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2000 Volkswagen Jetta lighting problems

35 complaints about lighting have been filed for the 2000 Volkswagen Jetta, which is 6% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
35 6% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
79,000 miles 21 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When lighting problems show up

Lighting complaints by mileage, 2000 Volkswagen Jetta Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 79,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 0 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 4 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 6 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 6 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 79,000 miles
Based on 21 complaints that include mileage. 29% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles0
20k to 40k miles2
40k to 60k miles4
60k to 80k miles6
80k to 100k miles6
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 21 lighting complaints that report mileage, the median is about 79,000 miles, and 29% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash.

What owners wrote

I am 8 months pregnant driving with my one year old daughter in the car and was hit in the rear of my 2000 jetta while stopped at a light. The women who hit me told me brake lights weren't on. Thankfully both the baby I am pregnant with and my 1 year old are ok but I had already brought my car in for this problem in 2004. Now the brake lights stay on constantly. VW needs to address this problem before they kill me or my babies!!

Reported at 78,000 miles, October 2006 Crash

In 2004, my 2000 VW jetta's break lights failed to turn off. When I took the car in for service, the dealer replaced a switch. Several months later, VW were issued a recall on vehicle to replace the brake light switch which would either fail to turn off or fail to turn the break lights on. VW refunded the amount I had paid to repair my vehicle. On september 16, 2005, a driver notified me after a near miss at an intersection that my break lights were failing to light.

Reported at 79,500 miles, September 2005

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