Safety Score
70
Average
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2008 Volkswagen Jetta.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-18 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The ignition switch gets stuck sometimes and I can't crank my car nor turn it off I'm just dating that because that's w… |
| 2024-11-04 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2008 Volkswagen Jetta. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the air bag warning… |
| 2024-06-03 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | Airbag warning light is on. |
| 2024-04-03 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Sometimes I feel as if my car is possessed I own a 2008 Volkswagen Jetta and sometimes the passenger headlight works so… |
| 2023-07-12 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | Passenger airbag is always off. I saw reports on youtube wiring connectors under the seat are the reason. There’s a hom… |
| 2022-12-08 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:INSTRUMENT PANEL:SPEEDOMETER/ODOMETER | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2008 Volkswagen Jetta. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed during the dayt… |
| 2022-05-23 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2008 Volkswagen Jetta. The contact stated while driving 65 MPH, the vehicle started shuddering and s… |
| 2022-02-17 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | car go into a safe mode take to dealer they said car is no reparable because the part they need is no longer made by… |
| 2021-12-13 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SEAT HEATER:MAT | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2008 Volkswagen Jetta. The contact stated the front driver’s side seat heaters would overheat when c… |
| 2021-06-20 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | Car was placed in park but key would not turn to off position and therefore would not come out of the ignition nor turn… |
| 2021-04-12 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LOCK | No | 0 | I would like to report driver door lock actuator goes bad over time, and could become an issue of getting out of the d… |
| 2021-04-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | KEY GETS STUCK IN IGNITION WHILE TURNING OFF ENGINE. |
| 2020-10-17 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | VEHICLE SUDDENLY COMES OUT OF GEAR. WILL NOT LET YOU SELECT FORWARD OR REVERSE ,LEAVING YOU STUCK IN A POSSIBLE DANGERO… |
| 2020-10-12 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | KEY WAS STUCK IN N THE IGNITION IN THE ON POSITION. COULD NOT TURN THE KEY EITHER WAY. AFTER SEVERAL HOURS OF THE CAR R… |
| 2020-09-18 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | JUST AFTER I PURCHASED THE USED VEHICLE FROM A PRIVATE PARTY, I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MILES… |
| 2020-06-16 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, THE SAFETY… |
| 2020-06-13 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | COULD NOT START VEHICLE BUT ONCE ABLE TO START WAS UNABLE TO TURN OFF VEHICLE. KEY IS STUCK IN IGNITION IN THE ON POSIT… |
| 2020-02-28 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THERE WAS AN … |
| 2019-11-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | MY CAR LEAKS ON THE FRONT AND REAR CARPET ON PASSENGER SIDE ONLY. IS MY AIR CONDITIONED HOSE STOPPED UP OR SUN ROOF DR… |
| 2019-07-14 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | IGNITION SWITCH WAS STUCK IN THE ON POSITION WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING. THE CAR WAS STOPPED AND IN PARK IN A DRIVEWAY. … |
| 2019-06-08 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | IGNITION LOCK, I CANNOT NOT TURN THE KEY TO TURN ON THE CAR. IT WAS WORKING AND ONCE I PARKED THE CAR, I CAME BACK TO T… |
| 2019-05-26 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I TURNED MY CAR COMPLETELY OFF AND THE CAR WAS PARKED WHEN I GOT OUT OF MY CAR TO MEET WITH A FRIEND TO GO SWIMMING AT … |
| 2019-05-14 | ENGINE | No | 0 | CAR WHILE DRIVING IMMEDIATELY SLOWS LIKE IT WAS SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. WHEN YOU PRESS THE GAS CAR RACES BUT DOES NOT MOV… |
| 2019-03-25 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | ENGINE LIGHT ON |
