2006 Volkswagen Jetta

I'VE GOT A 2006 JETTA, 2.0TDI WITH THE DSG, I PURCHASED 04-16-2016 FROM THE ORIGINAL OWNER. IT SEEMS AS IF EVERY TIME I STOPS AND TAKES IT OUT OF GEAR AND ATTEMPTS TO GO INTO REVERSE IT WON'T ENGAGE AND THE FLASH OF DEATH HAPPENS. HAS TO TURN THE CAR OFF/ON TO GET IT TO MOVE AGAIN. THIS IS A CLASSIC SAFETY HAZARD. I READ VOLKSWAGEN AND AUDI (FEW YEARS AGO) ARE RECALLING 16,000 VEHICLES BECAUSE OF TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS THAT MAKE THEM LOSE POWER -- OR COMPLETELY STALL -- OUT OF THE BLUE.

I HAVE TWO MAJOR SAFTEY PROBLEMS THAT COULD HAVE ENDED IN A FATALITY.FIRST MY TRANSMISSION WENT OUT WITHOUT A WARNING WHILE I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE GOING 75 MPH AND A 18 WHEELER WAS BEHIND ME THE CAR DROPT DOWN TO 40 MPH AND I ALMOST GOT REARENDED BY THE SEMI.I HAD THE TRANSMISSION REBUILD.SECOND THING I PULLED OUT OF BURGERKING AND THE CAR HAS NO POWER AND ABOUT GOT TBONED AND THERES NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON.

MY VOLKSWAGEN JETTA TDI 2006 GOT THE PRNDS FLASH OF DEATH, AND I FOUND OUT IT WAS THE MECHATRONIC UNIT WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP. I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY GOING 75MPH WHEN THE FLASHES STARTED TO OCCUR. I COULDN'T GIVE MY ENGINE ANY POWER AND I STARTED TO DECELERATE AT A QUICK PACE, AND THE VEHICLE BEHIND ME ALMOST HIT ME. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFTEY ISSUE FOR ME AND FOR ALL OTHER OCCUPANTS ON THE HIGHWAY, BECAUSE MY FAULTY CAR COULD HAVE CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT, THAT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN MANY INJURIES. I WANT TO BRING THIS ATTENTION TO THE NHTSA TO, PROVIDE ME WITH MORE INFORMATION AS TO WHY THE VEHICLE IS FAULTY, AND THE AMOUNT OF TROUBLE I WOULD BE IN IF I DIDN'T MANAGE THIS SITUATION LIKE I DID TO PROTECT MYSELF AND EVERYONE ELSE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED FROM DRIVE INTO NEUTRAL INDEPENDENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. AFTER RESTARTING, THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMALLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED FIVE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 199,000.

CAMSHAFT FAILURE DUE TO EXCESSIVE WEAR ON A VEHICLE WITH 160,000 MILES DESPITE USING VW RECOMMENDED 505.01 SPECIFICATION OIL AND REGULAR MAINTENANCE. ENGINE DEVELOPED A RATTLING NOISE AT HIGHWAY SPEED, DECREASED PERFORMANCE, EXCESSIVE BLACK SMOKE COMING OUT OF TAIL PIPE, AND $1500 REPAIR BILL. DUAL MASS TRANSMISSION FLYWHEEL FAILURE ON A VEHICLE WITH 120,000 MILES RESULTED IN RATTLING NOISE IN THE TRANSMISSION, VIBRATION OF THE WHOLE VEHICLE AND $1200 REPAIR BILL. BOTH OF THESE ISSUES ARE WIDESPREAD. MULTIPLE OWNERS OF THIS YEAR/MAKE/MODEL HAVE EXPERIENCED THESE EXACT SAME ISSUES DUE TO POOR QUALITY PARTS ORIGINALLY INSTALLED BY THE MANUFACTURER. MANUFACTURER SHOULD RECALL THE AFFECTED VEHICLES AND FIX THESE ISSUES DUE TO THEM BEING WIDESPREAD. THERE ARE NUMEROUS DISCUSSIONS ON PUBLIC FORUMS OF THESE ISSUES AS WELL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE SPEED DECREASED TO 20 MPH AND ALL THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. WHEN SHIFTING INTO A GEAR, THE VEHICLE WOULD JERK. THE FAILURES RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE MODULE AND TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 138,000.

TRANSMISSION SHIFTING PROBLEM. THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT CONTROLLING AT ANY NOMINAL CRUISING SPEED, OR WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. SAFETY CONCERN. CAR WAS SHIFTING WHEN IT DIDN'T NEED TO SHIFT, I.E. OUT OF 6TH AT HIGH SPEEDS WHEN THE TERRAIN AND SPEED HADN'T CHANGED. IT WOULD SHIFT OUT OF GEAR THE WAY YOU DO IN A MANUAL TRANSMISSION, BUT INSTEAD OF SHIFTING BACK IN IMMEDIATELY, IT WOULD HESITATE (RPMS DROP SIGNIFICANTLY) SO THAT THE CAR WAS ESSENTIALLY IDLING BETWEEN GEARS. THEN IT WOULD SHIFT BACK IN TO A GEAR FOR A FEW SECONDS, AND THEN SHIFT AGAIN INAPPROPRIATELY WITH THE SAME HESITATION. WHEN IT WOULD SHIFT BACK IN SOMETIMES IT WOULD DO THE HARD SHIFT. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AT TIMES BUT NOT ALWAYS. THE CAR COULDN'T SEEM TO FIGURE OUT WHAT GEAR IT NEEDED TO BE IN, AND IT KEPT SHIFTING IN AND OUT OF THE HIGHER GEARS EVEN THOUGH THE DRIVER HADN'T CHANGED THE SPEED AND THE TERRAIN WAS THE SAME. IT WAS MUCH WORSE DURING THE HEAT OF THE DAY. WHEREAS THE PROBLEM IS HARDLY PERCEPTIBLE AT NIGHT. STILL IT SEEMED TO BE SHIFTING BETWEEN 6TH DOWN TO 5TH WHEN IT DIDN'T NEED TO. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO REPEAT OVER AND OVER. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AT SOME POINT, BUT WAS NOT ON THIS MORNING.