2020 Volkswagen Jetta electrical system problems
Owners reported electrical system problems in 17 complaints for the 2020 Volkswagen Jetta, 20% of the complaints on file. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 17 21% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
None of the electrical system complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.
What owners wrote
2 separate incidents involving the epc. One was about 10 day's ago, july 9th getting on the freeway in houston. Car threw up numerous error codes, it automatically slammed on the brakes upon entering the middle lane of the freeway, gave an epc error code, transmission error code, and start/stop error code. I got it to the nearest dealership, montroad volkswagen off I-45. They claim they could find nothing wrong after sitting on it for 24 hours & sent me on my way.
The hill hold assist did not disengaged quickly when stopped on an incline, burning the clutch to get the vehicle to move forward. This caused smoking from the hood of the car and we were then forced to pull to the side of a very congested highway and wait for the smoking to stop and give the clutch a break. This has now caused premature clutch wear.