These VW Vehicles Won’t Alert You When You’ve Left the Key in the Ignition
You know that annoying-but-useful chime that comes on every time you open the car door with the key still in the ignition? Turns out it might not be working in the 2018-2019 Atlas and 2019 Jetta. VW determined a data container wasn't coded correctly, something that will cause a failure of the instrument cluster to provide an audible warning when the driver opens the door with the key still in the ignition.
That’s a federal safety no-no. To fix the issue, VW has scheduled a recall for January 18, 2019.
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1st Generation Atlas
- Years
- 2018–2021
- Reliability
- 33rd out of 46
- PainRank™
- 6.43
- Complaints
- 57
7th Generation Jetta
- Years
- 2019–2021
- Reliability
- 26th out of 46
- PainRank™
- 3.41
- Complaints
- 39