2012 Volkswagen Jetta Wipers & Visibility Problems

While driving in the rain, your daughter heard a popping sound and the windshield wipers started moving slowly before stopping working completely. When she turned on the wipers, the blades moved down into the rest position and wouldn't operate normally. She was able to safely pull over, and no warning lights appeared on the dashboard. Fixing this will likely involve inspecting the wiper motor, linkage mechanism, and electrical connections to identify what caused the failure.

WHEN THE WEATHER GETS COLD AROUND 35 DEGREES AND LOWER, THE WIPERS STOP WORKING. THEY ARE NOT STUCK TO WINDSHIELD. VERY DANGEROUS AND HAPPENS RANDOMLY ON IN THE WINTER.

ONGOING ISSUE: IN COLD WEATHER, THE WIPER BLADES WILL NOT WORK. GENERALLY ANYTIME BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES. IN A FEW INSTANCES, IF I TURN THE WIPERS ON AND OFF, ON AND OFF, THEY WILL BEGIN TO WORK. BUT THAT IS QUITE INFREQUENT. IN THE WINTER MONTHS. THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WHILE DRIVING IS THE WET SALT WILL CLOUD THE WINDSHIELD AND NEED TO BE CLEANED. THE WIPER FLUID WILL SQUIRT OUT, AND STAY SPLASHED WHERE IT LANDED ON THE WINDSHIELD. THE WIPER BLADES WILL NOT ENGAGE. ONLY A CLICK-CLICK. I THEN NEED TO PULL OVER AND WASH THE MELTED SALT AND SQUEEGEE THE WIPER FLUID OFF OF THE WINDSHIELD AT THE GAS STATION. AND THEN PRAY THE WINDOW STAYS CLEAN FOR THE REMAINING PORTION OF MY DRIVE TO WORK. OR PULL OVER AGAIN AND CLEAN THE WINDSHIELD BY HAND. VW DEALER HAD QUOTED $400 TO "LOOK AT REPLACING THE MOTOR" BUT WOULD NOT GUARANTEE THAT WILL SOLVE THE ISSUE. I HAVE HAD THIS VEHICLE FOR ALMOST 4 YEARS AND THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN HERE SINCE I OWNED THE CAR. I HAVE NOT INVESTED ANY MONEY INTO A REPAIR, AS VW DEALER DOES NOT SEEM TO KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.

WHEN IT IS COLD OUTSIDE AND THE TEMPERATURE GOES BELOW 20 DEGREES THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOP WORKING. WHEN THE TEMPERATURE WARMS UP THE WIPERS START WORKING AGAIN. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS WHEN IT IS RAINING OR SNOWING AN I AM UNABLE TO CLEAR THE WINDSHIELD!

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL NOT TURN ON WHEN TEMPERATURES REACH BELOW 30 DEGREES. HAPPENS AT INITIAL START UP. A REAL SAFETY ISSUE. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE ABOVE 30 DEGREES THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN.

I HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS NOT WORKING WHEN IT IS COLD.I HAVE CALLED THE LOCAL VW DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY HAVEN'T HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM AND WANT OVER A 100.00 TO TEST FOR IT.I HAVE FOUND THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED A LOT TO OTHER OWNERS. I HAVE BEEN STRANDED WITH THIS PROBLEM. AFTER IT WARMS UP THEY WILL WORK.

MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD NOT MOVE. TEMPERATURE WAS APPROXIMATELY 15 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. FUSE WAS NOT BROKEN. MOTOR FINE. WHEN IT WARMED UP, THE WIPERS BEGAN TO WORK AGAIN. MY VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY INITIALLY, BUT EVEN AS I DROVE FOR 30 MINUTES, THE WIPERS WOULD NOT WORK.

I LIVE IN AN AREA THAT HAD OVER 100 DAYS WITHOUT RAIN. THE DAY IT FINALLY RAINED I TRIED TO TURN ON WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND THEY NO LONGER WORKED. AUTO TECH STATES THE MOTOR BURNED OUT. UPON RESEARCHING ONLINE I NOTICED THIS WAS A COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH THIS VEHICLE.

