2006 Volkswagen Jetta

2006 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 54000 MILES 5 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION. I WAS DRIVING AND WHILE EXITING A FREEWAY OFFRAMP I DEPRESSED THE CLUTCH TO DISENGAGE THE TRANSMISSION. CLUTCH PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND WOULD NOT COME BACK UP AND IT DID NOT DISENGAGE THE TRANSMISSION. THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP, AS I COULD NOT PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL. VERY DANGEROUS! *TR

1ST COMPLAINT ODI #10278262 FILED ON 7/24/09 FOR 2006 JETTA TDI: "PRIOR TO THE EVENT LISTED BELOW, WE NOTICED THAT THE CAR WAS NOT PERFORMING AS IT NORMALLY WOULD. WE WERE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL IN A CONSTRUCTION ZONE, LIGHT TURNED GREEN PROCEEDED TO ACCELERATE, CAR MOVED 10 FEET, RPM WENT HIGH AND IT WAS AS IF THE CAR WAS IN NEUTRAL. HAD ENOUGH MOMENTUM TO REACH THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. PRND WAS LIT UP AND FLASHING AND THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM SYMBOL HAD ERRATIC FLASHING. TRIED PARK, NEUTRAL, REVERSE NOTHING HAPPENED. PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND SHUT OFF ENGINE. RESTARTED ENGINE AND IT ALLOWED US TO DRIVE OFF. WENT APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES DRIVING AT ABOUT 55 MPH, THOUGHT WE SEEN AN ANIMAL AND LET OFF THE ACCELERATOR. UPON TRYING TO ACCELERATE, INCIDENT DESCRIBED ABOVE HAPPENED AGAIN, THIS TIME A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED. BEFORE CALLING THE DEALER WE DID A SEARCH AND CAME ACROSS THIS SITE. OUR VEHICLE HAD A DSG TRANSMISSION SERVICE (FOR A COST OF $286.75) AT 43,703 MILES AND THE CAR NOW HAS 71,491 MILES. THIS VEHICLE ALSO HAS A PROBLEM AT TIMES, THAT WAS REPORTED TO THE DEALER ON JUNE 5, 2007 AND NOTHING WAS DONE ABOUT IT, ON COLD START UP, PUTTING IT IN GEAR AND HAVING A VERY SEVERE JERKING, ALMOST TO THE POINT THAT IT MIGHT STALL THE ENGINE." UPDATE 10-3-09: FOR FEAR OF HAVING ANOTHER OCCURRENCE, THE CAR WAS TOWED (70+ MILES) TO DEALER IN LATE AUGUST, DIAGNOSIS WAS IT NEEDED A NEW MECHATRONICS UNIT. DELIVERY TIME FOR PART WAS OVER A MONTH. TALKED TO MECHANIC AT VW, HE RECOMMENDED TO NOT DRIVE THE CAR FOR SAFETY REASONS. LATE SEPTEMBER WAS NOTIFIED PART WAS IN, TOWED CAR A SECOND TIME (70+ MILES) TO DEALER WHERE MECHATRON UNIT WAS REPLACED, AT A COST TO ME OF $1,826.10. SOME REPAIR COST WAS PICKED UP BY VW. SO FAR 100+ MILES SINCE REPAIR - SEEMS TO BE FINE. THIS HAS NOT BEEN A VERY PLEASANT EXPERIENCE. IT IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND WE JUST HOPE THIS RESOLVED THE ISSUE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED INTO NEUTRAL GEAR. A TECHNICIAN CONCLUDED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS PERFORMING NORMALLY. HE THEN ADDED THAT DRIVING LONG DISTANCES IN WARMER WEATHER CONDITIONS COULD CAUSE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 47,000. UPDATED 10/21/09. *LJ UPDATED 10/20/09*JB

CAR WAS ON A TERMINAL ACCESS RAMP AT AN AIRPORT, AT LESS THAN 20MPH WHEN IT SUDDENLY LOST ALL MOTIVE POWER WITH THE ENGINE STILL RUNNING. THE "P-R-N-D-1-2" ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WAS FLASHING ON AND OFF AND THE TRANSMISSION SEEMED TO BE STUCK IN NEUTRAL REGARDLESS OF WHERE THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SELECTOR WAS PLACED. CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO A VW DEALER AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A DEFECTIVE/ FAILED "MECHATRONIC UNIT" CAR REMAINED AT DEALERSHIP FOR SIX (6) WEEKS WAITING FOR PARTS. CAR WAS RETURNED ON 09-23-2009 AND APPEARS TO OPERATE NORMALLY. *TR

