2001 Volkswagen Jetta defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2001 Volkswagen Jetta. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH FAILURE
  Recall Query RQ06004 · opened Feb 28, 2006 · closed Aug 7, 2006 · led to recall 06V183000

  By letters dated may 24, 2006 and august 4, 2006, volkswagen (vw) notified the agency that it is conducting a safety recall (nhtsa recall no 06v-183) involving model year (my) 1998-2002 volkswagen new beetle and 1999-2002 volkswagen jetta vehicles equipped with cruise control.volkswagen?s recall covers 646,246 vehicles…

• ENGINE STALLING
  Defect Petition DP05004 · opened Aug 11, 2005 · closed Dec 8, 2005

  By letter received on june 24, 2005, mr. Ronald m. Strickland of raleigh, nc, submitted a petition requesting that the agency investigate the performance of the ignition coil plugs on model year (my) 2000-2003 volkswagen jetta, golf and passat sedans.the petitioner alleges that he had experienced multiple stalling even…

• INADVERTENT SIDE-AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT
  Preliminary Evaluation PE04081 · opened Dec 16, 2004 · closed Apr 1, 2005

  The subject vehicles are equipped with side-thorax and side-head curtain airbags to protect the front and rear outboard occupants in a side-impact crash.this investigation identified a total of 499 reports (482 owners reports and 17 warranty claims).the crash sensing system?s algorithm may recognize certain non-crash i…

• TURN SIGNAL/HAZARD FLASHER FAILURE
  Preliminary Evaluation PE04073 · opened Oct 19, 2004 · closed Dec 16, 2004 · led to recall 04V584000

  This investigation was opened on october 19, 2004, based on nine reports on 2000 through 2001 jetta and gti vehicles alleging that the turn signals and or hazard flashers fail to blink, or flash.some of the complainants reported that the lights would blink only a few times and then stop.several of the complainants repo…

• BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH
  Recall Query RQ03010 · opened Dec 17, 2003 · closed Mar 1, 2004 · led to recall 04V096000

  The number of duplicates between odi and manufacturer failure reports cannot be determined due to missing and or inaccurate information.the injury noted above was minor.on february 26, 2004, volkswagen of america, inc. (vw) submitted a defect notification (per 49cfr573) to the national highway traffic safety administra…