While driving about 70mph on the highway, car in motion, going straight, not turning, i hear a loud pop. the sound was similar to a gun shot. in fact, it was so loud it startled me, causing me to swerve to the left, almost hitting the car in the lane to the left of me. i frantically looked around the oustside of my car, and noticed the sound of wind above my head was loud and then saw broken glass all over the passenger seat. the sunroof had broke, and i know for sure it was no rock or outside cause. it was still daytime, and i never saw anything fly at me. there was not an overpass or bridge to drive under for about 8 miles. so, i know nothing had dropped onto and threw the window. curious about this, i look up online 'defective broken sunroof vw jetta 19' and find multiple stories of people having similar experiences. i guess this is happening more often with a lot of makes and models of cars, because the sunroof is a common feature put in cars nowadays and they are larger in size. also, i found out vw is in court now for older models of their cars having defective sunroof, and they know they were poorly designed but still put them in and sold them with no disclosure to thw customer of the poor quality sunroof. this happened 12/29/19, and as of now the dealership wont fix it. vw wont fix and claim that their engineers are saying the window broke from the outside, like from a rock. these engineers are concluding this by looking at pictures. they are not investigating my car in person but by pictures sent to them. if one looks at the sunroof of my car in person you can see that the glass has broken up and out ward towards the sky not downward towards the seats, which is what a rock would do. they want me to call my insurance and have them deal with it. this is frustrating and not right of vw. i almost wrecked, so this surely could cause a death or someone getting hurt
Wiper blades randomly start going. wiper arm is in off position, it is not raining. scares me when driving.
The wipers screech when operating headlights are not aligned properly wrong gear is displayed on the instrument cluster sometimes slight metal grinding noise when the clutch is depressed (can only he heard from the outside). engine has soft hissing noise and shakes a little when the running cold (can be only heard from outside) . the dealership has failed to acknowledge this. car shakes when reversing with gas.
Windshield wipers on medium and high settings, hits a pillar and make a loud tapping metallic every wipe. it's a poor quality sound that gets worse at highway speeds because of added wind stress to wipers. my 2005 beater nissan sentra wipers operating sounds like a lexus compared to this 2019 jetta sel. told dealer, they tested and confirmed it's a problem. repaired car with a "wiper arm adjustment". i pick up car and of coarse, wipers still make the stupid noise. i will take back next oil change and push harder. it ruins this cars refinement when its raining, it's so annoying and very noticable.
Factory wipers result in streaking, replaced at less than 5k miles. problem alleviated. typical metallic grinding at low speeds, as described by other reports. passenger led headlight ring excessively dim. multiple sources report open recall for this, however, no sources including dealer agree my vehicle is included. several people have pointed out my faulty headlight ring. review of photos containing vehicle indicate headlight issue was not present at purchase. can not confirm.
All issues written here have been happening since day of purchase, as of june 2018. vw currently denies issues and claims reports are of normal operation of vehicle. i love this car i just want vw to provide a fix. vehicle has a continuous grinding noise coming from behind engine area when vehicle is in motion accelerating from 27- 30mph after that it subsides. sounds of grinding depends what drive mode your are in. eco has the loudest noise. many other reports suspect transmission problems. vehicle while stationary has a strange noise coming from the front left engine area that sounds like a rotation humming grind noise, usually occurs after vehicle was in motion and then stopping at a red light. vehicle while in motion blind spot monitor on driver side mirror lights up during bad weather even when no vehicle is present in blind spot. also, can happen when there is no bad weather. vehicle while in reverse during rain if equiped with drive assist will automatically break stop for you while no vehicle is present. winsheild wiper blades leave streaking marks into windshield that doesnt go away. paint also easily chips when pebbles from highways hits the hood of the car. i have taken the vehicle to vw north hills 1cochran pittsburgh pa they stated they do not know about the grinding noise, and it was most likely the turbo charge engine. they also investigated the blind spot monitor stating sensor is dirty just needs cleaned. that's also false becuase after vw north hills 1cochran cleaned it on a clear sunny day as i left the dealership the blind spot monitor came on intermittently. this vehicle at time of report has 23000 miles on it has it drives a lot of highway. risk of vehicle accident while accelerating usually between 30-80mph with known issues are high. please investigate.