2012 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA — Complaint #1519839
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NHTSA Complaint about ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN filed November 30, 2018
NHTSA complaint #1519839 (ODI reference 11155161) concerns a 2012 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA and was filed on November 30, 2018. The owner reports the failure occurred on May 1, 2018. The vehicle had 65,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to West Virginia based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as electrical system:horn, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same VOLKSWAGEN JETTA cohort independently describe similar electrical system:horn failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2012 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AND WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE HORN BECAME INOPERATIVE IN COLD CLIMATES. IN ADDITION, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED. FURTHERMORE, THE IGNITION KEY BECAME STUCK IN THE IGNITION ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. AN INDEPENDENT REPAIRED THE IGNITION. A DEALER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE IGNITION FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 65,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1519839 |
| ODI Number | 11155161 |
| Date Filed | November 30, 2018 |
| Failure Date | May 1, 2018 |
| VIN | 3VWDP7AJ9CM |
Similar ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN Complaints for 2012 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA
Seller sold vehicle without a working horn and hasnât fixed it
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE HORN FAILED TO SOUND WHEN IT WAS PRESSED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER (NORTHTOWNE VO
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HORN WOULD NOT SOUND AND THE HEADLAMPS WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE. THE FAILURES OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNO
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE HORN FAILED TO FUNCTION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HORN FUNCTIONED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEH
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. WHEN THE HORN WAS ACTIVATED, IT FAILED TO OPERATE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAI
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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