2006 VW JETTA TDI W/ 14,000 MILES APPROACHING A YIELD, THE CLUTCH WAS DEPRESSED. THE CLUTCH STUCK TO THE FLOOR OF THE VEHICLE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOOSE ALL TRANSMISSION FUNCTION. THE VEHICLE COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. IT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED THAT SOME SACHS CLUTCH COMPONENTS HAVE A DEVELOPMENTAL (FRICTION MATERIAL) FLAW WHICH CAUSE PREMATURE CLUTCH DISC WEAR.THE DEALER DETERMINED THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE WAS DUE TO DRIVER ERROR. FRICTION MATERIAL FLAW ON CLUTCH PLATE OR PRESSURE PLATE WHICH LEADS TO BURNT, SHREDDED, OR MISSING CLUTCH PLATE MATERIAL ON CLUTCH PLATE. THIS SHOULD BE COVERED BY MY WARRANTY. ESPECIALLY SINCE THERE IS ONLY 14,000 MILES. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED BY HUNDREDS OF 06 TDI OWNERS AND VW CONTINUES TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR FLAWED EQUIPMENT. *TR

2006 JETTA GLI WITH DSG GEARBOX, REPEATED TRANSMISSION CLUNKING (IN AUTOMATIC MODE) WHEN DOWNSHIFTING FROM 2ND TO 1ST, AND HARSH THUNKING IN FIRST GEAR FROM A STOP ENGINE REVS UP BUT CAR WILL NOT MOVE FOR 1 TO TWO SECONDS THEN THUNK AND CAR SURGES FORWARD. ALSO THUNKING WHEN SHIFTING GEAR SELECTOR INTO REVERSE. HAS OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY AND OFTEN SINCE OCT 2007. POSES DANGEROUS SITUATION AT INTERSECTIONS AND IN STOP AND GO DRIVING WITH POTENTIAL INTERMITTENT LOSS OF FORWARD MOTION AND SUDDEN FORWARD SURGING AFFECTING THE SAFE DRIVEABILITY OF THE VEHICLE COUPLE OF TIMES NARROWLY MISSED RUNNING INTO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME DUE TO SUDDEN LURCHING OF THE VEHICLE. DEALER REPLACED TRANSMISSION TEMPERATURE SENSOR IN LATE 2008, BUT PROBLEM RECURRED AND PERSISTED AFTERWARDS. AFTER FEW MORE INCIDENTS AND VISITS TO DEALER THROUGH JUN 2009 WAS INFORMED MECHATRONICS UNIT WAS FAULTY AND WOULD BE REPLACED. WAITED 42 DAYS WITH CAR LEFT WITH DEALER FOR NEW PART TO BE DELIVERED FROM FACTORY " DUE TO BACKLOG' , IN MEANTIME CAR WAS RECALLED FOR TRANSMISSION BOLT REPLACEMENT/INSPECTION. FINALLY RECEIVED "FIXED" CAR WITH NEW MECHATRONICS UNIT AND PROBLEM RECURRED THE SAME DAY THREE MILES AWAY FROM THE DEALERSHIP IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. WAS TOLD THAT TRANSMISSION 'NEEDED TO RE-LEARN MY DRIVING PATTERN" AND TO DRIVE IT AROUND FOR A WHILE TO SEE IF THE ISSUE WOULD GO AWAY. ISSUE SUBSEQUENTLY RECURRED REPEATEDLY OVER A ONE WEEK PERIOD ESPECIALLY WHEN MOVING FROM A STOP, WITH ENGINE REVVING UP THEN A SUDDEN THUNK AND FORWARD SURGE OF VEHICLE. RETURNED VEHICLE TO DEALER LAST WEEK STILL WAITING FOR RESOLUTION. *TR

MY 2006 VW JETTA TDI HAS A DSG TRANSMISSION. THIS TRANSMISSION HAS SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR TWICE WHILE TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS. THIS IS AN AUTOMATIC TYPE TRANSMISSION AND SHOULD NOT BE SLIPPING OUT OF GEAR. THIS HAS NOT RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT BUT I WAS REQUIRED TO MOVE ACROSS 3 LANES OF TRAFFIC ONLY UNDER MY CURRENT FORWARD MOMENTUM. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO DO SO WITHOUT INCIDENT. *TR