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Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen · 2009

1 recall affects this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·16V913000·2016-12-20

    Volkswagen Recalls 2009-2010 Models for ABS Control Unit Failure

    Volkswagen is recalling 2009-2010 Jetta, GTI, Golf, and Audi A3 vehicles because the ABS control unit may fail, potentially causing loss of vehicle control.

    Product
    VOLKSWAGEN — VOLKSWAGEN, AUDI JETTA SPORTWAGEN, JETTA, GTI, GOLF
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Federal investigations — 1 open

  • PE21008 Preliminary Evaluation · fuel system, gasoline:fuel injection system:injectors
  • DP19003 Defect Petition · engine
  • EA18003 Engineering Analysis · open · air bags:frontal:driver clockspring/spiral cassette
  • RQ17009 Recall Query · air bags:frontal:driver clockspring/spiral cassette
  • PE15010 Preliminary Evaluation · air bags:frontal

Technical service bulletins

546 manufacturer service bulletins across 6 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2014: 3.9/5 · 34 complaints · most complained-of: suspension
  • 2013: 3.8/5 · 36 complaints · most complained-of: airbags
  • 2012: 4.7/5
  • 2011: 4.7/5
  • 2010: 4.7/5

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

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