2005 Volkswagen Jetta

I HAVE A 2005 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING THE CAR AND THE BATTERY BLEW UP UNDER THE HOOD. TOOK THE CAR IN AND WAS TOLD IT JUMPED TIMING TOOLS AND PARTS WERE UNAVAILABLE AND THE ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED THIS TOOK THREE MONTHS AND NOW THE TRANSMISSION WILL GO INTO NEUTRAL WHILE DRIVING THE VOLKSWAGEN MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT STATED THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE TRANSMISSION AND IS 8 MILES OVER WARRANTY AND THEY WILL NO FIX THE CAR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH THE BOLTS FROM THE DRIVESHAFT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WERE LOOSE. THE ENGINE WAS ON BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO HIS RESIDENCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CALLED AND INFORMED HIM THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

THERE IS A LONG RUNNING ISSUE WITH THE 2005 1/2 VW JETTA V TRANSMISSION VALVE BODY THAT IS A SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE TRANSMISSION. WHEN THE TRANS GETS HOT SITTING IN TRAFFIC. THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS IN AND OUT OF GEAR OR SHIFTS VERY HARD OR WILL NOT SHIFT AT ALL AND MAY CAUSE A REAR END ACCIDENT AS THE JETTA DOES NOT SHIFT. VW AMERICA DOES KNOW OF THE PROBLEM AND ISSUED A EXTENDED WARRANTY TO 100,000 MILES OR 7 YEARS. BUT AFTER DOING EXTENSIVE RESEARCH THERE ARE JETTA'S THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT HAVE MILEAGE OVER THE 100,000 MILES. WHEN YOU CALL VW, THEY REFUSE TO HELP AND DO NOT CARE ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE THAT OWN THEIR PRODUCT. THERE IS ALSO ISSUES WITH PREMATURE BRAKE LIGHT BULBS AND HEAD LIGHT BULBS BURNING OUT. *TR

WE RECENTLY BOUGHT A 2005 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA (THE NEWER DESIGN ALSO COINCIDED 2005.5) FROM A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL IN MARCH 2010. WE NOTICED THERE WAS A SLIGHT PROBLEM WITH SHIFTING GEARS THAT CONTINUED TO GET WORSE. IN JUNE 2010 WE TOOK THE CAR TO A LOCAL VOLKSWAGEN DEALER AND DISCUSSED THE PROBLEM. THEY TOLD US IT SOUNDED LIKE THE DUAL MASS FLYWHEEL WAS THE PROBLEM. THAT THERE WAS 2 DIFFERENT MANUFACTURERS THAT MAKE THE FLYWHEELS AND THEY NO LONGER USE ONE OF THE MANUFACTURERS DUE TO DEFECTS AND PROBLEMS WITH THE FLYWHEELS THEY MADE. THEY SAID IT WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM THAT THE FLYWHEELS WERE BAD AND WOULD NEED REPLACED WAY BEFORE THEY WERE SUPPOSE TO. EVEN THOUGH THE PROBLEM WAS KNOWN BY VOLKSWAGEN THEY REFUSED TO FIX REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE PART. THEY SAID WE COULD CONTINUE TO DRIVE IT AND BUT WOULD CONTINUE TO GET WORSE AND END UP TEARING UP ALOT OF OTHER STUFF IF IT DID. WE LOOKED ONLINE AND FOUND MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM, THOUGH NO RECALL. WE ALSO READ WHERE IF THE FLYWHEEL LOCKED UP/CAME APART WHILE DRIVING IT COULD LOCKUP THE ENTIRE CAR. WE DID COME ACROSS WHERE THE FLYWHEEL HAD BEEN RECALLED IN EUROPE. THE CAR WAS DROVE TILL NOVEMBER 2010 WHEN IT HAD GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE IT WOULD DOWNSHIFT ON HILLS AND WHEN YOU WOULD TRY TO GET UP SPEED TO MERGE ONTO THE INTERSTATE IT WOULD NOT SHIFT TO THE NEXT GEAR( BUT THE RPMS WERE NORMAL) AND WAS FORCED TO MERGE ONTO THE INTERSTATE AT A VERY SLOW AND UNSAFE SPEED. THE ENGINE ALSO HAD A VERY LOUD CHATTER NOISE. WE DECIDED TO HAVE IT FIXED AND REPLACED THE FLYWHEEL ASSY & MOUNT BOLTS AND HAD TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION FLUID FLUSHED AND REFILLED AND A NEW FILTER PUT IN. TOTALING $1423.00. THE NEW FLYWHEEL WAS NOT THE SAME AS THE ORIGINAL ONE. IT NOW RUNS GREAT. SHIFTS PERFECTLY AND SMOOTHLY. *TR

WHEN SITTING IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC, THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS VERY HARD IN AND OUT OF THE SHIFTING SEQUENCE. WHEN THAT HAPPENS THE TRANSMISSION WILL TAKE A FEW SECONDS TO SHIFT INTO GEAR AND THUMP VERY HARD. AFTER CALLING A VW DEALERSHIP, I WAS INFORMED THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE WITH THE NEW JETTA'S AND BEETLES. ALSO THERE IS VERY HEAVY CRAZING WITH THE HEAD LAMP FIXTURES AND CANNOT BE REPAIRED AND CAUSES SERIOUS IMPAIRMENT AT NIGHT WHEN THE HEAD LIGHTS ARE ON. *TR

2005 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA TDI SEDAN - ENGINE RAN ROUGH AND NOTICED SLIPPAGE AND HESITATION DURING ACCELERATION FROM FULL STOP. REPEATED RESULTS FROM REPAIR SHOP VISITS FOUND NO PROBLEM, WAS TOLD THIS WAS "NORMAL"... THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING AT NORMAL HWY SPEED. A LOUD BANG FOLLOWED BY COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE. VISIT TO DEALER CONFIRMED CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF DUAL MASS FLYWHEEL, CAUSING COLLATERAL DAMAGE TO ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION. REPAIR ESTIMATE WAS FROM $5K TO $15K. VW AND THE DEALER OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE DUE TO VEHICLE OUTSIDE OF MANF WARRANTY PERIOD, DESPITE CAR BEING WELL MAINTAINED BY THE BOOK. RESEARCH ON OWNERS FORUMS AND WEB SHOWS THIS SAME ISSUE IS PREVALENT IN THE 2005-2009 MODEL YEARS. FOUND OVER 3000+ INSTANCES FROM OWNERS COMPLAINING OF THE SAME ISSUE FROM AS LITTLE AS 15K MILES OF USE....ITS CLEAR THIS IS A MANF DEFECT IN THE DUAL MASS FLYWHEEL AND THAT VW HAS NOT RECOGNIZED THIS... *TR