Safety Score
66
Average
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-08-20 | 09V333000 |
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | 16,000 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-01 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | Why driving at 55mph the high pressure fuel pump grenaded sending metal shrapnel through the engine causing an immediat… |
| 2025-05-19 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | When you turn on the vehicle, the abs and traction light illuminates. The light that says "BRAKE" also illuminates and … |
| 2024-07-02 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2010 Volkswagen Jetta. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the ABS, ESC, and c… |
| 2024-03-06 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2010 Volkswagen Jetta. The contact stated that while driving or parked, the door locks, gas cap sens… |
| 2024-01-02 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2010 Volkswagen Jetta. The contact stated that after starting the vehicle, the brake light, ABS, and… |
| 2023-09-23 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | 1) IGNITION SWITCH - yes 2) car wont turn off, key is stuck and wont allow to be turned off. this is dangerous for car … |
| 2023-09-18 | SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:ABS WARNING LIGHT | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2010 Volkswagen Jetta. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the ABS warnin… |
| 2023-07-19 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2010 Volkswagen Jetta. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle uninten… |
| 2023-05-21 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2010 Volkswagen Jetta. The contact stated he was unable to start the vehicle temporarily. The conta… |
| 2023-05-09 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2010 Volkswagen Jetta. The contact stated while driving 35 MPH, the brake was depressed and the ABS … |
| 2023-01-14 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | 2010 Jetta, manual transmission Key gets stuck in ignition and wont cut car off. Eventually got key out, ignition locke… |
| 2023-01-06 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | FAULT ON ANTI LOCKING BRAKE (ABS), INDICATED BY ILLUMINATION ON DASH, ESC LIGHT ON AND FLASHING BRAKE LIGHT ON. DEALER … |
| 2022-12-11 | STEERING | No | 0 | "Key gets stuck in ignition and I cannot turn off the engine." |
| 2022-11-22 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | On certain vehicles, a fault within the antilock brake system (ABS) may cause the module to fail during ABS and/or elec… |
| 2022-07-27 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | Hit head on by train and air bags did not deploy. |
| 2022-03-30 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | After a hard braking situation, the ABS, Traction Control, and Brake warning lights activated. A computer scan by the … |
| 2022-03-26 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | Received an ABS Break light flashing on my dash board. Went to the Valley Volkswagen dealer in Staunton, VA and confir… |
| 2022-02-22 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Car spontaneously caught fire while driving |
| 2021-10-29 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | My ABS system light has been on, but I haven't had the funds to take care of it. I inherited the car after my daughter… |
| 2021-10-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:ABS WARNING LIGHT | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2010 Volkswagen Jetta. The contact stated that while driving approximately 30 MPH, the ABS warning l… |
| 2021-09-08 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2010 Volkswagen Jetta. The contact stated while driving 50 MPH, the ABS warning light illuminated. T… |
| 2021-08-25 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | the vehicle ABS module failed back in Nov2020 and was brought to local VW Dealer and diagnosed as bad module. fast forw… |
| 2021-07-14 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | Im thinking electrical problems lights windshield wipers air locks windows locks dont work when you turn the car off li… |
| 2021-07-05 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | I was driving 75 miles an hour on a major interstate and the car stopped accelerating while I was driving.(major safety… |
| 2021-07-01 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2010 Volkswagen Jetta. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, there was an abnorma… |
