Owner-reported complaints naming the transmission system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the automatic or manual transmission, including shifting behaviour, shudder, slipping and transmission control modules. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1995 Volkswagen Jetta submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 17 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
TRANSMISSION WOULD GO FORWARD WHEN PLACED IN REVERSE. MUCH NOISE WAS PRESENT. AT 100017 MILES DEALER CLAIMED TRANSMISSION WAS OK SO I SHOULD JUST DRIVE THE CAR. DEALER / VOLKS N.A. CLAIM MILEAGE EXCEEDED WARRANTY THEREFORE THEY WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY PORTION OF THE COST OF REPAIRS. *AK
ENGINE WILL NOT SHIFT GEARS UP HILL, ON FLAT ROAD OR SHIFTS THREE TIMES JUST TO GET TO 30 MPH, VEHICLE HAD A FULL TUNE UP, NEW OXYGEN SENSOR AND NEW TRANSMISSION STILL WILL NOT DRIVE SMOOTHLY.*ET
WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED, VEHICLE COMMENCED TO LOSES POWER. ALSO, OIL LEAKAGE DUE TO BLOWN HEAD GASKET. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
NO SUMMARY
FOLLOWING APPROXIMATELY TWO DOZEN VISITS TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR A CORRECTION, NOTHING WAS FOUND. AT ONE POINT AN AIR FLOW SENSOR WAS REPLACED, BUT THE IT DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. OFTEN TIMES A HESITATION WILL OCCUR WHEN I'M ACCCELERATING INTO TRAFFIC OR ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB A HILL OR MOUNTAIN. IN ADDITION, WHEN SHIFTING INTO GEAR THE TRANSMISSION WILL JERK AND SHIFTING INTO GEAR VERY ROUGHLY WHILE CLIMBING A HILL/MOUNTAIN.
RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE IN THE MAIL (#98V160000) (MFG. RECALL #UC) & NOTIFIED DEALER. WAS INFORMED THAT PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. CALLED MANUFACTURER & TOLD PARTS MAILED TO DEALER. DEALER HAS YET TO RECEIVE PARTS FOR HOOD LATCH. BEEN TO 2 DEALERSHIPS. *AK TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT THREE TIMES. RADIO FAILED. CLUSTER HOUSING REPLACED THREE TIMES. ALARM COMPUTER REPLACED. HEADLIGHT SWITCH REPLACED.DISTRIBUTOR CAP AND ROTOR BUTTON REPLACED. INSTRUMENT CLUSTER REPLACED. *YH
WHEN DRIVING 38 TO 40 MPH THE GEARS ARE HARD TO SHIFT AND THE ENGINE LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON . PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK
FUEL PUMP MALFUNCTIONED, ALSO REPLACED TRANSMISSION/REAR BRAKES/IGNITION WIRING/HEADLIGHTS/DASH LIGHTS/ANTI-THEFT ALARM SYSTEM. *AK
FUEL PUMP AND RELAY FAILED.
WIRING TO FUSE BOX FAILED, CAUSING CRUISE CONTROL TO FAIL.
EXPERIENCING TROUBLE WITH TRANSMISSION, WILL GO FORWARD IN REVERSE. GIVE MORE DETAILS. *AK
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE VHEILCE JUMPED OUT OF GEAR. *AK
WHILE DRIVING THE VHEILCE JUMPED OUT OF GEAR. *AK
THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT GEARS. TT
POOR PERFORMANCE OF THE TRANSMISSION, POOR PERFORMANCE OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM. TT
CAR STALLS OUT WHEN VEHICLE COMES TO A STOP OR SLOWS DOWN. TT
VEHICLE SHIFTS WITH NO WARNING. TT
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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