WINDSHIELD WIPERS DO NOT FUNCTION IN LOW TEMPERATURES. I OWN A 2012 VW JETTA. I FIRST NOTICED THIS DURING THE FIRST SNOWFALL WE HAD. I CLEARED THE VEHICLE OF ALL SNOW AND MADE SURE THAT THE WIPERS WERE NOT FROZEN TO THE WINDSCREEN. GETTING BACK IN THE VEHICLE I WENT TO TURN THE WIPERS ON AND THEY DID NOT MOVE. THE RELAY INSIDE OF THE CAR CAN BE HEARD CLICKING, BUT THE WIPERS DO NOT MOVE. I WAS FORCED TO DRIVE WITH EXTREMELY LOW VISIBILITY AS I WAS NOT ABLE TO CLEAR THE INCOMING SNOW OFF OF MY WINDSCREEN. WHEN I ARRIVED SAFELY BACK HOME I MOVED THE CAR TO A GARAGE IN ORDER TO SEE IF I COULD FIGURE OUT THE ISSUE. UPON BEING TURNED OFF AND STANDING IN THE GARAGE THE WIPERS BEGAN TO WORK AGAIN WHEN I TURNED THE VECHILE OVER. THE SAME THING HAS NOW HAPPENED 3 TIMES. TWO OF THESE INSTANCES OCCURRING WITHOUT ANY SNOWFALL, JUST LOW TEMPERATURES. THE RELAY CAN BE HEARD CLICKING BUT THE WIPERS DO NOT MOVE. THE FUSES ARE ALL IN THEIR PROPER POSITION AND ARE NOT BLOWN. THERE ARE A LARGE AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS ONLINE ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUES OF INOPERABLE WINDSHIELD WIPERS. THIS IS A SEVERE SAFETY CONCERN AS HAVING GOOD VISIBILITY IS ONE OF THE MOST CRUCIAL FACTORS IN PREVENTING ACCIDENTS. THE WIPERS USUALLY SEEM TO BECOME OPERATIONAL AGAIN ONCE THE VEHICLE IS WARMED IN THE SUN OR IF THE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE RISES ABOUT 30 OR SO DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.

WHEN THE WEATHER IS COLD (BELOW FREEZING), WHILE DRIVING, AFTER SITTING OUTSIDE OVERNIGHT, OR IN SNOWY CONDITIONS, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FREEZE AND DO NOT WORK UNTIL THE WEATHER WARMS UP, OR THE VEHICLE IS PARKED IN A GARAGE. I LIVE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO AND THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE DURING COLD AND SNOWY WEATHER. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AS THE ROADWAY IS NO LONGER VISIBLE BECAUSE THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS NO LONGER WORK.

PURCHASED CERTIFIED PREOWNED IN MAY. 2ND TIME WHEN IT IS COLD OUT THAT WIPERS WILL NOT TURN ON. THE 1ST TIME THIS HAPPENED IN OCTOBER, IT TOOK OVER 5 MINUTES OF DRIVING THE CAR WITH DEFROSTER ON HIGH FOR THEM TO START WORKING I CALLED DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT IT HAD BEEN COLD THAT MORNING AND THE WIPERS WERE PROBABLY FROZEN TO THE WINDOW, EVEN AFTER I TOLD THEM I HAD LET THE CAR WARM UP FOR 10 MINUTES. THE 2ND TIME WAS THIS MORNING, I LET THE CAR WARM UP FOR 15 MINUTES SINCE IT WAS ABOUT 5 DEGREES OUT AND EVEN AFTER DRIVING THE CAR FOR 1 HOUR, THE WIPERS STILL WOULD NOT TURN ON. I CALLED THE DEALER, MADE AN APPT TO BRING IN THAT DAY AND THE WIPERS STARTED WORKING AROUND NOONTIME. WHEN I WENT TO THE DEALER, I WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD LOOK AT IT, HOWEVER, IF THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING AND THERE WAS A GOOD CHANCE THAT THEY WOULDN'T SINCE IT DID NOT MAKE SENSE THAT THEY WOULD JUST START WORKING THAT THERE WOULD BE A CHARGE OF $105.00 PER HOUR IF IT TURNED OUT TO BE NOT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY. I HAVE FOUND SEVERAL COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS SAME ISSUE ON LINE, I THINK IT IS TIME FOR A RECALL.

