NHTSA Complaint #10168125 — 2003 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA

I HAVE A 2003 JETTA WAGON TDI, 3.5 YEARS OLD WITH 63K MILES. I WAS DRIVING IN A NARROW RESIDENTIAL STREET WITH MY WINDOWS DOWN. I BEGAN TO RAISE THE WINDOWS AND I HEARD A LOUD POP AND A STRANGE NOISE FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE. IT TURNS OUT THE WINDOW MECHANISM HAD BROKEN AND THE WINDOW WAS HANGING THERE 1/3 CLOSE IN A STRANGE ANGLE. I TRIED TO LOWER IT OR RAISE IT, BUT INSTEAD IT JUST WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN. THE SOUND STARTLED ME AND I MOMENTARILY SWERVED AND HIT THE CURVE. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE CAR OR OTHER PROPERTY. I HAD TO DRIVE HOME WITH WET COLD AIR BLOWING IN, WHICH WAS VERY DISTRACTING. I BELIEVE THIS IS A DANGEROUS CONDITION BOTH BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL SOUND IS STARTLING, AND BECAUSE THE CONDITION BECOMES A DISTRACTION FROM DRIVING. *JB