Volkswagen Jetta Air Bags Problems
- 403
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
- 21
- Years with records
- 1999–2019
- 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 403 stored complaint records:
- 113 indicate a crash
- 86 indicate injury
- 5 indicate fire
Complaints by year
What appears in the records
- Side/Window · 5 records
- Frontal · 2 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 30–60k mi | 90 |
| 60–100k mi | 84 |
| 1–30k mi | 60 |
| 100–150k mi | 56 |
| 150–400k mi | 24 |
Complaint evidence
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Air Bags
Airbag/seatbelt light came on randomly while car was occupied and in park. No accidents.
ODI 11302380
Air Bags · Electrical System · Fuel/Propulsion System
While driving on the overpass the car cutoff almost hit from behind by a dump truck would not crank back up for 7 minutes. Airbag light on show malfunction of airbag
ODI 11292087
Air Bags · Seat Belts
When mobile device is placed in passengers seat seatbelt light comes on and air bag is turned off.
ODI 11289801
Air Bags · Seat Belts
Vehicle rear-ended on a busy day between 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm on a thursday. All the air-bags in the car deployed. The driver side air-bag stayed inflated for a long time, and the right side air-bag also did not deflate. Inflated air-bag held the driver so tight, and the driver could not exit out of the accident car. Simultaneously seat also held the driver so tight. The driver suffered a significant injury fracturing…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 11306408
Air Bags · Service Brakes
Passenger side airbag not working/off notice along with abs off notice and underinflation notice all happened simultaneously upon starting car and remains on. Car only has been driven 18000 miles since new
ODI 11282851
Air Bags · Service Brakes
My daughter was involved in a mva in which she slammed on her brakes and the brakes locked on her. She hit the rear of the other vehicle. She was going roughly 25-30 mph. She was roughly 30-40 feet away from the other vehicle when the brakes were applied. Her airbags did not deploy which considering the amount of damage done to her car is roughly $6500. I researched both issues and it seems to be a common problem in…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 11268347
Air Bags
2015 volkswagen jetta. Constituent writes requesting for airbag on-off switch. *ld *js
ODI 11280090
Air Bags
The passenger side airbag light intermittently lights up. Sometimes immediately when starting the car, other times while driving and sometimes everything works fine. At times when the light is on during startup it stays on for quite a while (many miles) it may then go off or not. Also, when the passenger seat occupant moves on the seat the light may or may not go off. I took the car to a vw dealer who could not find…
ODI 11266001