Volkswagen Jetta Service Brakes, Hydraulic Problems
- 152
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
- 14
- Years with records
- 1999–2012
- Stored years
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 152 stored complaint records:
- 16 indicate a crash
- 4 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
Complaints by year
What appears in the records
- rear brakes · 45 records
- rear brake · 36 records
- brake pads · 22 records
- brake pedal · 16 records
- pads rotors · 15 records
- front brakes · 13 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 1–30k mi | 68 |
| 30–60k mi | 33 |
| 100–150k mi | 12 |
| 60–100k mi | 10 |
| 150–400k mi | 1 |
Complaint evidence
Latest stored owner-submitted records. Open a year for the full list.
Electronic Stability Control · Service Brakes, Hydraulic
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 volkswagen jetta. The vehicle was taken to heritage volkswagen and the contact was informed of an abs failure with the vehicle. Afterwards, the contact was made aware that the vehicle was included in nhtsa campaign number: 16v913000 (service brakes, hydraulic, electronic stability control). The vehicle was taken to heritage volkswagen to be repaired, but there were other issues with the…
ODI 10993278
Power Train · Service Brakes, Hydraulic · Unknown Or Other
The car, a 2012 vw jetta se, failed to respond to the reverse gear on 1/5/2015 and behaved as if the emergency brake was still engaged. The rear tires would not move and the reverse maneuver failed. The dealership was called and they recommended towing to their facility. This was accomplished on 1/9/2015 and to date there has been no resolution.
ODI 10672110
Service Brakes, Hydraulic
Rear passenger side brake pad worn down to metal while rear driver side has 5 mm left on it. Dealer indicates a faulty caliper. Would not even entertain the possibility of a sticking left parking-brake cable or not properly adjusted parking cable that might not be letting the left rear caliper release completely (cable readjustment it's a pain since the rear half of the center console has to be disassembled to get…
ODI 10449142
Service Brakes, Hydraulic
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 volkswagen jetta. The contact stated that the rear driver side brake was defective. The contact inspected the vehicle and found that the rear driver side brake pads were worn prematurely. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer or repaired. The failure and the current mileage was 38,000. Updated 07/06/12 *bf updated 07/12/12.*jb
ODI 10443444
Service Brakes, Hydraulic
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 volkswagen jetta sportswagen. While the unoccupied vehicle was parked with the engine and emergency brake engaged, it rolled unexpectedly . The contact was able to enter the vehicle, apply the brake pedal and stop the vehicle from moving. The contact detected the rear brake calipers were stuck which caused the emergency brake cable to disengage. The vehicle failure was not diagnosed nor…
ODI 10437845
Service Brakes, Hydraulic
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 volkswagen jetta tdi. The contact stated that while driving 25 mph, he depressed the brake pedal to the floor, but the vehicle failed to stop properly. The failure occurred on multiple occasions. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer. The manufacturer was not notified. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 600 and the current mileage was 1500.
ODI 10436833
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Service Brakes, Hydraulic
While traveling in rain at 70 mph with cruise control engaged the speedometer dropped to zero, the brake and abs/esp warning light came on and there where three chimes. A second later all went back to normal. This happened 6 times that day, and has happened at irregular intervals since at least 7 times. There is no correlation anymore between wet and dry conditions, cruise control does not have to be engaged, i do…
ODI 10443991
Service Brakes, Hydraulic
I purchased a new volkswagen jetta 2011, it has 3700 miles on board, during my trip to work (my speed was about 35m/h) before the intersection i tried to brake on red light, and my brakes did not work, they just stopped working, i pressed brake pedal 3 times till it began working again. I passed the intersection line and fortunately there was no any cars in front of me and very fortunately my speed was low. What…
ODI 10429091