My 2001 jetta has now had two windows fall into the doors. The first was the front passenger side. Now the rear passenger side window has fallen through the door. This seems to be a well know and common issue, but there is currently no recall to my knowledge. Volkswagen jetta windows http://www.consumeraffairs.com/automotive/vw_jetta_window.html.
2001 Volkswagen Jetta visibility complaints
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Like many other vw jetta 01 owners, front passenger side windows keep failing to come down. Had it repaired, then happened again. Vw needs to get this taken care of.
Girlfriend got into car on wednesday morning to go to college. She shut the door and the snow had blocked her view through the rear window. So she hit the power window button to roll down front driver side window and the window fell down into the door and would not roll back up. She took the car to motorvation motorcars to have the window taped up until it could get fixed on fri. Temperature was frigid and this was very inconvenient. This had happened once before in oct. During heavy rains. Had no idea this was an occurring prob with more than one jetta. Got on the internet and got curious to why this had happened twice and found this website. What if an infant child was restrained in rear seat going down the interstate when this happened. Problem should be handled app. At volkswagens expense.
2001 jetta 4-cyl 2.0l, driver side power window regulator has failed causing the window to get stuck in different positions. The window makes a loud jarring noise when made to go all the way up or all the way down as the window motor doesn't shut off on its own. I am the third owner of this car. The previous owner also had seen this problem before.
I have noticed that my windshield wipers have been deteriorating in the past months. I brought my car to a vw dealer back in april to see why my windshield wipers were stuttering. They said the windshield might be on too tight or something wrong with the blades. I changed the blades and got a new windshield since I had a crack in it anyways. Both did not resolve the problem and I was never told it could be the wiper motor. I have had a few instances where I was driving now on the highway or just on a side street and it was raining and all of a sudden my wipers would just stop!!! I almost got into a few accidents now, and I feel it is a huge safety hazard that I shouldn't be responsible for.
Over the weekend the inside of my car filled with rain water. It was a puddle on the bottom of my car. I dried it out with the help of my father. I took it to the local vw dealership and they told me it's not covered as part of my warranty. They said that they know it's the sunroof causing the leak without even looking at it. I asked if has anything to do with the front passenger window I recently had repaired and they said no. They had a bunch of people come in with the same problem and they are all due to the sunroof causing a leak. They said it's not covered under the warranty because it's maintenance when I had no idea this is a problem and vw is very well aware the problem. I'm not sure if this is the type of complaint you handle but I feel that volkswagen is getting away with a faulty problem with the sunroof and this should be recalled and they absorb the price.
Windshield wiper failure 3 times within one year, wipers have stopped wires have been replaced - motor replaced has been same issue each time - motor still working - wipers not.
Vw sent a letter to me that the side windows on my 2001 jetta tdi sedan vw may fail and they would repair them when it occurred up to 7 years. They would not repair them before failure. When they failed I was on the highway doing 65 MPH and the drivers window failed crashing into the inner door well. Not knowing what was going on and the loud bang in the door almost caused an accident. I brought the car to the dealer who put a fix kit on it. Now the 2 front windows they put the fix kit in bottoms out making a loud nose and when it comes up it makes a clicking noise like something hitting the glass. The dealer states this is the vw fix. I have a 2003 jetta tdi sedan vw and it does not have this problem so I researched why. What I found out was that you can't buy the 2001 window regulators and motors from vw you can only get the update like in my 2003. The reason is that vw came up with a fix that is not proper with this fix kit. The correct fix is to replace the regulators and motors. The windows did not make noises prior to them failing and should not be doing this if the fix kit works proper.
The window regulator went out on the front passenger window. This is the second time that this has happened. I understand that litigation was filed in august 2003 in reference to this matter.
Both windows on the driver's and passenger's door collapsed and no longer work within 2 days of each other. I have read on many similar cases on volkswagen jettas. It appears that vw used parts which do not have much durability when constructing the window supports.
My passenger side window stopped working. This is very upsetting as I have read on several websites that volkswagen jettas have a tendencey for the windows to break. I would like to know why there isn't a recall.
