2001 Volkswagen Jetta transmission problems
39 complaints about transmission have been filed for the 2001 Volkswagen Jetta, which is 5% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 39 5% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 50,000 miles 21 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When transmission problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 3 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 5 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 5 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 3 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 1 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 3 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 21 transmission complaints that report mileage, the median is about 50,000 miles, and 62% were reported before 60,000 miles.
None of the transmission complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.
What owners wrote
Transmission stopped shifting into 4th gear while driving throught city, called for tow to dealer. Dealer sair electrical problem. After auto traveled to ky while parken in carporte windshield cracked from lower drivers side upwards into drivers view about 8 inches. Delaer refuss to replace windshield immediately. Says that failure must be verrified by some one who is on vacation, will be gone week.
Dt: when the consumer would start her car and try to put it in gear, it would not come out of park. This happened without warning. The dealer fixed it. The consumer was at dealer because of a recall and had them look at this at the same time. The consumer witnessed another make/model vehicle with a similar problem while at the dealer.
Other problems reported for the 2001 Volkswagen Jetta
- Electrical system 122 complaints
- Engine 117 complaints
- Air bags 103 complaints
- Lighting 90 complaints
- Brakes 89 complaints
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 72 complaints
- Body & structure 43 complaints
- Exhaust system 31 complaints