2009 Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen problems, complaints & recalls

2026-09-11 · Seat Belts

“at or around 6:52pm on 9/11/2026, what i assume is the seatbelt pretensioner deployed while i was driving down a smooth road. absolutely no potholes or anything of the sort, i was just regularly driving down the road and it snapped and tightened up onto my chest, started smoking inside, and injured the left side of my neck. i have a 2009 volkswagen…”

2024-01-22 · Power Train

“while driving the vehicle, suddenly and without warning it downshifted, went into limp mode and became stuck in second gear. fortunately, i was driving on a secondary road with little traffic. had i been on a major road or highway, its likely i would have been rear ended resulting in injury/death. i have taken vehicle to dealership where it has…”

2023-11-11 · Steering

“random unwanted braking action during driving and dangerous steering force to the right side.i had to use both hands and force to keep car on the road on the interstate. no fault codes found vw dealership could not find any problem.they replaced the abs modem to a cost of $2669 but the problem remains.the brakes lock up when just backing up on my…”

2022-09-07 · Unknown Or Other

“the car had an ignition problem. i could not turn the car off using the key. for many years it is had a problem of not always being able to easily start the car with the key. but time time i could not turn the car off without pulling a fuse. obvious safety issues if a car won't turn off and basically useless vehicle. it had not been inspected…”

2020-09-11 · Unknown Or Other

“i purchased a 2009 vw jetta gli 4 door car and less than 1 day later the epc, abs lights came on and many of the gauges were not working properly (speedometer, fuel, etc.) the sensors were fixed and the used dealership that sold me the car has had it off and on, in and out of the shop fixing those things, said the abs module needed replaced. the de…”

2019-07-13 · Unknown Or Other · 145,000 mi

“key gets stuck in ignition when turning off the engine.…”

2019-05-29 · Service Brakes · 135,000 mi

“abs, esc indicator lights came on driving at highway speed, and with brake indicator flashing and audible sound. diagnosed at capistrano vw as failure of abs control module. repair declined due to $2,500 cost, but the circumstances indicate this should be covered in safety recall 45f2, nhtsa campaign 16v913 (although vin not indicated as part of re…”

2019-05-14 · Service Brakes · 100,080 mi

“vehicle has 100,088 miles on it. on 5/11/2019 the abs module went bad. under nhtsa campaign recall number 16v913000 the abs module should be replaced. volkswagon on 5/14/19 ran my vin # and said no recall applied. they refused to replace the module despite the applicability of your recall campaign number. the vehicle is now in a mechanic's ga…”

2018-09-04 · Electrical System · 139,000 mi

“my car ignition are continue failing on me. sometimes it works and some times was not working. the keys got stuck in the ignition. we can't turn off the engine.some times we can't turn on the engine. i'm afraid its a safety hazard that ignition will fail during driving.…”

2018-06-07 · Seat Belts · 89,000 mi

“tl* the contact owns a 2009 volkswagen jetta sportwagen. the contact stated that the retractors for the rear driver and passenger seat belts failed to properly extend to accommodate adult passengers. the vehicle was taken to autobarn volkswagen of mt. prospect (333 west rand road, mt prospect, illinois 60056, (847) 392-6300) where the seats belts w…”