| 2018-12-23 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 1 | I UTILIZED MY SEAT WARMER ON THE DRIVER SIDE AND ONLY HAD THE SETTING ON 2 (OUT OF 5). AFTER APPROXIMATELY AN HOUR OF … |
| 2018-10-16 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | KEY GETS STUCK IN IGNITION WHEN TURNING VEHICLE OFF. |
| 2018-10-05 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | VEHICLE WILL NOT SHIFT PROPERLY AND GOES INTO LOMPODE. CANNOT ACCELERATE. IT HAS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAYS, IN… |
| 2018-10-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | HORN STOPPED WORKING AND AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. TOOK CAR TO VW DEALERSHIP AND THEY ADVISED I NEED AN AIR BA… |
| 2018-08-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | CLUSTER..IINTERAL WIRING CLOCK ALWAYS RESETS AT 12:00 WINDSHIELD WASHER PUMP STOPPED WORKING AIR CONDITIONING POPS FUSE… |
| 2018-06-25 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THE CAR INITIALLY HAD TROUBLES WHEN IT WOULD BE HOT OUTSIDE IT WOULD AND THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WOULD GO HIGH IN TEMPERA… |
| 2018-05-10 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THE GEAR SELECTOR INDICATOR DISPLAY ON THE DASH IS FLASHING AND THE CAR IS DOING ITS OWN THING CHANGING GEARS. IT WILL … |
| 2018-04-20 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE IGNITION KEY GETS STUCK IN KEYLOCK AND YOU ARE UNABLE TO TURN OFF ENGINE. WENT ONLINE AND THERE ARE TONS OF COMPLAI… |
| 2018-03-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THIS VEHICLE WILL NEED $1500. OF WORK TO PASS NYS INSPECTION.THE REAR MAIN SEAL HAS FAILED WHICH CAUSES A VACUUM LEAK T… |
| 2017-11-08 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | WHILE MY 17 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING DOWN A CITY ROAD, GOING ABOUT 30MPH, THE CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING. SHE THEN N… |
| 2017-11-04 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | YELLOW AIRBAG LIGHT WOULD STAY ON WHEN CAR WAS ON. I CHECKED WITH VW DEALER TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL AND WAS ADVISE… |
| 2017-10-02 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | I NOTICED MY AIRBAG INDICATOR LIGHT FOR MY LEFT BACK SEAT STAYS ON AND AFTER GETTING MY CAR SERVICED, ANOTHER AIRBAG LI… |
| 2017-08-08 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | ON 08/08/17 WHEN I TURNED THE CAR ON, THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. I BROUGHT THE CA… |
| 2017-06-15 | INTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WHILE DRIVING, ALL THE HEADLIGHTS AND TAIL LIGHTS F… |
| 2017-06-14 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE, THE BRAKE SYSTEM AND ABS… |
| 2017-05-14 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION, THE CONTAC… |
| 2017-03-02 | ENGINE | No | 0 | FAULTY TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER |
| 2016-11-26 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED UNCONTROLLABLY. UNENTENDENT ACCELERATION. |
| 2016-10-24 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | KEY GETS STUCK IN IGNITION WHEN TURNING OFF THE ENGINE. |
| 2016-10-05 | WHEELS | No | 0 | I HAVE 2 WHEELS THAT KEEP LOSING AIR, I KEEP BRINGING IT BACK TO PEP BOYS THINKING THEY WERE SELLING ME DEFECTIVE TIRES… |
| 2016-10-04 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | AT A STOP, WHEN ACCELERATING, THE CAR MAY JERK OR HESITATE. HARD SHIFTING FROM 2 TO 1 CAN CAUSE THE PERSON BEHIND TO RE… |
| 2016-09-12 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON A HIGHWAY, THE TURN SIGNALS BEGAN TO ACT ERRATICALLY. INITIALLY ONLY THE LEFT TURN … |
| 2016-07-16 | ENGINE | No | 0 | WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE CAR STARTED SHAKING AND WHEN I CHECKED THE OIL THERE WAS NO OIL ON THE DIPSTICK.NO OIL LIGHT … |
| 2016-06-08 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I PULLED INTO A GAS STATION AND TRIED TO TURN OFF ENGINE TO FUEL THE CAR. AN IGNITION MALFUNCTION WOULD NOT ALLOW ME T… |
| 2016-06-03 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | VEHICLE HAS STARTED TO DISPLAY SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTIC SLIPPING AND LURCHING DSG ISSUES THAT VW KNOWS ABOUT. I TOOK … |
| 2016-04-19 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THE CAR STALL IN MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WHILE DRIVING, THEN THE TRANSMISSION HAS THE ISSUE AS CAR DOES NOT MOVE TO DRIVE O… |