Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRIC | |||||
| TB-01-12-03 | 02/10/2012 | 10043528 | Volkswagen: instrument cluster shows brake warning light on, caused by an incorrect sampling rate between ecm and g608 vacuum sensor. *pe | 04/09/2012 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SERVICE BRAKES | |||
| 09/11/2012 | 31000 | 1 | |
| Brake light started to flash every once in a while. brought my car into the dealer and the master cylinder was leaking into the vacuum chamber. no leaks on the ground as the leak was contained in the vacuum chamber - i was slowly running out of brake fluid. the dealer found the sealing surface of the master cylinder was not smooth - they figured it was leaking from new. shop replaced master cylinder and vacuum chamber under warranty. *tr | |||
| 09/11/2012 | 31000 | ||
| Brake light started to flash every once in a while. brought my car into the dealer and the master cylinder was leaking into the vaccum chamber. no leaks on the ground as the leak was contained in the vaccum chamber - i was slowly running out of brake fluid. the dealer found the sealing surface of the master cylinder was not smooth - they figuered it was leaking from new. shop replaced master cylinder and vaccum chamber under warranty. | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | |||
| 09/28/2011 | 3750 | ||
| I purchased a new volkswagen jetta 2011, it has 3700 miles on board, during my trip to work (my speed was about 35m/h) before the intersection i tried to brake on red light, and my brakes did not work, they just stopped working, i pressed brake pedal 3 times till it began working again. i passed the intersection line and fortunately there was no any cars in front of me and very fortunately my speed was low. what could happen if i were on highway? that event happened after 3 days i passed service check at dealership. my car was towed to dealership and it was checked. after i was called for test drive and they were convincing me that everything was fine with the car, computer really showed 0 problems. i did not want to pick up my car and asked them to test the car till the problem appears again, because i think that is very major problem. in the end the problem occurred, and they realized that the problem really had place. i was given a report from volkswagen service and i saw that the cause was: internal failure at brake master cylinder, so they replaced: 1 master cylinder, 2 brake fluid and 1 gasket were replaced. it means that car really had a problem in spite it is new. now i am afraid the same problem not to occur again. i am trying to replace the car, but volkswagen does not do that, they tell me that the car was repaired under warranty. now, when i am driving that car, i always try my brakes, before intersection, on highways and everywhere. i do not want to drive that car anymore, i always think that the same problem may occur again and it can cause a real accident. | |||
| 11/12/2010 | 76 | ||
| I bought a new vw jetta 2011, on 11/11/10 next day i felt a problem when braking. the dealer said the break drums were damage, it was a factory defect. now i feel unsafe and dissapionted driving it. | |||