PlainCars

2013 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA HYBRID

107 complaints filed with NHTSA.

107
Complaints
4
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries
0
Deaths

Complaints by Component

ComponentCount
POWER TRAIN55
ENGINE14
SERVICE BRAKES8
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM8
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL5
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM4
AIR BAGS2
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION2
VISIBILITY1
STRUCTURE1
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN1
VISIBILITY/WIPER1
UNKNOWN OR OTHER1
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)1
STEERING1

Recalls (3)

19V67900025/09/2019

UNKNOWN OR OTHER

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2017 Volkswagen Passat, 2018 Tiguan LWB, 2007-2009 Jetta Sedan, 2011-2013, 2015 and 2019 Jetta, 2013 Jetta Hybrid, 2008-2009 Jetta Sportwagen, 2015 Golf Sportwagen, 2013 Golf, 2008-2010 and 2012-2013 Beetle and Beetle Convertible, 2

13V56800014/11/2013

POWER TRAIN

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc (Volkswagen) is recalling certain model year 2013-2014 Jetta Hybrid vehicles manufactured October 2012 through October 2013 and equipped with a DQ-200 direct-shift gearbox. Due to gearbox fluid additives, the control module within the gearbox may corrode. The deposi

19V86600006/12/2019

POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2013-2015 Jetta Hybrid vehicles equipped with a DQ200 7-Speed DSG Automatic Transmission. Hairline cracks can develop within the transmission electronic gearbox (mechatronic unit), causing an internal transmission oil leak and a de

Recent Complaints

20180127CrashVISIBILITY/WIPER

WIPERS FAIL TO WORK DURING COLD TEMPS...START WORKING AGAIN ONCE IT WARMS UP. HAVE LEFT ME STRANDED AND CAUSED ME TO DRIVE OFF THE ROAD. SEEMS TO BE A HUGE PROBLEM FOR OTHER JETTA OWNERS.

Mileage: 63,000

20180117CrashVEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

2013 JETTA HYBRID. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO UNINTENDED ACCELERATION WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARALLEL PARK, UPON APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED INTO A PARKED VEHICLE. *JS

20180117CrashSERVICE BRAKES

2013 JETTA HYBRID. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO UNINTENDED ACCELERATION WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARALLEL PARK, UPON APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED INTO A PARKED VEHICLE. *JS

20130906CrashSERVICE BRAKES

ON THE FREEWAY, I SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES, AS THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT IN FRONT OF ME, AND THE REGENERATIVE BRAKES DID NOT ACTIVATE WHEN SLAMMING ON THE BRAKES. THE STANDARD ABS DISK BRAKES, WITHOUT REGENERATIVE BRAKING, ARE NOT SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO STOP THE VEHICLE IN AN EMERGENCY INSTANCE SUCH AS THIS. THIS IS EITHER AN ISSUE WITH THE REGENERATIVE BRAKES INITIALIZING WHEN THEY ARE NEEDED (WHICH IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE HYBRID MODEL OF THE 2013 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA), OR THE STANDARD ANTI-LOCK DISK BRAK

Mileage: 4,650