somewhere & its coming on the inside. My carpets are constantly wet, my airbags alongside windshield leak, and the handle where you open the hood of the car is literally a stream of water entering the car during heavy rainfall. The airbag light has come on and the check…
ODI 10836971
Air Bags
I was driving my children to school in the morning. They were doing construction on the roads around my house and all the sewer caps were exposed. They are re-paving all the streets. I barely clipped one and my driver side "side" airbags (headliner air bags and the driver seat side airbags) deployed for no reason. There was no collision, no impact. I barely clipped the sewer cap and i'm not even positive the airbag…
ODI 10638107
Air Bags
AIR BAG LIGHT WENT ON. *TR
ODI 10564347
Air Bags
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 volkswagen jetta. The contact stated that while driving 50 mph, another vehicle crashed into the driver's side door. The impact caused the vehicle to spin around and crash into a light pole. The contact mentioned that the driver's side air bag failed to deploy. A police report was filed and the driver sustained lacerations to his arms, legs and face. The vehicle was taken to an…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10490878
Air Bags
We were stopped in the traffic and all of a sudden this truck [2001 chevy] rear ended us at the speed of 45 miles per hour and our car got pushed into the car in front of us. In our car, passenger side air bag cover came out but airbag did not deploy. We bought this car because we had great trust in vw [german cars] in making strong and reliable cars which can save lives which could not be proved in the accident we…
Crash reported · 2 injuries
ODI 10432615
Air Bags
The passenger side air bag has too much voltage going to the bag and as such deactivated all the airbags in the vehicle. *tr
ODI 10381327
Air Bags
Two air bags deployed (driver's side, curtain and seat) on my 2004 vw jetta w/35,000km while driving at 15km/h, no body damage, no flat tire. Vw will not cover the repairs, said to call insurance, not a "sensor" issue, crash data recorded of course since the air bags deployed - and what is disturbing is that this could easily happen again in a pot hole, flat tire, speed bump and vw does not seem be bothered by that…
ODI 10177817
Air Bags
I was traveling 0 mph and was hit head on at 60 mph. I was driving a 2004 volkswagen jetta and the airbags did not deploy. *jb
Crash reported · Fire reported
ODI 10169819
Air Bags
No impact, no pot holes, no speed bumps - driving on a paved road the passenger side (roof & seat) airbags deployed. No passengers were in the vehicle, driver only w/seat belt - no driver side or front air bags deployed. Vw dealer found no damage; vw regional claims black box says "significant impact" thus no defect, report it to insurance co. . Insurance co finds no damage to the vehicle, denies claim. Vw says…
ODI 10165707
Air Bags
The consumer suspect a defect of the vehicle because the front airbag did not deploy despite the highest impact (1 out of 14 scale) damage on the front. The consumer contacted the manufacturer and requested for an inspection; the manufacturer explained why the airbags did not deploy but it was no more than a description in the owner's manual. The manufacturer is not willing to send a technician to inspect the…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10145857
Air Bags
While driving on a rain slicked ramp entering i95 i lost control of my car. It went into a tailspin and went across 4 lanes of traffic hitting a guardrail, bouncing off spinning around and hitting it again, bouncing off and hitting it again (for a total of 3 times) came to rest facing oncoming traffic. The front, back and passenger side of the car was totally destroyed. The car was practically rebuilt. My passenger…
Crash reported · 2 injuries
ODI 10215262
Air Bags
While approaching an intersection the car ahead of me stopped suddenly and i could not stop fast enough. The collision did $10,000-14,000 worth of damage to my car and no airbags deployed. Serious injury was only avoided due to my wearing my seat belt. Subsequent neck pain for several days followed, scratches on my neck were received. The car is in the beginning stages of evaluation/repair but agreement is that…
Crash reported
ODI 10106590