2001 Volkswagen Jetta air bags problems
103 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 2001 Volkswagen Jetta, which is 12% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 103 12% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 68,000 miles 49 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 30 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 44 and 1
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When air bags problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 1 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 12 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 7 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 6 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 10 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 2 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 3 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 4 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 3 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 49 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 68,000 miles, and 41% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 30 crashes, 1 fire, 44 injuries, 1 death.
What owners wrote
While driving down the highway for no visable reason, airbags on passenger side deployed. Side seat airbags and all the celling airbags deployed. I did not see anything in the road and no physicall damage was donr to my car. VW said to contact my ins and tell them I had a reck. I did not and would not lie to them. At this time nothing has been fixed.
Front passenger side air bag deployed prematurely while driving. Dealership processed the information from the on road computer, which indicated an impact discharged the side air bag, and locked up the seat belt reel and high resistance on the driver side seat.
Other problems reported for the 2001 Volkswagen Jetta
- Electrical system 122 complaints
- Engine 117 complaints
- Lighting 90 complaints
- Brakes 89 complaints
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 72 complaints
- Body & structure 43 complaints
- Transmission 39 complaints
- Exhaust system 31 complaints