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VOLKSWAGEN JETTA

2011 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA

7 safety recall campaigns, 5 defect investigations (1 open), 880 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns7
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations51 open
Owner complaints880
Complaints citing a crash37
Complaints citing a fire14

Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.

Recall campaigns 6 of 7

19V6790002019-09-25

UNKNOWN OR OTHER

If the vehicles do not meet all regulatory requirements, there could be an increased risk of a crash, fire, or injury.

19V6150002019-08-22

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE

Removing the key while the shift lever is in a position other than "Park" increases the risk of an unintended vehicle rollaway that may result in personal injury or a crash.

15V4830002015-08-04

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

A loss of electrical connection to the driver's frontal air bag will prevent the air bag from deploying in the event of a vehicle crash, increasing the risk of injury.

14V6560002014-10-20

SUSPENSION:REAR

The reduced durability of the trailing arm may result in its sudden fracture, possibly causing loss of vehicle control and increasing the risk of a crash.

11V4900002011-10-03

FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL

DUE TO THE RESONANCE CONDITION, INJECTOR LINE NUMBER 2 COULD DEVELOP SMALL CRACKS WHICH COULD LEAD TO FUEL LEAKAGE. LEAKING FUEL IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE, MAY LEAD TO A FIRE.

11V4660002011-09-07

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM

IF THE TAILPIPE EXTENSION IS HOT DURING INADVERTENT CONTACT, A BURN COULD OCCUR.

What owners report most

  • 174ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
  • 90ENGINE
  • 82FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
  • 77FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
  • 64UNKNOWN OR OTHER
  • 46POWER TRAIN
  • 39EXTERIOR LIGHTING
  • 34AIR BAGS

This page is about a model, not a car

Two 2011 VOLKSWAGEN JETTAs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.

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