1999 Volkswagen Jetta air bags problems

“TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, SMOKE BEGAN TO FILL THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND SAW THAT SMOKE WAS BELLOWING FROM BENEATH THE STEERING COLUMN. THE SMOKE DISAPPEARED AFTER SOME TIME. THE CONTACT THEN ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED INDEPENDENTLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING THE RESULTS. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 115,144.”

“TOOK MY CAR TO DEALERSHIP TO HAVE MY AIRBAG LIGHT CHECKED, THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD CLEAR IT. IT WAS CLEARED, THEN POPPED UP AGAIN AND HAS SINCE THEN STAYED ON. *TR”

“MY FRIEND HAD AN AUTOMOBLE ACCIDENT LAST WEEK AND HIS CAR'S AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY HE DID HIT THE GUARDRAILS HEAD-ON AND THE AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED HE WANTED ME TO CHECK TO SEE IF THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ABOUT THIS HIS CAR WAS A VW JETTA '99 I'M SURE THE CAR WAS TOTALED IN THIS WRECK . *AK”

“CONSUMER RECEIVED NHTSA RECALL 04V096000 CONCERNING BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH. AFTER HAVING THE REPAIRS DONE VEHICLE STALLED, AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON.*AK”

“VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SEVERAL RECALLS/ AND SEVERAL PROBLEMS: DOME LIGHT, VANITY MIRRORS, EMISSIONS PROBLEMS, ETC... *MR THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS WITH: THE INTERIOR DOME LIGHTS, INTERIOR TRIM HAD COME LOOSE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE, THE PASSENGER VANITY MIRROR LIGHT DID NOT SHUT OFF, THE CUP HOLDER WAS JAMMED AND HAD BROKEN, THE DRIVER WINDOW SOUNDED AS IF AIR WAS COMING IN THE VEHICLE, THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT HINGES HAD BROKEN, THE AIR BAG LIGHT WOULD COME ON WHEN THE RADIO WAS TURNED OFF, THE SENSORS NEVER SEEMED TO WORK, THE OIL DIPSTICK HAD GIVEN ABNORMAL READINGS(SHOWING LOW WHEN OIL WAS JUST CHANGED), THE LEAN OXYGEN SENSOR WAS REPLACED, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS INTERMITTENT BUT STAYED ON, AND THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WAS REPLACED DUE TO NOISE WHICH ENDED AFTER THE REPAIR(THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAD COME BACK ON). *SCC *JB”

“I WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION AT ABOUT 40MPH AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CAR RECEIVED MAJOR FRONT END DAMAGE AND HIT ALL 3 AIRBAG SENSORS. THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME HAD ITS AIRBAGS DEPLOY AND IT WAS A TOYOTA.”