WHEN THE TEMPERATURE IS COLD, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON OUR 2012 VW JETTA REFUSE TO ACTIVATE CAUSING A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE DRIVING AND THE TEMPERATURE DROPS. WHEN THE TEMPERATURE WARMS BACK UP, THE WIPERS START WORKING AGAIN. I'VE CONTACTED VW OF AMERICA AND DESPITE THE # OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE, THEY REFUSE TO HELP ME OUT. *TR

WIPER BLADES STOPPED WORKING. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THEY WERE FROZEN. I DIDN'T BELIEVE IT BUT I TOOK THE CAR HOME AND WAITED IT OUT BUT IT KEPT HAPPENING. THE DAY BEFORE NEW YEARS EVE THEY COMPLETELY WENT OUT AND HAD TO FIND ANOTHER WAY HOME SINCE IT WAS SLEETING OUT. I GOT THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND COMPLAINED TO THE MANAGER THEY CHECKED IT OUT AND TOLD ME THAT THE SWITCH NEEDED REPLACING THEY GOT THE PART IN AND REPLACED IT. THE NEXT DAY THEY STOPPED WORKING AGAIN. THIS IS A YEAR OLD CAR, COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY THIS AFTERNOON GOING 70 MPH. ALL OF A SUDDEN, MY MOTHER AND I HEARD A LOUD BOOM, IT SOUNDED LIKE A GUNSHOT. GLASS FROM THE SUNROOF SUDDENLY COVERED US, THE FRONT SEATING AREA AND THE BACK SEAT. WE WERE THE ONLY CAR IN THE HIGHWAY, THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY EXTERNAL OBJECT BEING THROWN AT MY VEHICLE AND THE SUNROOF GLASS S PUSHED UP, INDICATING THAT THE EXPLOSION HAPPENED FROM INSIDE THE VEHICLE. I'VE READ OF SEVERAL INSTANCES OF THIS HAPPENING AND FEEL THIS IS A REAL SAFETY HAZARD. LUCKY, I DIDN'T LOSE CONTROL AND WE WERE JUST SHAKEN UP, BUT THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. ALL OF MY WINDOWS WERE UP, THE SUNROOF WAS CLOSED, THERE'S NO REASON FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO HAPPEN ON A CAR THAT ISN'T EVEN TWO YEARS OLD. *TR

WIPER BLADES STOP WORKING AS THE LINKAGES FREEZE UP IN FREEZING COLD WET WEATHER WHEN THERE IS NO EXCESSIVE VISIBLE ICE AT THE BASE OF THE WIPER ARM. THE ONLY SOLUTION SO FAR HAS BEEN TO BRING THE CAR INTO A HEATED SHOP TO UN-FREEZE THE WIPERS. HAPPENS EVERY TIME IT RAINS, THEN GET A HARD FREEZE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT WINDSHIELD CRACKED WITHOUT WARRANT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE TECHNICIAN EXPLAINED THAT THE FAILURE WAS THE RESULT OF A ROCK STRIKING THE GLASS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THEY WOULD NEED A DEALER TO VERIFY THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 12,000.

I PURCHASED A NEW VOLKSWAGEN JETTA TDI IN 2012. I AM UNABLE TO ADJUST THE LEFT OUTSIDE MIRROR SO THAT IT DOES NOT HAVE A BLIND SPOT. THAT BLIND SPOT ALLOWS A CAR SLOWLY PASSING IN THE LEFT LANE TO BE OUT OF VIEW OF THE INSIDE MIRROR BUT NOT YET IN VIEW OF THE LEFT OUTSIDE MIRROR! THE PILLAR SEPARATING THE TWO DOORS ON THE DRIVER SIDE IS LOCATED SO THAT A DRIVER CANNOT SEE A CAR IN THE DESCRIBED BLIND SPOT. *TR