1999 Volkswagen Jetta cruise control problems
Owners reported cruise control problems in 27 complaints for the 1999 Volkswagen Jetta, 6% of the complaints on file.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 27 6% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 3 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 4 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 3 crashes, 4 injuries.
What owners wrote
Car accelerated from 5 MPH until hit the car in front.brake didn't work.this happened once before. Dealer insulted driver instead of a followup.
The VW vehicle is programmed to cripple the engine performance and speed in case of an epc fault. Any fault causing a rich or lean condition will cause this "limp mode". This is a safety issue especially people on the highway going 65-75MPH and a 80,000 pound tractor trailer behind them as one person experienced. There are too many non-vital component failures to list that can cause this fault. I refer to non-vital meaning the component failure will not harm the driver of the car.
Other problems reported for the 1999 Volkswagen Jetta
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 85 complaints
- Engine 79 complaints
- Electrical system 45 complaints
- Air bags 31 complaints
- Brakes 31 complaints
- Transmission 27 complaints
- Body & structure 26 complaints
- Seat belts 25 complaints