1. Volkswagen Jetta
  2. Problems
  3. 2008
  4. Electronic Stability Control

2008 Volkswagen Jetta Electronic Stability Control 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
1–30k mi2
60–100k mi1

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • June 4, 2013 · 71,293 miles

    Air Bags · Electronic Stability Control · Exterior Lighting

    We had the car in the body shop for a repair! Dent in the rear corner panel the air bag light came on a couple days later we took the car back to the body shop they took it the columbus ga vw dealer and were told the clock spring in the steering column was bad and they were getting quite a few cars back for the same problem.well it turns out all your electronics horn, radio,cruise control, air bags,dash lights,all…

    ODI 10520618

  • September 17, 2009 · 7,800 miles

    Automatic Transmission · Electronic Stability Control · Power Train · Traction Control System

    2008 volkswagen jetta wolfsburg 2.0t fsi dsg (direct shift gearbox) while pulling out into traffic on numerous occasions from a full standstill there was a very significant delay in the response of the dsg transmission to driver throttle input. There will be a 1-2-3 go, (delay) the car will then jerk forward out into traffic then only creep very slowly forward at this point which commits the car and it's passengers…

    ODI 10297662

  • July 1, 2009 · 10,000 miles

    Automatic Transmission · Electronic Stability Control

    While driving my 2008 volkswagen gli sedan equipped with a dsg transmission i have on numerous occasions either while accelerating or slowing had sudden, rough shifts, and at times have been literally bucked around in the vehicle while shifting from 1st to 2nd gear when leaving a stop light. This has been happening since february 2009...possibly before, and has been increasing in frequency. I have also had rough…

    ODI 10278070