Volkswagen Jetta Tires Problems
- 87
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
- 18
- Years with records
- 1999–2016
- 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 87 stored complaint records:
- 4 indicate a crash
- 0 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
Complaints by year
What appears in the records
- Sidewall · 35 records
- Tread/Belt · 5 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 1–30k mi | 39 |
| 30–60k mi | 15 |
| 60–100k mi | 4 |
| 100–150k mi | 3 |
| 150–400k mi | 2 |
Complaint evidence
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Tires · Tread/Belt
The hankook tires i have are bolding way too early. They started to at 32,000 for the first 2 tires and 18,000 for the other 2. The tires are rated for 70,000 miles and i'm not getting anywhere near that. Every time it rains i hydroplane and its now unsafe for me to drive my car. I have contacted hankook and was told to go to the place of purchase. So i go to vw and they told me there is nothing they can do for all…
ODI 11230129
Tires · Unknown Or Other
This vehicle came from the manufacturer with dunlop sp sport 01 a tires (225/40r18) (august 2012 purchase). Within nine months (8800 miles) two tires developed sidewall bubbles. After contacting dunlop, they replaced two tires st no charge. At that time, the goodyear/dunlop retail store slowed me to purchase a tire warranty on all four tires. Over the past six years and 80,000 miles, i have replaced fourteen (14) of…
ODI 11129527
Sidewall · Tires
Toyo 225/45r-17xl 94v ultra z-900 all season bw, dot 73h8 2650116. 2013 jetta tdi vin [xxx] two of these tires failed on my vehicle. In both cases the sidewall developed a bulge on the outer sidewall and had to be replaced. The first incident occurred within 3400 miles. The next failure occurred within 22000 miles. These tires are rated for 65000 miles. In the first case les schwab replaced it at no charge. The…
ODI 11055081
Tires · Tread/Belt
On 10/18/17 went to tires plus for a wheel alignment and found out that all 4 tires were defective. They were continental tires, belt had separated on all 4 tires. The size were 225/45/17. And the car was a 2015 vw jetta with 19k on tires. Called continental tires while at tires plus and was told they don't deal with the consumer. Called vw gunther in coconut creek, fl and they don't warranty ties on car whether new…
ODI 11035337
Tires · Tread/Belt
Traveling on the interstate aproximatley 70 mph, the left rear tire tread separated. This resulted in a loss of control and the vehicle impacted the guard rail. At this point the engine and transmission separated from the car as the car continued to spin down the road. The car came to a rest after approximately 3 spins, and the engine came to rest on the opposite side of the 3 lane interstate.
Crash reported
ODI 10958320
Tires · Wheels
Bought a 2015 jetta se in september of 2015. Vehicle was only serviced by a licensed dealership in maryland, and had just had it's 20,000 service. Told the tires were fine, and dealer rotated them. While driving in a parking lot at 5-10 mph, the two passenger tires blew out from the sidewall with a loud popping sound. No obstacles, or nails/glass etc. In the road, and nothing was ran over. Tires only had 20,500…
ODI 10903207
Sidewall · Tires
2014 vw jetta has been experiencing problems with low tires and handling issues while driving on dry, wet or extreme heat conditions. This car has been serviced by the dealer since its purchase 13-nov-2013 and wasn't until 1-may-2015 that we noticed 3 of the 4 tires have sidewalls which have separated and come apart on the side of the tire as well as in multiple places of the tire. The tires have 20,000 miles are in…
ODI 10714219
Tires · Wheels
Tire had catastrophic failure on side wall. 4th time this has occurred with specific tires "dunlop sp sport 01 as". *tr
ODI 10703537