2002 Volkswagen Jetta from North America - Comments

I also have the same "strange" radio issue reported by two other users. I have power to the radio, but nothing else. The "Eject" buttons for the CD and tape players work, and the display updates with the time when a CD is inserted, but there's no sound. All of the other buttons do not work, including the buttons on the steering wheel.

I also tried the fuse 42 trick, and that didn't help.

HELP!!!

The side mirrors in my '02 1.8T are supposed to be heated, but haven't worked as long as I've owned the car. Anyone know what fuse this might be?

I've also had many of the above problems. The window thing and brake lights constantly going out were both replaced free of charge under warranty. The O2 sensor and water pump were out of pocket expenses, as was the most recent: dead battery. The radio didn't work after replacing the battery, but the fuse #42 trick worked. I'm glad I tried that after the dealer told me I'd have to bring it in. Who knew that the fuse symbol they give for the radio would look like a book!

I also had the problem with the door locks this winter. Pushing the button once unlocked the driver's door, but pushing it twice didn't open the rest. About 2 months later it miraculously started working again.

HI

My car is a 2002 Vw Jetta 1.8t 42,000 miles. Problems

Check engine light on

Found bank 1 02 sensor failure

Replace sensor due to internal falure

Internal failure of pass side front seat air bag

Airbag replaced

Replaces water pump, but was covered under powertrain warranty

Water pump leaking coolant

Brake light switch recall replaced

VZ recall

Replace coolant temp sensor and repair wiring

and all of this was on a car with 42,000 miles.

Have to love your VW.

Hi everybody.

I have a 2003 Jetta GLI and I have the same radio problem as a few other people (ie the radio turns on, will accept and start to play a cd, but will not put out sound through the speakers nor will any other buttons work.) Has anybody gone through this and what was the result? Let me know...

Frustrated.

I have the same problem as others have with the 2003 Jetta GLI mysterious radio coming on with no sound and only the volume and eject buttons works. CD appears to play, but without sound. Seems strange that these comments all came around the same time as mine went out. Early 2007. My dealer in San Diego does not know what is going on either (I only talked with them on the phone). I am going crazy trying to figure this out. I tried removing the battery cables, but was unable to do that simple task. The connectors seems to impossible to remove. In trying this because I thought maybe I would get the security code window and this might reset the radio. If some can try this and let this board know if it works would be great. Any help for the me and the other three people with the same problem would be helpful. Thanks.

I recently turned off my car come back out and it refused to start. Told by dealership had a bad cell in my battery, which is my second in a year. Also my temp. gauge works sometimes. Sometimes it starts working than drops down. It's not overheating, heat works I'm thinking electrical problem. Anyone else have this problem? Solutions? Also trunk doesn't latch, just started today. Solutions?

I bought a 2002 VW Jetta when it was brand new in 02.

-2 months later I failed emissions testing b/c the gas cap didn't have enough tension. VW replaced the cap.

-Car door fell down into the car, and wouldn't go up or down. It was under warranty, so they fixed it. I can't remember if was under recall or not.

-Car got stuck in park. Couldn't Drive or Reverse. VW charged me $100 (come to find out it's the brake light switch that costs about $6, and takes 10 minutes to change), and my husband probably could've fixed it.

-Monsoon radio-the CD player gives me error messages. It won't read a CD. The radio works fine, but I can't play CD's. I haven't even attempted to get it fixed or looked at. It's not worth my time or money.

-Car overheated when I was on the interstate. The temp light and engine light came on, so I pulled off onto an exit. As soon as I got off the exit the temp gauge went down to normal. But, as soon as I accelerated again, the temp shot all the way up to 260 again. The coolant was boiling, but there were no leaks anywhere. The extended warranty company has gone out of business, so hopefully VW dealership where I bought the car, will honor it. I've read several places online about similar problems, and it turns out to be the water pump. I can't afford to fix that! We already had to rent a trailer, and pay $80 in gas to go pick the car up 150 miles away, where I was stranded!

I won't buy another VW.

Folks:

I am the owner of a VW 2002 Jetta Wagon 2.0L.

Does your radio not power on? This happened to me today. Found this site and tried the #42 fuse thing and at first it did not work. Tried it again by removing it and counting to 5. Now my radio works. Must be a computer thing.

Other things that failed

Power lock on passenger side door would not unlock. Fixed by dealership.

Rear window washer jet was pointing down at bumper instead of up toward the glass.

A spring fell from under the front passenger seat.

No power to radio (mentioned above).

Also the O2 sensor was replaced.

The transmission sometimes thumps when you first start the car and drive one mile.

On the positive side when the car runs it is a joy to drive. The MPG is good to at 25 to 29 MPG city/hwy. The car is also quick.

I am disappointed about the number of problems with this vehicle I have read on the Internet. I hope the newer car are better.

OK, Does anybody know about where the cruise control fuse is? The diagram is terrible.

I was driving along the highway, when my temperature light came on and started blinking. I pulled over and let the car cool down. I also opened up the hood and saw the anti-freeze boiling. When my dad looked at it, the cra has cooled down, the antifreeze was no-longer boiling and it was actually very empty. Right now, there is enough anti-freeze in the car, and we have worked to spread it through the car after running it, turning up the heat and letting the air bubbles out- BUT now it seems the heater is not getting hot enough. Does this sound like a problem with the water pump?

My wife and I have owned a 2002 Jetta since new and at 10000 miles the radio quit also and since it was under warranty it was replaced (solution to problem probably not known). Now we are at 72000 miles and it did it again. I found fuse box and removed all the fuses with a book and exclamation mark and put them back in (none were blown). I read this website about #42 fuse. I knew that was one that I had removed and reinstalled, so I turned on the car and it worked!!!

Thanks,

Josh.

I have a 2003 Jetta GLI with 68,000 miles. My radio stopped working about two months ago also. The unit powers up, but the only buttons that seem to work are the eject features. Putting a CD in will result in no sound... same with radio, tape, etc. I'll try the #42 thing and repost the results.

My initial search was for known Jetta battery issues. My car failed to start today without any prior issues. From my research it looks like a bad battery.

Adding to my HELP!!! comment of April 10th.

I called the dealer and told him my situation he really didn't seem to care. He was the GM of the place also. "If you bought a computer and it stopped working after 2 years would you still expect the company to pay for it."

"Of course not, but a computer is 10% of a car, and I would never buy that brand of computer again" I replied.

"Well that's your choice of as a consumer, but bring it in I will knock off 20$" GM Burnsville VW.

I had another company replace it, cost was around 300$. But VW makes you give back the old radio because they need the spare parts to fix so many of them that don't work.

My only advice to you with my same problem is go to bestbuy and get a radio for 150$. Only difference is the is no tape player, but who uses it anyway.

I was worried I was going to come on this site and find out that there was a cheap and easy way to resolve my problem and I was ripped off of 300$.

Just bought a 02 jetta, read all the known issues, and could not find a solution. fuse 11 and 15 dash lights are good, but dash lights don't work. anyone know how to locate and replace the bulb?

I have a 2002 Jetta 1.8T and have a couple of issues... any help would be appreciated.

My airbag light is illuminated constantly. I recall this happening on another car I owned and I simply disconnected the batter for 30 min and let the airbag reset. I am going to try this, but there seems to be issues with the radio when you disconnect the battery (I need to make sure I have the radio reset code).

The second is a radio problem... basically the entire system works except for the tuner (no AM/FM radio). The CD and Tape deck work fine. I tried the #42 reset just for grins, and had no luck. ANY IDEAS???