2001 Volkswagen Jetta Seats Problems

THE WELD HOLDING THE DRIVERS SEAT TO THE FLOOR BOARD BROKE OFF. THIS CAR HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT AND HAS VERY MINIMAL RUST.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. THE CONTACT STATED IT WAS DIFFICULT TO ADJUST THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 103,000.

THIS HAPPENNED TWICE ON MY 2001 JETTA. ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WAS A SPRING LYING ON THE FLOOR, AND I HAD NO IDEA WHERE IT CAME FROM. ALSO HAPPEND ON MY 2001 GOLF. WORST CAR EVER AND VERY UNSAFE! *AK

SEAT HEATER IN VW JETTA '01 BECAME VERY HOT (LIKE BURNING CIGARETTE ON BUTTOCKS) ON TWO DIFFERENT DAYS - AND FINALLY STOP WORKING. PER THE DEALER THE ELEMENT DID SHORT OUT - HAS DISCOLORED FABRIC - AND IS NOW BEING REPLACED TO THE TUNE OF $275 -- THE COVER WOULD COST AN EXTRA $350+ WHICH I PASSED ON REPLACING. *JB

A 2001 VW JETTA HAS AN ISSUE WITH A METAL SPRING THAT IS PART OF THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. THE SPRING SEPARATES FROM THE MECHANISM THAT KEEPS THE SEAT FROM SLIDING FORWARD. THERE IS NO SPECIFIC REASON THE SPRING BECOMES LOOSE FROM THE CAR SEAT AND ONE WOULD NEVER KNOW IF THE SPRING IS NOT ATTACHED, IT COULD CAUSE MAJOR HARM TO THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. THE SEAT REMAINS LOCKED IN A POSITION, BUT IF THE CAR IS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, THE SEAT COULD SLIDE FORWARD, CAUSING INJURY. VW REFUSES TO COVER THE PART AS A SAFETY RECALL AND IS CHARGING HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS TO FIX THE PROBLEM. OTHER ISSUES ARE : CARS PLASTIC PART ARE GETTING BROKEN . IN MY CAR : GLOVE COMPARTMENT HANDLE IS BROKEN RIM FELL OFF FROM SUN ROOF . IT WOULD HAVE FALLEN ON ME OR PASSENGER AND CAUSED DISTRACTION TO DRIVER. *NM

2001 JETTA VR6 DRIVER SEAT ROCKS BECAUSE OF BROKEN GEARS. *TS THE DEALER WOULD NOT REPAIR THE SEAT FREE OF CHARGE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. THE DEALER DETERMINED THAT THERE IS A BAD GEAR AND IT WILL COST OVER $700. TO REPAIR. THE CONSUMER CONSIDERS THIS A SAFETY ISSUE AND BELIEVES THIS MAY AFFECT THE PROPER OPERATION OF THE SIDE MOUNTED AIR BAGS. THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT ALSO BROKE. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT IS HEATED, AND ONE NIGHT SMELLED AN ODOR OF BURNING PLASTIC. SHE COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT IT WAS, AND THEN HER BACK AND LEGS WERE GETTING REALLY HOT FROM THE HEATED SEAT.*AK CONSUMER STATES ON 05/25/05 HEATED SEATS WERE ON AND A SHOCK WAS FELT IN CONSUMER'S LEFT LEG. CONSUMER TURNED IT OFF THEN BACK ON IN 15 MINUTES TO SEE IF IT WOULD REOCCUR AND 5 MINUTES LATER SEAT BECAME HOT AND EXPERIENCED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK IN LEFT THIGH AGAIN.*SB *NM

THE HEATING ELEMENT FOR THE HEATED SEAT BECAME SO HOT IT MELTED THE LEATHER SEAT OF THE CONSUMER'S 2001 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. *NM THE DEALER STATED THAT LIQUID APPEARED TO BE SPLIT ON THE LEATHER SEATS CAUSING THE DEVICE TO SHORT OUT AND OVERHEAT WHICH CAUSED THE DEVICE TO SHORT OUT AND OVERHEAT WHICH CAUSED THE DAMAGE. THE CONSUMER INQUIRED ABOUT COMPENSATION. *SC *JB

