Volkswagen Jetta Body Problems
- 116
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
- 20
- 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 116 stored complaint records:
- 10 indicate a crash
- 10 indicate injury
- 3 indicate fire
Complaints by year
What appears in the records
- side door · 13 records
- door lock · 12 records
- lock unlock · 8 records
- lock door · 7 records
- door latch · 7 records
- rear door · 7 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 1–30k mi | 26 |
| 30–60k mi | 25 |
| 60–100k mi | 25 |
| 100–150k mi | 11 |
| 150–400k mi | 3 |
Complaint evidence
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Body
Left side door latch malfunction: unable to open door from left rear even when child protection is disabled. Could be a safety hazard when needing to exit vehicle. Faulty door latch issues are well known to occur. The latch on this vehicle has malfunctioned for the last 5 years. 05
ODI 11300377
Body · Electrical System
The door locks at 15 to 20 miles an hour lock and unlock themselves...the radio which according to the vw dealership has to be replace because if i replace with an after market they will not be able to run a diagnostic test on it....they claim the radio has to be vw
ODI 11289220
Body
Door locks stopped working for my vw jetta s 2.5 l. When i press the car key to lock the door, it gives sound that everything is locked. One day to my horror, i saw someone opening my car at night. I immediately rang alarm, went to my car and checked every door to find that they are not getting locked. No manual locks for this vehicle too. This really questions the safety of the vehicle. I took it to vw service.…
ODI 11269603
Body · Power Train · Unknown Or Other
I am truly not sure. It is going into the shop tomorrow. Although, i just purchased it used, and when i park it on a hill. It makes this odd sound as if the body is going to fall apart? I smell a burning metal smell as well. It was parked on a hill so it was stationary, just not sure what it is. I know it is used but i only had it for 1 month!
ODI 11244087
Body
Upon accessing the trunk, i have been struck on the back of the head numerous times because the trunk lid does not stay up upon opening. I have heard that this design flaw was corrected after a certain manufacturer date, but i reported it to my dealer who did nothing about it and said that nothing could be done about it.
ODI 11208900
Body
My sunroof exploded with no impact for no reason.
ODI 11204195
Body
The trunk did not latch when first closed. I then was able to get the trunk to latch after several attempts to close it. However, the trunk came open later on in my trip. This is not the first time that i have had trouble closing the trunk, but this is the first time that it has popped open while i was driving.
ODI 11189873
Air Bags · Body · Wheels
I was traveling at 40 mph through a city street intersection. My car was t-boned on the driver's side with such force that my car was spun around almost 180 degrees. 80% of the impact was on the driver's rear door, 20% on the driver's door. The side airbags did not deploy, this included a car equipped with side/curtain airbags. I had issues previously with the windows properly working and had all components minus…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 11195810