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2001 Volkswagen Jetta service brakes, hydraulic problems

67 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the service brakes, hydraulic on the 2001 Volkswagen Jetta10% of all complaints for this model year.

67
Service Brakes, Hydraulic complaints
10%
share of all complaints
39,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
3 / 3
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Tl*the contact owns a 2001 volkswagen jetta. While driving approximately 13 mph the abs light and the traction control light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the technician stated that there was a problem with the control module for the anti lock braking system. The…

    filed Jan 21, 2011

  • Tl*the contact owns a 2001 volkswagen jetta. The contact purchased a used car and, within the same week, it began to stall. The dealer could find no failures. She took the vehicle to another volkswagen dealer and they gave her a list of all the failures. The list included the transmission, rattling…

    filed Jan 2, 2009

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.