Passenger side window failure. We simply pulled into a parking lot, passenger pressed the button to roll down the windo, and when passenger pushed button again to raise window, it simply collapsed into the door frame.
Front, passenger side window regulator failed (plastic part broke).
Before I picked up the car- it needed a new fuel tank because the dealer was unable to put gas into the car. At 60,000 miles the crank shaft broke off and a new engine was installed. My driver side window fell down. Two plastic things keep falling out of the sunroof and I put them back up. Numerous oxygen sensors have been changed but my check engine light remains on. Finally, at 107,000 miles my transmission went out and vw refuses to help with any of the cost because it is out of the warranty.
I was driving when all of a sudden the window on my 2001 vw jetta fell inside the door. The pieces that held the window up broke.
Right window on passenger side would not go up replaced regulator.
Vw 20001 wolfsburg edition jetta: passenger window failed to go back up. Appears that the window regulator failed and now the window is down. I will be replacing the part myself, but I know that this is a common vw problem.
2001 vw jetta wolfsburg 40k miles - water leaks into the car from underneath the instrument panel on the passenger side. Dealer stated that it was the drain channel from the sunroof. Week later the problem reoccurred. Dealer stated that they have no idea as to what is causing the problem. They're in process of taking the car apart. Vw customer service is not being helpful at all. I've seen at least two comments on the web about similar problem, but the dealer and the vw customer service claims that they have never seen this problem before. Any advise before my car gets totally disassembled? Not to mention water damage to the carpeting...
Front passenger window broke. I was unable to put my window back up while I was on my way to my night job.
Front passenger power window, part failure resulting in window falling into door. Contacted nearest dealer, was informed that they are performing labor free of charge, but I must purchase the parts. If the problem is that wide spread, they should pay for the part also.
2001 vw jetta - numerous build issues. Excessive oil consumption - 1 quart in 1000 miles. Vehicle re-ringed at 19k. Current mileage 47k - last oil change down 2 quarts in 5ooo miles. Window regulators - recall. Shifter shaft replaced for serious vibration in 2nd and 5th gears. Both front seats feel like they aren't locked in place! Diagnosed as faulty weld at time of manufacture.
Windows on vw jetta's seem to be falling due to a defect in plastic clips that hold the windows. Volkswagen is covering the replacement of these clips with redesigned metal ones. The dealer took care of everything just fine for me, though I'm surprised that there is no mention of this common problem on this web site.
The front driver/passenger side power window glass came off track and fell into the door. *ak the plastic track clamps had broken and caused the window to get stuck in the open or closed position and allowed the window(s) to fall down in the door panel(s). Per bulletin, this problem has existed since 1988. *scc
The driver's side window when rolled up made a loud popping noise. The next time I attempted to roll the window down it fell all the way into the door and didn't come back up. I feel this problem is a little ridiculous considering my car is only 2 years old.
When my wife went to close the trunk, the rear window literally exploded and the biggest part of the glass went into the car.
I am not satisfied with my 2001 jetta. One week after I purchased the car in aug 2001 the passenger and driver side seats started to move everytime I stepped on the brake. I took it to the dealership and they said nothing was wrong. A few months later I noticed that floor padding on the back seat area (both sides) started bulging. The dealership indicated that is normal for all 2001 jettas. I have several friends who drives vw and they never had the same problem with their floor paddings. A few months later, the window on the driver side broke. All in all my driver side and passenger side windows have malfunctioned 5 times. In addition to all these problems, the temp gauge also malfunctioned. The temperature gauge would move from extremenme heat temp tocold tem and vice versa. What upset me is that there are two current recalls for 2001 jettas and I havent heard from vw. I wasn't even informed about the window regulator problem.
Front right window just fell to the bottom of the door after a pop sound. This is a power window system.
Consumer put the vehicles' defroster on , and the back windshield implode, without being hit by an object or vehicle being in an accident, and went into the back seat. No one was injured, cause seat was not occupied at the time. Please provide more details. Ts
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First my passenger side window failed when using the auto down button. Three months later the drivers side has now failed. The car is only 1 1/2 years old.
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