1 ) WHILE DRIVING WITH THE SEAT HEATER ON, THE SEAT BECAME BURNING HOT, TO A POINT WHERE I HAD TO GET OUT OF THE SEAT. THIS IS WHILE I AM DRIVING AT 65 MPH ON INTERSTATE I-580. I HAVE COMPLAINED TO VW WITH NO AVAIL. I HAVE ALSO FOUND FROM OTHER REPORTS THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MANY OTHER VEHICLES, TO A POINT WHERE SOME CAUGHT ON FIRE. VW REFUSES TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE, AND THE SERVICE DEPT EVEN WENT AS FAR AS RECOMMENDING ME JUST SWAPPING THE PASSENGER TO DRIVER SIDE HEAT CONTROL. *JB 2) THE FAILURE OF THE SEAT HEATER ALMOST LED TO A ACCIDENT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. I WAS FORCED TO DRIVE WHILE NOT COMPLETELY SEATED TO PULL OVER . 3). VW HAS DONE NOTHING TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE SINCE THEY STATE MY VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY. *JB

THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE DRIVER'S SEAT HAD BECOME UNUSUALLY HOTTER THAN NORMAL. THIS CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO SUSTAIN MINOR INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. *AK THE DEALER WANTED A NON REFUNDABLE FEE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM SO THE CONSUMER DID NOT TAKE IT IN FOR SERVICE. *TC THE DRIVER'S SEAT HAD A FAINT BURNING SMELL. *SC *JB

A 2001 VW JETTA HAS AN ISSUE WITH A METAL SPRING THAT IS PART OF THE DRIVER SEAT. THE SPRING SEPARATES FROM THE MECHANISM THAT KEEPS THE SEAT FROM SLIDING FORWARD. THERE IS NO SPECIFIC REASON THE SPRING BECOMES LOOSE FROM THE CAR SEAT AND ONE WOULD NEVER KNOW IF THE SPRING IS NOT ATTACHED, IT COULD CAUSE MAJOR HARM TO THE DRIVER IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. THE SEAT REMAINS LOCKED IN A POSITION, BUT IF THE CAR IS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, THE SEAT COULD SLIDE FORWARD, CAUSING INJURY. VW REFUSES TO COVER THE PART AS A SAFETY RECALL AND IS CHARGING HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I KNOW OF 2 INSTANCES WHERE THIS SAME ISSUE HAS OCCURRED ON MULTIPLE DRIVER SEATS IN A 2001 VW JETTA. *JB

A LARGE SPRING FELL FROM UNDER THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT FOR NO APPARENT REASON. VW SERVICE STATED THE SPRING HELD THE SEAT TO THE RAIL AND WAS AN EXTEME SAFETY HAZARD; IF INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT THE SEAT WOULD COME LOOSE FROM THE RAIL. VW STATED SINCE OUR CAR WAS OUT OF WARRENTY THEY COULD NOT FIX IT ON THEIR COSTS (2001 VOLKSWAGON JETTA). THIS IS A VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR, AND SINCE IT IS SUCH AN EXTREME SAFETY HAZARD I FEEL VW SHOULD TAKE THIS RESPONSIBILITY. THE EXACT SAME SPRING HAS COME LOOSE FROM MY SONS 2001 JETTA AS WELL. THIS INDICATES TO US THAT THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED SITUATION.*AK

DRIVER SEAT BURN,SEAT COVER HAD LIQUID OF SOME TYPE LEAK INTO SEAT THROUGH SEAM INTO HEATING ELEMENTS. CAUSED A SHORT. *BF *TC *JB

