Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen
Registered from 2009 to 2014.
About this model
The Volkswagen Jetta is a compact car/small family car manufactured and marketed by Volkswagen since 1979. Positioned to fill a sedan niche slightly above the Golf hatchback, it has been marketed over seven generations, variously as the Atlantic, Vento, Bora, City Jetta, Jetta City, GLI, Jetta, Clasico, and Sagitar.
From the Wikipedia article Volkswagen Jetta, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where it stands out against its peers
- Unknown or other: more complaints than 90% of 2013 cars — 18% of its 543 complaints, where an ordinary 2013 car has 11%.
Same model year only, at least 30 peer cars, zeros included. Every car has a worst part; this shows which, and how far from ordinary it is. A high share means more to check, not a verdict.
Before you buy one
Built from what this car fails on, not from general knowledge of the model.
- POWER TRAIN — 86 owners reported this
- ELECTRICAL SYSTEM — 66 owners reported this, 1 involving a crash, 1 involving a fire
- ENGINE — 45 owners reported this
- FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM — 17 owners reported this
- AIR BAGS — 16 owners reported this, 3 involving a crash
- ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE — 12 owners reported this
- POWER TRAIN,ENGINE — 12 owners reported this
- STEERING — 12 owners reported this, 1 involving a crash
- SERVICE BRAKES — 11 owners reported this, 2 involving a crash
- SUSPENSION — 11 owners reported this
- EXTERIOR LIGHTING — 8 owners reported this
- POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE — 8 owners reported this
- FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL — 7 owners reported this
- STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM — 7 owners reported this
- POWER TRAIN,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM — 6 owners reported this
- STRUCTURE — 6 owners reported this
- TIRES — 6 owners reported this
- ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,AIR BAGS — 5 owners reported this
- POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM — 5 owners reported this
- VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL — 5 owners reported this
- VISIBILITY/WIPER — 5 owners reported this
Crash test
| Rollover | ★★★★☆ |
| Stability control | Standard |
| Forward collision warning | No |
| Lane departure warning | No |
Crash-tested by NHTSA, the American road safety agency.
Specification
| Year | Measured |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 140 hp · 9.0 L/100km (EPA) · 10.2 L/100km city · 7.1 motorway |
| 2013 | 140 hp · 9.0 L/100km (EPA) · 9.8 L/100km city · 7.1 motorway |
| 2012 | 140 hp · 9.0 L/100km (EPA) · 9.8 L/100km city · 7.1 motorway |
| 2011 | 140 hp · 8.7 L/100km (EPA) · 9.8 L/100km city · 7.1 motorway |
| 2010 | 170 hp · 9.4 L/100km (EPA) · 10.2 L/100km city · 7.8 motorway |
| 2009 | 9.4 L/100km (EPA) · 11.2 L/100km city · 7.8 motorway |
Recalls
Filed by the manufacturer with a regulator. A recall is repaired free of charge, whoever owns the car now.
81% of 2014 cars have more recall campaigns than this one, and an ordinary one has 4. More of them means more to check the service record for, not a worse car.
16V078000
In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants potentially resulting in serious injury or death.
Volkswagen will notify owners, and dealers will replace the driver's frontal air bag inflators, free of charge. Volkswagen issued an interim notification to owners on April 12, 2016, and will send a second notification when parts are available. Volkswagen will notify owners again once parts are available. Volkswagen owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1-800-893-5298. Audi owners may contact Audi customer service at 1-800-253-2834.
Regulator investigations
Opened by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation is a question the regulator asked about a possible defect, not a fault it found — most end without a recall.
Air Bag Clockspring Failure
Engineering analysis, opened April 2018, still open.
Air Bag Clockspring Failure
Recall query, opened November 2017, closed May 2018.
What the maker told its dealers
Service bulletins are the manufacturer's own repair guidance to dealers, filed with NHTSA. A bulletin is not a defect finding; the count rises with how many things a maker writes down, not only with how many go wrong.
Volkswagen filed 912 bulletins about the 2014 Jetta SportWagen.
- Equipment: 283
- Engine and engine cooling: 182
- Electrical system: 127
- Engine: 59
- Power train: 45
- Visibility: 37
- Fuel system, gasoline: 22
- Structure: 20
- Equipment adaptive/mobility: 19
- Exterior lighting: 16
- Other: 102
- This is a notice for software changes with the ODIS diagnostic program to correct the communication during vehicle programming function: A software fix is needed to correct the issue: DA 0019 -… · August 2026
- Oil Consumption Measurement and Electronic Oil Consumption Measurement · August 2026
- Inquiries · July 2026
- Volkswagen Engine Oil Standards · July 2026
- Instruction, how to lubicate engine before initial start. · July 2026
- Lubricating engine components before reassembly. · July 2026
- This is a notice for software changes with the ODIS diagnostic program to correct the communication during vehicle programming function: A software fix is needed to correct the error message ERP0204E… · April 2026
- Safety Related Inquiry and Reporting · April 2026
904 more.
Grouped by NHTSA's top-level system; a bulletin filed under a sub-heading counts toward its system.