Safety Score
95
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
27
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2012 Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-09-15 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | Cp4 high pressure fuel pump will self-destruct causing little pieces of metal to go throughout the fuel system and caus… |
| 2024-08-07 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | I was looking at the GMC Duramax diesel and it has the same problem as the Volkswagen Jetta TDI fuel pump failure due t… |
| 2023-10-06 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2012 Volkswagon Jetta Sportwagen. The contact stated that while driving at 35 MPH, the accelerator p… |
| 2022-07-03 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | HPFP fuel system failed while driving at speed causing car to stall on highway. |
| 2021-04-19 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | VOLKSWAGEN KNOWS THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THEIR ABS MODULE BUT REFUSE TO CORRECT IT. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS. … |
| 2020-12-22 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AIRBAG CORROSION FOUND BY DEALER. |
| 2020-12-14 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | PER DEALER VEHICLE HAS NON-FUNCTIONING HORN AND HIGH-BEAM HEADLIGHTS APPARENTLY DUE TO CLOCK SPRING FAILURE. IN ADDITIO… |
| 2020-12-04 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2012 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER HER BOYFRIEND HAD DRIVEN THE VEHICLE AND P… |
| 2020-12-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | DPF LIGHT CAME ON AND WENT OFF AND THEN CAME ON |
| 2020-09-12 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | 2012 VW JETTA WAGON THAT WAS PURCHASED NEW AND ALWAYS HOUSED IN A GARAGE UNTIL FEBRUARY 2020. WATER LEAKED INTO CAR IN… |
| 2020-07-15 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | I HAD TO HAVE ALL FOUR SPRINGS REPLACED BECAUSE THEY WERE BROKEN. I'VE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM. T… |
| 2020-06-24 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | BROKEN LEFT FRONT & LEFT REAR COIL SPRINGS. I DON'T BELIEVE THIS WAS CREATED BY RUNNING OVER ANYTHING. SERVICE ASSOCI… |
| 2020-01-14 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I NOTICED MY CAR HAS BEEN CUTTING OUT AND NOT HAVING POWER WHEN DRIVING DOWN A FREEWAY. ILL PUT THE PEDAL DOWN IT DIDNT… |
| 2019-05-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | WHEN MOVING FROM STOP, TRANSMISSION TAKES A SECOND TO ENGAGE. THIS IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE WHEN TRYING TO TAKE A TURN FROM… |
| 2019-04-11 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | THE SUNROOF LEAKS ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE WHEN IT RAINS, CAUSING THE CAR TO HAVE FLOODING ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE FRONT… |
| 2019-04-07 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | ABOUT A YEAR AGO BOTH REAR SPRINGS WERE BROKE AND THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THEM. ABOUT A MONTH AGO BOTH FRONT SPRINGS W… |
| 2019-03-21 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | KEY GETS STUCK IN IGNITION WHEN TURNING OFF ENGINE. |
| 2019-01-22 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | VEHICLE STALLED OUT WHILE DRIVER AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS DUE TO INTERCOOLER FREEZING, ON SECOND OCCASION VEHICLE WAS UNABLE T… |
| 2019-01-21 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | HAVING DIFFICULTY WITH MY VW JETTA SPORTWAGEN 2012 WITH ITS HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP HAVING CONTAMINATED THE FUEL SYSTEM… |
| 2017-06-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA SPORTWAGEN. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS HESITANT AS IF T… |
| 2017-05-15 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | CAR IS SERVICED AT VW DEALER EVERY 10,000 MILES. AT 70,000 MILES THEY TELL ME MY REAR SIDE DOOR HINGES ARE RUSTED AND N… |
| 2017-02-13 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | MY 2012 JETTA SPORTSWAGEN TDI IS HAVING WATER FREEZING IN THE INTERCOOLER CAUSING IT TO NOT START OR EVEN SMOKE WHEN ST… |
| 2016-12-03 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | RIGHT REAR SEAT BELT IS JAMMED IN THE RETRACTED POSITION. CAR WAS PARKED ON LEVEL GROUND AT HOME DRIVEWAY. CANNOT PUL… |
| 2016-05-15 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA SPORTWAGEN. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE BRAKES MADE A GRINDING… |
| 2016-04-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | 4/5/16 4:30PM, VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHUT OFF. BROUGHT TO VOLKSWAGEN DEALERS WHO DIAGNOSED VEHICLE WITH AN IGNITION LOCK CY… |
| 2016-03-27 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA SPORTWAGEN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED, THE TRUNK AJAR WARNING L… |
| 2015-06-11 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA SPORTWAGEN. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL… |