2012 Volkswagen Jetta visibility problems

Filed May 23, 2024 · Visibility · TX

The contact's daughter owns a 2012 Volkswagen Jetta. The contact stated that while his daughter was driving at undisclosed speeds in the rain, an abnormal popping sound was heard. The wipers were moving slowly and became inoperable. The contact stated that after turning on the windshield wipers, the wiper blades went into the down position. The driver was able to pull over. There were no warning lights illuminated. The owner called an unknown local dealer, but the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was unknown.

Filed Oct 30, 2020 · Visibility · 68,000 miles · NJ

When the weather gets cold around 35 degrees and lower, the wipers stop working. They are not stuck to windshield. Very dangerous and happens randomly on in the winter.

Filed Jan 20, 2020 · Visibility · 36,000 miles · MN

Ongoing issue: in cold weather, the wiper blades will not work. Generally anytime below freezing temperatures. In a few instances, if I turn the wipers on and off, on and off, they will begin to work. But that is quite infrequent. In the winter months. The biggest problem while driving is the wet salt will cloud the windshield and need to be cleaned. The wiper fluid will squirt out, and stay splashed where it landed on the windshield. The wiper blades will not engage. Only a click-click. I then need to pull over and wash the melted salt and squeegee the wiper fluid off of the windshield at the gas station. And then pray the window stays clean for the remaining portion of my drive to work. Or pull over again and clean the windshield by hand. Vw dealer had quoted $400 to "look at replacing the motor" but would not guarantee that will solve the issue. I have had this vehicle for almost 4 years and the problem has been here since I owned the car. I have not invested any money into a repair, as vw dealer does not seem to know what the problem is.

Filed Feb 26, 2019 · Visibility · 69,000 miles · OH

When it is cold outside and the temperature goes below 20 degrees the windshield wipers stop working. When the temperature warms up the wipers start working again. This is very dangerous when it is raining or snowing an I am unable to clear the windshield!

Filed Feb 21, 2019 · Electrical, Visibility · 70,000 miles · IN

The horn which is attached to auto security system stopped working initially when coming in contact with heavy snow fall after moving to indiana from florida after the summer weather arrived it worked for a short time ass soon as the weather and rainfall changed the horn no longer worked, the water dispenser/washer for the wipers stopped working will no longer dispense anything. My vehicle was in use when the issues were noticed, it is driven daily and within a short amount of time it became noticeable that the weather was causing possible a shortage so that the horn or water dispenser refused to cooperate

Filed Dec 17, 2018 · Visibility · 80,000 miles · VA

Windshield wipers will not turn on when temperatures reach below 30 degrees. Happens at initial start up. A real safety issue. When temperatures are above 30 degrees this doesn't happen.

Filed Nov 30, 2018 · Electrical, Visibility · 65,000 miles · WV

Tl* the contact owns a 2012 volkswagen jetta. While the vehicle was stationary and while driving various speeds, the horn became inoperative in cold climates. In addition, the windshield wipers failed. Furthermore, the ignition key became stuck in the ignition on several occasions. An independent repaired the ignition. A dealer was not made aware of the failures. The manufacturer was made aware of the ignition failure. The failure mileage was approximately 65,000.

Filed Feb 21, 2018 · Visibility · OR

I have been having problems with my windshield wipers not working when it is cold.I have called the local vw dealer and was told that they haven't heard of this problem and want over a 100.00 to test for it.I have found that this problem has happened a lot to other owners. I have been stranded with this problem. After it warms up they will work.

Filed Jan 18, 2018 · Visibility · 52,000 miles · NY

My windshield wipers would not move. Temperature was approximately 15 degrees fahrenheit. Fuse was not broken. Motor fine. When it warmed up, the wipers began to work again. My vehicle was stationary initially, but even as I drove for 30 minutes, the wipers would not work.

Filed Jan 10, 2018 · Visibility · NV

I live in an area that had over 100 days without rain. The day it finally rained I tried to turn on windshield wipers and they no longer worked. Auto tech states the motor burned out. Upon researching online I noticed this was a common occurrence with this vehicle.