2009 Volkswagen Jetta body problems

Filed Apr 9, 2015 · Body, Locks · 66,000 miles · TX

The door locks on my 2009 jetta will not lock/unlock. This can cause an issue where the door remains locked randomly, prohibiting an occupant from exiting the car in case of an emergency. This also allows the door to remain unlocked when assuming it has been locked, leading the car to be more accessible to unwanted patrons!

Filed Mar 16, 2015 · Body, Electrical · 60,200 miles · WI

The trunk lid of my 2009 vw jetta opens unexpectedly. It has happened while driving and while it is parked. This problem is intermittent and it is difficult to predict when it will occur. I will sometimes find it open when I am ready to drive in the morning. Sometimes it will open immediately after starting the car. Once it opened while I was entering a freeway ramp. Luckily it has not yet happened while unattended during a rain or snowstorm ! Yet the potential for danger is very real. Finding a place to pull over to close a trunk lid while my rear vision is blocked can be a very dangerous scenario -- not to mention the security issues an open trunk lid raises. The vw dealer has attempted two fixes, once under warranty and another attempt on march 6, 2015 cost me several hundred dollars. The last incident occurred just this afternoon as I was returning to my car from the bank lobby. I'm scheduled for a third visit to the dealer tomorrow afternoon. I really don't want to be a throwing any more money at a safety and quality issue that should not occur and hope that you will be able to help me. Thank you very much.

Filed Feb 16, 2015 · Airbags, Body · 65,000 miles · CA

Hoses for the sunroof drains not sealed properly. Water leaks into passenger compartment. Fills spare tire well, rusting the jack and tools making it hard to use if needed. Water also runs down a pillar (where there is an airbag) and then over (soaking) the fuse box on the side of the dashboard. Then it runs down the plastic trims and leaks onto the feet of the driver soaking the floor mat. The wet fuse box and airbag seems dangerous. Date first noted and mileage are guesses. I know of many other jetta sportwagens that have this issue.

Filed Feb 5, 2015 · Body · 65,660 miles · WA

Rear door lock failure - unlock car using key fob, try to open back driver's side door, pull handle, door "drops" but doesn't open fully, pull handle second time door opens. From the inside try to open the door pull on handle door fails to open remaining locked even when driver unlocks manually. This does not happen every time I try to open the door but frequently. I've replaced door locks twice on rear passenger doors and the left door has failed again. Each time at my expense! This should be a recall as it's clearly a safety issue.

Filed Dec 29, 2014 · Body · CA

When it rains the drains in the volkswagen jetta get clogged up. Once the drains get clogged the water comes inside the interior of the car into the entire floor of the car. The floor is then flooded with water. Their has been a previous lawsuit that was settled for the previous vw models 97-05 in 2014. When the car was sold to me no one notified me of this problem and how to prevent this problem. Now my local vw dealership wants to charge me 1000 for this problem which should not be a problem from the first place.

Filed Dec 5, 2014 · Body, Locks · 54,000 miles · NY

Passenger side, rear door lock does not work. Door cannot be opened from either the inside or the outside.

Filed Jul 13, 2014 · Body · 96,189 miles · VT

I have owned vehicle for 2.5 years, went to check the status of the spare tire and found that the spare tire well was filled with water. Searching here and there I see that this is a known problem with this vehicle, something to do with the sunroof drain tubes. I bought this car from a vw dealer and have had it services at a vw dealer and no one has mentioned anything about this. With all the electronics on the car this could have caused a major outage.

Filed May 21, 2014 · Airbags, Body · 92,000 miles · TX · crash

Our car is driven by 2 drivers- I am 5 feet tall, my husband is 6'1". The car seat gets moved back and forth a lot as we both drive the car daily. In late november my husband moved the seat all the way back and it made a cracking noise. We later noticed the air bag light was on. He found the broken wire under the seat and repaired it, but the light was still on. A call to the dealership revealed they knew about the issue and the fix was to "not move the seat so much". The next week- before we had a chance to take the car in to get the light cleared- the car was involved in a collision. I rear ended a car in slow-and-go traffic when she switched lanes in front of me while I was accelerating. $15,000 in damage was done to the car but the air bags did not go off. A witness that stopped to help had to pry the door open to get me out. The fighter fighters all remarked that they could not believe the air bags didn't go off. No airbags could have been a huge issue if the accident was worse.

Filed Feb 11, 2014 · Body · 79,000 miles · OH

Ice collected in door jam, reducing operation of driver door. I had been driving in cold weather. Upon arrival at my destination, my drivers door was difficult to open. When forced open I heard a loud crunching noise. Once I got out of the car, the bottom of my door was damaged and a large chunk of ice was found in the forward part of the door jam. A significant amount of ice had accumulated. With the current weather pattern, this has been happening daily since the first incident. Now the door is damaged enough it will no longer open properly.

Filed Aug 14, 2013 · Body · 50,000 miles · MD

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 volkswagen jetta. The contact stated that the steering wheel cover slip in the air bag horn area was defective and the contact was concerned that the air bag would erroneously deploy. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 50,000 and the current mileage was 71,000. Updated 08/27/13*lj the steering air bag cover also served as the horn contact area I.e. The consumer had to press the air bag cover to activate the horn. The steering wheel air bag cover was splitting in multiple areas due to horn usage I.e pressing on the cover to activate the horn. The steering wheel air bag cover should withstand a lifetime of use without failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue, but they refused to replace the steering wheel airbag which included the cover. Updated 08/29/13 updated 09/24/13