2001 Volkswagen Jetta seats problems

Filed Jun 17, 2016 · Seats · 270,000 miles · CT

The weld holding the drivers seat to the floor board broke off. This car has never been in an accident and has very minimal rust.

Filed Jul 16, 2014 · Seats · 102,000 miles · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 2001 volkswagen jetta. The contact stated it was difficult to adjust the front driver's side seat. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 102,000 and the current mileage was 103,000.

Filed Sep 6, 2013 · Engine, Lights · VA

The 2001 v.w. Jetta: this vehicle burns an excessive amount of oil, approximately 1 quart per month, in daily, everday usage, city traffic and short highway trips, an exorbitant amount of oil, even with regular oil/filter changes. V.w. Has not notified me of this problem, nor corrected it and dealers' will do nothing about it. The driver's side, shoddy, flip-back, plastic arm rest is broken, cheaply made, it will not retain or hold the driver's arm, it is located adjacent and near the auto. Transmission gear shift, it could and does fail, a safety hazard. Rear tail and brake lights burn-out at excessive rates, often enough for it to be a nuisance, to replace them. Please have v.w. Correct these problems @ their own expense, not mine, owner.

Filed Mar 23, 2007 · Seats · MO

This happenned twice on my 2001 jetta. All of a sudden there was a spring lying on the floor, and I had no idea where it came from. Also happend on my 2001 golf. Worst car ever and very unsafe!

Filed Mar 14, 2007 · Seats · 93,000 miles · NY

Seat heater in vw jetta '01 became very hot (like burning cigarette on buttocks) on two different days - and finally stop working. Per the dealer the element did short out - has discolored fabric - and is now being replaced to the tune of $275 -- the cover would cost an extra $350+ which I passed on replacing.

Filed Nov 30, 2005 · Seats · 49,000 miles · CA

A 2001 vw jetta has an issue with a metal spring that is part of the front passenger seat. The spring separates from the mechanism that keeps the seat from sliding forward. There is no specific reason the spring becomes loose from the car seat and one would never know if the spring is not attached, it could cause major harm to the driver and passenger in the event of an accident. The seat remains locked in a position, but if the car is involved in an accident, the seat could slide forward, causing injury. Vw refuses to cover the part as a safety recall and is charging hundreds of dollars to fix the problem. Other issues are : cars plastic part are getting broken . In my car : glove compartment handle is broken rim fell off from sun roof . It would have fallen on me or passenger and caused distraction to driver.

Filed Oct 20, 2005 · Seats · 48,080 miles · NJ

2001 jetta vr6 driver seat rocks because of broken gears. *ts the dealer would not repair the seat free of charge because the vehicle was out of warranty. The dealer determined that there is a bad gear and it will cost over $700. To repair. The consumer considers this a safety issue and believes this may affect the proper operation of the side mounted air bags. The glove compartment also broke.

Filed Jun 24, 2005 · Seats · RI

Dt: the contact owns a 2001 volkswagen jetta. Driver's side seat is heated, and one night smelled an odor of burning plastic. She couldn't figure out what it was, and then her back and legs were getting really hot from the heated seat.*ak consumer states on 05/25/05 heated seats were on and a shock was felt in consumer's left leg. Consumer turned it off then back on in 15 minutes to see if it would reoccur and 5 minutes later seat became hot and experienced an electric shock in left thigh again.*sb

Filed Mar 8, 2005 · Seats · CA

The heating element for the heated seat became so hot it melted the leather seat of the consumer's 2001 volkswagen jetta. *nm the dealer stated that liquid appeared to be split on the leather seats causing the device to short out and overheat which caused the device to short out and overheat which caused the damage. The consumer inquired about compensation. *sc

Filed Dec 12, 2004 · Seats · CA

1 ) while driving with the seat heater on, the seat became burning hot, to a point where I had to get out of the seat. This is while I am driving at 65 MPH on interstate I-580. I have complained to vw with no avail. I have also found from other reports that this has happened to many other vehicles, to a point where some caught on fire. Vw refuses to address the issue, and the service dept even went as far as recommending me just swapping the passenger to driver side heat control. *jb 2) the failure of the seat heater almost LED to a accident at highway speeds. I was forced to drive while not completely seated to pull over . 3). Vw has done nothing to address the issue since they state my vehicle is out of warranty.