Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEERING | |||
| 03/01/2000 | 3 | ||
| Loud noise coming from front of car, wheel bearing had to be replaced; trunk release inside car works occasionally, never when the car is turned off; engine check light comes on yearly, never turns up problem, have to clean oxygen sensor, told not to use cheap gas; | |||
| STEERING - COLUMN | |||
| 12/23/2004 | 106500 | 2 | 05/28/2004 |
| Smoke from the steering column. after the vehicle was started, a puff of smoke arose from the steering column and i lost use of my windshield wipers. i have been online and have seen numerous similar complaints to the same affect. shouldn't this be a recall item ? ave had quite a few others problems in the 6 months since we have owned our 1996 jetta. *ak | |||
| STEERING - HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST - PUMP | |||
| 04/01/1994 | |||
| Tensioner belt broke, loss of power steering. tt | |||
| STEERING - LINKAGES - DRAG - POWER ASSIST SYSTEM | |||
| 10/09/2002 | 54000 | 3 | 06/05/2000 |
| The steering in this 1996 jetta is just horrible, no mechanic has been able to repair it. im told there is something on the wheel base torn (rear) and its going to cost me 800 to fix. yet, the steering has been this way since ive had the car and i hardly noticed until i rented a car (because the crank shaft in the jetta broke too). this car has never been in a collision or any major trama to have anything torn, it only has 66,000 miles on it, yet ive had to replace the crank shaft, last week the entire computer, 2 years ago the entire engine fell to the ground (my land lord discovered) and now the steering. i thought vws were supposed to be well built cars. *ak | |||