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2012 Volkswagen JETTA Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	945097
Internal NHTSA #	10479427
Manufacurer	VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC
Brand	VOLKSWAGEN
Model	JETTA
Model Year	2012
File date	03/10/12
Component	POWER TRAIN
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	Picked up the car from the dealer on 10/03/12 at 11:00 a. M. It was new---had 47 miles on the odometer. Drove it to work and then arrived home at 6:45 that evening with odometer reading 81 miles. As i was parking the car in the garage i put it into reverse to back it into the spot and then switched the gear(this is a automatic transmission) to drive to straighten out. The car continued to move backwards in reverse and if i had not had my foot on the brake i would have crashed into the concrete wall of the garage. Tried to put the car back into drive--the gear shift was stuck in reverse. I turned off the car and of course, could not start it again because the car was in reverse. The electrical panel on the dashboard continued to read that the car was in park. Tow truck driver arrived and he had to manually pull the cable wire in the engine while the car was running to change gears and get the car to start. This is a very serious problem---the dealer and volkswagen claim it has been fixed by simply tightening a clasp on the transmission cable. Why was the clasp loose? I maintain this is a design flaw. If i had been trying to make a u turn in traffic or park on the street the result could have been horrific. . I am petrified to drive the car again and the dealership and volkswagen want to sweep this incident under the rug. Please investigate and prevent this from happening to someone else. Thank you
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	81
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	WASHINGTON D.C., DC
VIN pattern	3VWDP7AJ0M4XXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
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Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	0
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	29/06/24
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	1
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A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
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Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2012 Volkswagen JETTA Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2012 Volkswagen JETTA Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects

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