I WAS CLEANING MY VEHICLE AND NOTED UNDERNEATH THE PASSENGER SEAT FRAME A BROKEN SPRING. I TOOK MY 2001 VOLKSWAGEN TDI JETTA IN FOR INSPECTION TO THE TIMMONS OF LONG BEACH VW DEALERSHIP. I WAS TOLD THAT THE SEAT FRAME WAS DEFECTIVE AND THAT THE BOTTOM SEAT WOULD HAVE TO BE TAKEN APART TO REPLACE A NEW ADJUSTER SPRING . I WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE MANAGER THAT MY VEHICLE WAS OUT OF ITS TWO WARRANTY PERIOD....ALTHOUGH IT HAS LESS THAN 24,000 MILES AS STATED IN MY OWNER'S MANUAL. THE WARRANTY POLICIES OF VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA HAS CHANGED IN ALL MODELS AFTER 2002 SINCE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE...GIVING OTHER CUSTOMERS 4YEARS OR 50,000 MILES. THERE HAS BEEN NUMEROUS, HORRENDOUS QUALITY ISSUES CONCERNING THIS VEHICLE INCLUDING THE PROBLEM I AM CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING WITH THE VEHICLE. I DON'T FEEL THE CAR IS SAFE TO DRIVE WITH ANOTHER PASSENGER SINCE THE SEAT IS NOT ABLE TO HOLD ITS PROPER POSITION AND COULD BE A POSSIBLE PRODUCT LIABILITY ISSUE IF I EVER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT. FURTHERMORE, I FEEL THIS REPAIR SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER A RECALL AND I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO ENDURE THE COSTLY REPAIR.

INJURY DUE TO HEATED SEAT IN JETTA 2001. SERIOUS INJURY TO THE SACRAL NERVE AND SCIATA NERVE RESULTING IN COMPLETE "SADDLE" NUMBNESS FOR 4-5 WEEKS AND SEVERE NUMBNESS IN THE FEET FOR 5+ WEEKS WITH LASTING NUMBNESS IN SOLES OF FEET CONTINUING NEARLY ONE YEAR LATER.

A COMPLAINT WAS FILED WITH THE DEALERSHIP CONCERNING THE FACT THAT MY DRIVER SEAT IS LOOSE AND AN AUDIBLE CLICKING SOUND WAS PRESENT AS I BRAKED OR MADE SHARP TURNS. THE SERVICEMAN OFFERED TO "TAKE A RIDE" WITH ME WHEN I RETURN FOR MY NEXT CHECK UP (OF COURSE THAT DID NOT HAPPEN). ADDITIONALLY, THEY STATED DURING THE INITIAL COMPLAINT, THEY DID NOT HEAR OR SEE EVIDENCE OF MY CONCERNS!*AK

BOTH FRONT SEATS ROCK FRONT TO BACK ON THEIR TRACKS. I HAVE REPORTED THE PROBLEM TO TWO DEALERS FOR A TOTAL OF FOUR TIMES. ONE DEALER ACKNOWLEDGES THE PROBLEM, AND SAYS THAT THERE IS NO FIX, THE OTHER SAYS THAT THE ROCKING IS NORMAL. THESE SEATS ROCK TOO MUCH. THEY ARE A DISTRACTION WHILE DRIVING, THUS CAUSING A SAFETY HAZARD. THIS CAR IS A LEMON. THE DEALER THAT CLAIMS THERE IS NO FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM COULD HAVE EASILY REPLACED THE SEATS. THE DEALER THAT SAYS THIS PROBLEM IS NORMAL HAS OTHER 2001 MODELS WITH THE SAME DEATS, ALL OF WHICH DO NOT ROCK.

CONSUMER CONCERNED WITH QUALITY OF FABRIC MATERIAL ON SEATS, CONSUMER STATES THAT GARMENTS AND OTHER PARTICLES STICK TO THE SEAT FABRIC LIKE A MAGNET, SEAT CLOTH IS BEIGE IN COLOR AND LOOKS DIRTY. CONSUMER STATES A YELLOW SPOT NEAR THE REAR WINDOW CAME THROUGH THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. *TT