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2010 Volkswagen Jetta steering problems

13 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the steering on the 2010 Volkswagen Jetta2% of all complaints for this model year.

13
Steering complaints
2%
share of all complaints
79,048 mi
median reported incident mileage
0 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • 2010 Jetta, manual transmission Key gets stuck in ignition and wont cut car off. Eventually got key out, ignition locked wont let key turn car on. This is a known vw issue with over 860 complaints on this exact issue between 2009-2013. VW refuses to do recall, even though this is a manufacturing…

    filed Jan 16, 2023

  • Abs and stability control became inoperative at around 50mph. It's a 55mph road thats heavily trafficked since its near a port. I had to stop the car on the side of the road since we almost crashed into an 18 wheeler. Fortunately we were close to home I drove the car at a reasonable speed just to…

    filed Nov 15, 2021

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.