2004 Volkswagen Jetta airbags problems

Filed Feb 18, 2016 · Airbags, Electrical · 91,000 miles · FL

Over the past few days it has been raining heavily & although it has happened to me once before this time is what worse. My car is leaking from somewhere & its coming on the inside. My carpets are constantly wet, my airbags alongside windshield leak, and the handle where you open the hood of the car is literally a stream of water entering the car during heavy rainfall. The airbag light has come on and the check engine. I was more concerned with the check engine light so I went and got it checked. The code came up as u0155 - which refers to (lost communication with instrument panel cluster (ipc) control module) meaning my entire dashboard needs to be replaced because of this leaking ! I have taken my car on multiple occasions to vw dealership for servicing (never for this problem) and they never once told me anything about cleaning the sunroof drains every two years as maintenance, it is visible to the naked eye that my sunroof is messed up because when I purchased it the lining on the car around the sunroof is drooping and I cannot open the sunroof because of this. I never thought of it as a big deal because I don't use a sunroof but how was I supposed to know there was a leak without anyone telling me that was even possible. I looked up this problem online, that's how I know what's wrong with my car. I refuse to get it "diagnosed" and spend over 200$ on just a diagnosis when I already know what the problem is and they'll end up charging way more to actually fix the problem. This is my first car and I don't know much of anything about cars except keeping up with oil and filter changes, fuel injectors, and changing my tires when the tread is getting low. I have done all of that at each checkpoint since I purchased at 63,000 miles. There is so much condensation inside I can barely see out my windows, I have sit for at least a half hour car on to be able to see & drive.

Filed Sep 22, 2014 · Airbags · 112,000 miles · MD

I was driving my children to school in the morning. They were doing construction on the roads around my house and all the sewer caps were exposed. They are re-paving all the streets. I barely clipped one and my driver side "side" airbags (headliner air bags and the driver seat side airbags) deployed for no reason. There was no collision, no impact. I barely clipped the sewer cap and I'm not even positive the airbag deployment occurred at the same time. Vwoa is currently investigating but after reading about air bag deployments for some time now, I can't imaging that running over a sewer cover at 15 MPH and barely clipping it would be enough to deploy the side air bags. Luckily I was able to stop the car and get it to side of the road without injuring myself or anyone else. It was a very scary situation. Still waiting to hear the outcome from vw.

Filed Feb 14, 2014 · Airbags · 121,000 miles · WI

Air bag light went on.

Filed Jan 3, 2013 · Airbags · 90,000 miles · NJ · crash · 1 injury

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 volkswagen jetta. The contact stated that while driving 50 MPH, another vehicle crashed into the driver's side door. The impact caused the vehicle to spin around and crash into a light pole. The contact mentioned that the driver's side air bag failed to deploy. A police report was filed and the driver sustained lacerations to his arms, legs and face. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. The technician was unable to diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure but did not offer any assistance. The vehicle was destroyed. The VIN was not available. The failure and current mileage was 90,000.

Filed Oct 24, 2011 · Airbags · 140,000 miles · CA · crash · 2 injuries

We were stopped in the traffic and all of a sudden this truck [2001 chevy] rear ended us at the speed of 45 miles per hour and our car got pushed into the car in front of us. In our car, passenger side air bag cover came out but airbag did not deploy. We bought this car because we had great trust in vw [german cars] in making strong and reliable cars which can save lives which could not be proved in the accident we gotten into. Had the impact been little higher we could have died in the accident. I'm sad to say that our trust in vw has been shattered after the accident.

Filed Feb 9, 2011 · Airbags · 60,000 miles · VA

The passenger side air bag has too much voltage going to the bag and as such deactivated all the airbags in the vehicle.

Filed Aug 29, 2010 · Airbags · 39,439 miles · MO

I was driving approximately five MPH as I left my home when the side impact airbag deployed for no reason.

Filed Aug 31, 2009 · Airbags · 92,000 miles · IL

Air bags deployed after going over a bump.

Filed Jan 17, 2008 · Airbags · 12,200 miles · DE · crash · 2 injuries

While driving on a rain slicked ramp entering i95 I lost control of my car. It went into a tailspin and went across 4 lanes of traffic hitting a guardrail, bouncing off spinning around and hitting it again, bouncing off and hitting it again (for a total of 3 times) came to rest facing oncoming traffic. The front, back and passenger side of the car was totally destroyed. The car was practically rebuilt. My passenger and I were taken to the hospital via ambulance, there was almost 20k worth of damage to the vehicle and not to mention the 10k damage done to the guardrail. None of the airbags in my car ever deployed!!!! ....and my passenger is now suing me because of injuries he sustained. We have pictures, the only thing that saved our lives were that we had our seatbelts on.

Filed Apr 4, 2007 · Airbags · 38,000 miles · NV · crash · 1 injury

Tl* - the contact owns a 2004 volkswagen jetta gls. The contact's vehicle rear ended another vehicle while traveling 45 MPH. The air bags did not deploy. The vehicle was destroyed. The current and failure mileage were 38,000. The contaact sustained minor injuries, and did not remember if he was belted. A police report was taken. The contact had pictures of the vehicle, and submitted pictures to the manufacturer. The manufacturer stated that after reviewing the pictures the air bags performed properly.