2009 Volkswagen Jetta electrical system problems

107 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the electrical system on the 2009 Volkswagen Jetta — 12% of all complaints for this model year.

107

Electrical System complaints

12%

share of all complaints

82,000 mi

median reported incident mileage

1 / 1

crash / fire reports

What owners report

“The vehicle experienced a complete loss of communication with the ABS control module, resulting in multiple warning lights and loss of ABS and related safety systems. The failure is consistent with Volkswagen Recall 45F2, which describes internal ground and solder failures in the ABS module. Prior…”
filed Apr 6, 2026
“I got the car off of some guy for 1600 dollars and I put a lot of money into and I have lights on the dash still on and the ecs is one and my steering wheel light is on as will.”
filed Jul 6, 2023

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

This is a notice for software changes with the ODIS diagnostic program to correct the communication during vehicle programming function: A software fix is needed to correct the issue: DA 0019 - Hotfix 12-V battery…
VOS-26-42 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions · issued Jul 15, 2026
This is a notice for software changes with the ODIS diagnostic program to correct the communication during vehicle programming function: A software fix is needed to correct multiple test plans: All basic settings test…
VOS-26-15 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions · issued Mar 6, 2026