2001 Volkswagen Jetta Other Problems

STARTER PROBLEM. WHEN STARTING THE CAR MOST TIMES WILL SCREECH REALLY LOUD. LED TO THE CONCLUSION IT IS THE STARTER FROM ONLINE FORUMS OF OWNERS OF SAME GENERATION JETTAS. SEEMS TO BE A PREMATURE WEAR ITEM. CAR HAS UNDER 130,000 MILES AND OTHER CARS OF SAME AGE AND MILEAGE DO NOT HAVE THIS ISSUE. FELL LIKE THERE IS A FAULT WITH THE STARTER.

CAR WILL STALL AT A 1/4 TANK OF GAS WHEN IN MOTION. IT WILL DO THIS AT ANY SPEED OR ON ANY ROAD GOING UPHILL OR DOWN HILL. HAVE PUT 3 NEW FUEL PUMPS IN CHANGED THE FUEL PUMP SOLENOID AND STILL HAVE THE PROBLEM. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A YEAR NOW.

BOUGHT A 2001 VW JETTA 1.8T GLS WOLFSBURG THREE WEEKS AGO. RAINS HIT ME FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY AND ALTHOUGH ALL DOOR SEALS ARE 100% PROPER, WATER LEAKS INTO DRIVER'S SIDE FOOTWELLS VIA HOOD LATCH RELEASE AS BEST I CAN TELL. FOUND THE CAR FLOODED WITH 1-2 INCHES OF WATER, SOAKED INTO CARPET AND CARPET PADDING. REPLACING THE CARPET AND PADDING WOULD COST AROUND 1500 DOLLARS. FIXING THE OBVIOUS DEFECT IN DRAINAGE WILL PROBABLY COST ABOUT 300 FROM READING UP ON THIS ISSUE. THIS IS A DOCUMENTED ISSUE WITH VWS. CHECK OUT HTTP://WWW.CARSURVEY.ORG/VIEWCOMMENTS_REVIEW_43960.HTML ALSO SEE HTTP://WWW.THEAUTOBAHN.COM/FORUM/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?T=12789&PAGE=1&START=&PP=10 MY ONLY ABLE COURSE OF ACTION IS TO ASCERTAIN THE CAUSE OF THE LEAK AND FIX THAT MYSELF WITH ANY LUCK. THEN IT LOOKS LIKE A GAME OF CUTTING AND PEELING THE CARPET BACK TO DRY THE PADS TO AVOID MOLD AND ODOR, NEITHER OF WHICH WILL I BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY PREVENT FULLY. OF COURSE THE PREVIOUS OWNER HAS NO MEMORY OF THE ISSUE. BUT IT'S NOT JUST ME, CHECK OUT THE FORUMS I PROVIDED WEB ADDRESSES TO. *JB

APPROXIMATELY 3 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING MY 2001 JETTA, I NOTICED A CRAYON/WAX SMELL THROUGHOUT THE INTERIOR OF THE CAR. EVERY ONE OF MY PASSENGERS HAS COMMENTED ON THE PUNGENCY OF THE CRAYON SMELL. A COUPLE MONTHS LATER, I BROUGHT MY CAR IN TO BE SERVICED AND NOTIFIED THE DEALER OF THIS SMELL, AND HE RESPONDED THAT THIS WAS THE "STANDARD VOLKSWAGEN SMELL". OTHER SUBSEQUENT DEALERSHIPS HAVE CLAIMED THAT THEY HAVE NEVER EVEN HEARD OF THIS SMELL BEFORE. ON HOT DAYS, THE SMELL BECOMES GROSSLY PUNGENT AND HAS CAUSED ME AND MY PASSENGERS HEADACHES AND NAUSEA. THE SMELL EVEN STAYS IN MY CLOTHES FOR DAYS. I AM AFRAID WHETHER THIS SMELL IS TOXIC. *JB

I PURCHASED A NEW 2001 TDI JETTA. I HAVE HAD THREE MASS AIR SENSORS REPLACED, TWO OF WHICH WERE COVERED UNDER MY EXTENDED WARRENTY AT APPROXIMATELY 37,000 MILES, THIS LAST ONE WAS NOT. VW REFUSED TO ASSIST WITH THE REPAIR. ALSO, A DEALER PREVIOUSLY TOLD ME BACK IN AUGUST 2002 THAT I NEEDED $700.00 WORTH OF GLOW PLUG SENSORS AND GLOW PLUGS. I HAD THEM REPLACE THE SENSOR FOR $400.00. THEY DID NOT HAVE THE GLOW PLUGS IN STOCK. INCIDENTLY MY CAR STARTED EVERY TIME THIS WINTER IN THE FREEZING COLD. IT TURNS OUT THAT THEY WERE NOT BAD AFTER ALL AND THAT I NEEDED A GLOW PLUG HARNESS FOR $118.00., WHICH I FOUND OUT LAST WEEK WHEN IT BROKE DOWN ON ME AGAIN. IF I HAD REPLACED THE PLUGS I WOULD HAVE WASTED ANOTHER $300.00. LAST WEEK MY CAR DISPLAYED THE SAME SYMPTOMS AS IT DID WHEN MY MASS AIR SENSOR FAILED THE FIRST TWO TIMES. I TOOK IT TO THE FIRST DEALER THAT I COULD GET IN TO AND THEY TOLD ME NEEDED TO CLEAN MY INTAKE MAINFOLD, REPLACE THE FUEL FILTER, AIR FILTER, GLOW PLUG HARNESS AND MASS AIR SENSOR FOR $1200.00. I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE TO VW HAS TO REPLACE GREATER THAN 50% OF THEIR MASS AIR SENSORS. WHY ARE THEY NOT RECALLED. I DRIVE 100 MILES TO WORK EACH WAY AND THIS CAR HAS BEEN AN EXPENSIVE LET DOWN. I HAVE NO FAITH IN THE VW COMPANY AND ONCE THEY GET YOUR MONEY THEY DO NOT SEEM TO CARE AT ALL. THE CAR IS UNSAFE. I WILL CONTINUE TO PURSUE THEM UNTIL I GET SOME RESOLUTION.

VEHICLE HAS A BURNING RUBBER/WAX SMELL. WHEN ENGINE GETS HOT SMELL GETS REALLY TOXIC. VEHICLE CHECKED BY DEALER, WHO REPLACED CARPET BETWEEN FIREWALL AND DASHBOARD, SINCE THEN SMELL IS EVEN WORSE.*AK *YH

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK