Federal complaint record · Volkswagen Jetta · model year 2017

2017 Volkswagen Jetta

Owners submitted 158 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 19th percentile for complaint intensity within its 2015 to 2019 compact sedan cohort. The largest reported component group is fuel system. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.

Fuel system · 17% · group n = 41Electrical · 13% · group n = 33Engine · 13% · group n = 33Other · 11% · group n = 27Airbags · 9% · group n = 21
158
Complaint records on file
36,950
Median mileage at the reported problem · 94 complaints reported mileage
17%
Of classified component reports name fuel system · group n = 41
19th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 39 model years

Fuel system · 2 in ten classified complaints

Where this record concentrates

All failure files
Component group 01 · Fuel system17%

Fuel system reports

Volkswagen Jetta · model year 2017

Reports in this group41
Share of classified reports17%
Component groups on file6
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From the record · recurring narrative clusters

What recurring complaint clusters describe

How clusters are built
Brake performance · 18 reports

Reports describe braking performance concerns

Cluster 1 of 32017 Volkswagen Jetta
Steering effort · 14 reports

Reports describe steering effort or control concerns

Cluster 2 of 32017 Volkswagen Jetta
Stalling or shutdown · 13 reports

Reports describe the vehicle stalling or shutting off while driving

Cluster 3 of 32017 Volkswagen Jetta

Cluster summaries paraphrase recurring symptoms reported to NHTSA. They are aggregate descriptions, not individual verbatim reports.

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