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1995 Volkswagen Jetta engine and engine cooling problems

26 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the engine and engine cooling on the 1995 Volkswagen Jetta12% of all complaints for this model year.

26
Engine and Engine Cooling complaints
12%
share of all complaints
median reported incident mileage
0 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • While driving vehicle would stall without any warning when coming up to a stop. Problem is intermittent. Car restarts approx 1 to 2 hours later with no issues, but fails again several days later. Taken vehicle to mechanic numerous times for problem which could not be resolved. *tr

    filed Jan 9, 2009

  • Driving down the highway burning coolant started spewing on my legs, I nearly lost control, when I pulled over I noticed that the carpet was soaked in anti-freeze. Heater core blew. I called vw after hearing they would replace free of charge and was blown off. *tr

    filed Aug 17, 2007

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.