NHTSA ODI · 398,146 deduplicated matched complaint incidentsSnapshot through 2026-07-192010 Ford Fusion · complaint-signal index 9.9 / 102012 Ford Focus · complaint-signal index 9.9 / 102007 Toyota Camry · complaint-signal index 9.9 / 10Methodology · open and versionedPublished indexes show sample size and 95% interval
NHTSA ODI · 398,146 deduplicated matched complaint incidentsSnapshot through 2026-07-192010 Ford Fusion · complaint-signal index 9.9 / 102012 Ford Focus · complaint-signal index 9.9 / 102007 Toyota Camry · complaint-signal index 9.9 / 10Methodology · open and versionedPublished indexes show sample size and 95% interval
Federal complaint record · Volkswagen Jetta · model year 2008
2008 Volkswagen Jetta
Owners submitted 188 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 21th percentile for complaint intensity within its 2006 to 2010 compact sedan cohort. The largest reported component group is powertrain. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.
Powertrain · 22% · group n = 55Electrical · 17% · group n = 43Engine · 11% · group n = 27Brakes · 10% · group n = 24Airbags · 8% · group n = 20
188
Complaint records on file
58,000
Median mileage at the reported problem · 157 complaints reported mileage
22%
Of classified component reports name powertrain · group n = 55
21th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 31 model years
The line compares submitted complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years, not failures per 1,000 cars. Vehicle-years use compiled US sales, a 0.25 prior-calendar-year plus 0.75 current-calendar-year model-year allocation, and the shipped survival curve. Rates appear only where estimated vehicles in operation are at least 5,000.
Reports describe harsh shifting, slipping, or shuddering
Cluster 1 of 32008 Volkswagen Jetta
Brake performance · 20 reports
Reports describe braking performance concerns
Cluster 2 of 32008 Volkswagen Jetta
Airbag concerns · 12 reports
Reports describe airbag warning or deployment concerns
Cluster 3 of 32008 Volkswagen Jetta
Cluster summaries paraphrase recurring symptoms reported to NHTSA. They are aggregate descriptions, not individual verbatim reports.
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NHTSA consumer complaint records can reveal recurring patterns across published model years. MotorCensus summarizes those records as one complaint-signal index, with a 95% interval and sample size, updated with each data snapshot.