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2013 Volkswagen Jetta lighting problems

17 complaints about lighting have been filed for the 2013 Volkswagen Jetta, which is 2% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
17 2% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
42,000 miles 13 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
2 and 1
Injuries and deaths
2 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When lighting problems show up

Lighting complaints by mileage, 2013 Volkswagen Jetta Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 42,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 3 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 3 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 2 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 3 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 42,000 miles
Based on 13 complaints that include mileage. 62% 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 miles3
20k to 40k miles3
40k to 60k miles2
60k to 80k miles3
80k to 100k miles2
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 13 lighting complaints that report mileage, the median is about 42,000 miles, and 62% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 crashes, 1 fire, 2 injuries.

What owners wrote

I was stopped at a solid red traffic light and when I got the green light to proceed straight across the intersection I began to accelerate. Halfway through the intersection another vehicle (vehicle #2) crossed my path of travel on the right hand passenger side and vehicle #2 driver's side crashed into my front end. My vehicle was spun around counter clockwise due to the impact of vehicle #2. As a result of this crash my vehicle sustained heavy front end damage and pieces and parts were strewn all over the road.

Reported at 15,700 miles, December 2014 CrashInjury

There have been many issues with this model but the one I am having more issues with, are the head lamps and/or fuses. In october of 2014, my left side low beam stopped working, I bought 2 bulbs so it could be replaced and then it wasn't the bulb, it was a fuse. In january 2015, the left side bulb stopped working again, I took it to the dealer because I couldn't find any fuse that was blown on my own, this time it was the bulb. Now it is the right side low beam that isn't working.

Reported at 1,000 miles, June 2013

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