| 2021-06-11 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | When I try to start the car it was giving me a hard time to turn the key in the ignition then when I got it to start I … |
| 2021-05-07 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | VEHICLE WILL CUT OUT WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR OVER A YEAR. MULTIPLE PARTS HAVE BEEN… |
| 2021-03-19 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING DOWN A BUSY ROAD WHEN I SAW SMOKE COMING OUT FROM UNDER MY HOOD OF THE CAR. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER ONT… |
| 2021-03-18 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | ONGOING OCCURRENCE: WHEN I START MY CAR THE SUNROOF TILTS OPEN. I START TO DRIVE AND THE SUNROOF WOULD START RANDOMLY O… |
| 2021-02-28 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | KEY WONT TURN, AS IF THERE IS A LOCKED STEERING WHEEL (EVEN THOUGH THERE ISN'T). AFTER ABOUT 30 MINUTES, WAS ABLE TO GE… |
| 2021-01-25 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | CONTROL PANEL FAN STOPPED WORKING AND BACK PASSENGER FLOOR IS WET. |
| 2021-01-24 | ENGINE | No | 0 | CAR WILL UNPREDICTABLY STALL SOME TIMES, CLOSE THE IGNITION SWITCH AND ENGINE WILL BE ABLE TO START,,, WILL GO IN LIMP … |
| 2021-01-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | THE KEY WILL NOT START AND THEN WON'T TURN OFF. IT GETS STUCK IN THE IGNITION AND THE WHEEL LOCKS. THE LOCK AND NOT STA… |
| 2020-09-30 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | KEY GETS STUCK IN IGNITION AND I CANT TURN CAR OFF. |
| 2020-08-17 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I HAVE A 2010 VW JETTA WITH 118K ON IT AND WHILE I WAS DRIVING MY ENGINE DIED ON ME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY CAUSIN… |
| 2020-08-13 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Abs and stability control became inoperative at around 50mph. It's a 55mph road thats heavily trafficked since its near… |
| 2020-06-19 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | IGNITION SWITCH STOPPED WORKING AND CAR WOULD NOT TURN ON. COST $800 DOLLARS TO REPLACE. |
| 2020-05-14 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | MY VEHICLE SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING AND I SEE CERTAIN LIGHTS SHOW UP WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE I LOSE THE CONTROL OF THE VEH… |
| 2020-03-02 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | Every time it rains, water comes down im assuming from my sunroof, ive cleaned the drains multiple times, it doesnt mak… |
| 2020-03-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2010 Volkswagen Jetta. The contact stated she was unable to start the vehicle, due to a battery shor… |
| 2020-01-03 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | ALL SYMPTONS OF VW RECALL NO. 37E3/S7 OR NHTSA 09V333000" TRANSMISSION ABRUPTLY SHIFT TO NEUTRAL. THE SELECTOR LEVER PO… |
| 2020-01-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | ABS CONTROL MODULE IS DEFECTIVE. I LOSE BRAKING POWER RANDOMLY ESPECIALLY WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL TO THE LEFT. ABS,… |
| 2019-11-05 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, IT JERKED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT HAD T… |
| 2019-11-02 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | TRUNK WIRING HARNESS HAS SHORT CURCUIT WILL NOT OPEN . DEALER RECOMMEND REMOVE AND REPLACE TRUNK WIRING HARNESS. |
| 2019-10-31 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE ABS INDICATOR BEGAN TO BEEP. THE CONTACT APPLIE… |
| 2019-10-19 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | ABS MODULE HAS FAILED. FUEL PUMP HAS FAILED. 3 DOOR LOCK MODULES HAVE FAILED. RADIO HAS FAILED. FUEL PUMP ISSUES CAU… |
| 2019-10-16 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | DOOR LOCKS STOPPED WORKING FOR MY VW JETTA S 2.5 L. WHEN I PRESS THE CAR KEY TO LOCK THE DOOR, IT GIVES SOUND THAT EVE… |
| 2019-08-28 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | AFTER TAKING MY 2010 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA TO MY YEARLY TEXAS INSPECTION IT DID NOT PASS BECAUSE IS HAS THE BRAKE AND THE AB… |
| 2019-08-15 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AIRBAG LIGHT WENT ON ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO. I KNOW THAT MANY VWS, INCLUDING 2010 JETTAS LIKE MINE, WERE SUBJECT TO RECAL… |
| 2019-08-14 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | KEY GETS STUCK IN IGNITION WHEN TURNING OFF THE ENGINE. |