NHTSA Complaint #10178858 — 1999 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA

THIS IS A FOLLOW-ON OF MY NHTSA COMPLAINT #10175337, BECAUSE TODAY, I EXPERIENCED A THIRD WATER INGESTION INTO MY SON'S 1999 VW JETTA, AND VW OF AMERICA SAID, BASICALLY, "SORRY, WE CANNOT COVER THIS WATER DAMAGE ANY MORE THAN WE COULD COVER THE SECOND WATER DAMAGE YOU HAD ON 27 NOV 06 -- UNLIKE THE WATER DAMAGE WE COVERED FOR YOU ON THE 13 OCT 05 DAMAGE!" WITH HUNDREDS OF BLOGS COMPLAINING OF WATER LEAKAGE INTO THE JETTA'S -- INCLUDING THRU 2006 MODELS AND ACKOWLEDGEMENT BY THE DEALER THAT THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE! -- NOBODY WITH ANY SMARTS SHOULD CONSIDER BUYING ONE OF THESE CARS THAT THE MANUFACTURER DECLINES TO ADMIT THERE IS A DESIGN FLAW OR FROM A DEALER WHO REFUSES TO SIGN A PLEDGE THAT IF ANY FUTURE LEAK OCCURS IT WILL BE COVERED AT THEIR EXPENSE! AS AN ASIDE, NOT A SINGLE HOMEOWNER IN MY 80-HOME SUBDIVISION HAD 1-DROP OF WATER ENTRY DURING RAINS THAT ENTERED MY SON'S CAR! I RETURNED THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP TODAY BECAUSE OF WATER INGESTION FOR A THIRD TIME AT THE SAME POINT OF ENTRY IT DID ON THE SECOND TIME FOR AN OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSE OF OVER $1000.00! I'M A DIE-HARD VW OWNER, HAVING OWNED ONE SINCE HIGH SCHOOL IN 1961, BUT MY WIFE HAS JUST DECRIED I OR OUR SON WILL NEVER OWN ANOTHER! A RECALL MUST BE ISSUED BY VW AT THE BEHEST OF NHTSA, PERIOD! *NM