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2009 Volkswagen Jetta brakes problems

207 complaints about brakes have been filed for the 2009 Volkswagen Jetta, which is 16% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
207 16% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
88,000 miles 170 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
15 and 1
Injuries and deaths
3 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When brakes problems show up

Brakes complaints by mileage, 2009 Volkswagen Jetta Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 88,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 17 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 14 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 14 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 30 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 24 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 27 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 24 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 9 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 7 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 2 complaints 200k+ miles: 2 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 88,000 miles
Based on 170 complaints that include mileage. 26% 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 miles17
20k to 40k miles14
40k to 60k miles14
60k to 80k miles30
80k to 100k miles24
100k to 120k miles27
120k to 140k miles24
140k to 160k miles9
160k to 180k miles7
180k to 200k miles2
200k+ miles2

What the data shows

Of the 170 brakes complaints that report mileage, the median is about 88,000 miles, and 26% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 15 crashes, 1 fire, 3 injuries.

What owners wrote

My VW jetta tdi had many problems since I purchased it. First, we had problems with the injection system imploding. They asked if we ever put in gasoline instead of diesel. I told them absolutely not. They wanted to charge me $6500 because car was out of warranty but service manager got VW to pay for it because I said I was going to get an attorney. On june 27, 2014 we had with an electrical problem where the battery was draining from a short in the radio modulator. The car had 101,348 miles.

Reported at 111,000 miles, January 2015 CrashInjury

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 volkswagen jetta. While driving approximately 35 MPH, the ABS, ESC, brake, traction, and steering wheel warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the ABS failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was included in NHTSA campaign number: 16v913000 (service brakes, hydraulic, electronic stability control). The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 108,000.

Reported at 108,000 miles, March 2017

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