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2002 Volkswagen Jetta air bags problems

108 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the air bags on the 2002 Volkswagen Jetta15% of all complaints for this model year.

108
Air Bags complaints
15%
share of all complaints
50,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
22 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Simply wanted to let you know that my daughter rear ended another car at 40mph and completely crunched in her front end (car is totaled), but the airbags did not deploy. We didn't think anything of it until the state farm agent mentioned that she had airbags on the car.

    filed Sep 14, 2017

  • Tl* the contact owns a 2002 volkswagen jetta. While driving at any speed, the air bag warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the air bag module was faulty. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vin was…

    filed Jun 10, 2016

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.