2006 Volkswagen Jetta

MASS FLYWHEEL AND CLUTCH ASSEMBLY FAILURE. ANOTHER VOLKSWAGEN CLUTCH PROBLEM TO ADD TO THE LIST. WHY IS THE UNITED STATES NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT THIS LIKE OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE. ARE WE NOT THE MOST CARING COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, I MEAN LOOK HOW MUCH MONEY THIS GOVERNMENT DISHES OUT TO PEOPLE WHO DON'T DESERVE IT. (CAR MANUFACTURERS WHO CANT EVEN MAKE GOOD ON MANUFACTURER DEFECTS. OTHER COUNTRIES ISSUED VW TO FIX THE PROBLEMS. I EVEN READ A LETTER ON THIS WEBSITE THAT THE PROBLEM DID NOT FIND ITS WAY TO THE US BECAUSE IT WAS ONLY IN THE PASSAT. WELL THE JETTA'S, BEETLE'S, GLI'S AND THE GOLF'S ALL HAVE THE SAME TRANSMISSION THAT THEY ARE REFERRING TO IN THE LETTER. I MEAN THE GOVERNMENT IN CHARGE NOW WANTS US TO BE SUPPORTED BY THE GOVERNMENT SO WHY DOES THE GOVERNMENT NOT DO ANYTHING TO PROTECT US. THEY ARE TO MANY CASES LIKE MINE ALL OVER THIS SITE AND THE INTERNET FOR YA'LL NOT TO DO SOMETHING. TOOK THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE THEN WAS DROPPED WITH THE 3900.00 DOLLAR REPAIR BILL FOR THIS. *TR

HI I BOUGHTMY 06 TDI JETTA 2 YRS AGO IT HAD 39,800 MILES ON IT AND NOW I SEE WHY IT WAS TRADED IN AT 40,000 IT NEEDS A 560.00 SERVICE THAT I WAS NOT TOLD ABOUT. MY FAULT FOR NOT READING THE WHOLE MANUAL . I WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT THE DSG WOULD NEED TO BE SERVICED AT 100,000 MILES AND IT WOULD BE GOOD. I BROUGHT THE CAR IN FOR CLATTERING NOISE SEVERAL TIMES AND WAS TOLD IT WAS NORMAL THE CAR HESITATED OFTEN AND SHIFTED POORLY BUT SINCE IT WAS AT THE DEALER I FIGURED IT WAS NORMAL. THE CLATTER GOT WORSE AND BY THIS TIME IT WAS ABOUT DUE FOR ITS 100000 MILE SERVICE BUT BEFORE I COULD GET IT IN ONE DAY DRIVING HOME FROM WORK IT SOULDED LIKE A BUCKET OR BOLTS FEEL OUT FROM MY CAR THE CLATTER BECAME SEVERE AND SOON AFTER THE CAR LEFT ME SIT ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY.I DESCRIBE THE PROBLEM AND CLATTER NOISE TO THE DEALER AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY KNEW THE PROBLEM EXACTLY. THEY TELL ME ITS PROBABLY THE CLUTCHES AND IT CAN'T BE REBUILT AND THEN THE SERVICE MANAGER AT YOUNG VW LAUGHING A LITTLE TELLS ME THAT I MISSED TWO SERVICES ON THE TRANNY WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR WITH 39800 AND THEN THE CAR WAS BROUGHT IN SEVERAL TIMES AND NO ONE EVER TOLD ME THEIR MIGHT BE A PROBLEM UNTIL NOW THE CAR SITS AND I NEED 5000.00 DOLLARS TO FIX IT. THIS TRANSMISSION IS A PIECE OF '!@#$%'. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I ALMOST GOT SIDE SWIPED TRYING TO PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC QUICKLY FROM A DEAD STOP. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT BOTH OF THE AIR BAG LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD AND THE MIDDLE CONSOLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE PASSENGER OCCUPANCY MODULE PRODUCED A FAULTY CODE, WHICH INDICATED THAT THE SEAT, SENSOR PAD, AND MODULE NEEDED TO BE REMOVED. THROUGH RESEARCH, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT NUMEROUS OTHER CONSUMERS WERE EXPERIENCING THE SAME FAILURE. HE BELIEVES THAT THIS IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT THAT SHOULD BE RECALLED. THE AIR BAGS WOULD NOT DEPLOY IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 75,000. UPDATED 08/28/09. *LJ THE DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER THERE WAS A LOW VOLTAGE SIGNAL SENT FROM THE BATTERY THAT CAUSED A MALFUNCTION IN THE PASSENGER AIR BAG MODULE. UPDATED 08/31/09.*JB

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, 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. THIS IS A 2006 VW JETTA TDI W/DSG TRANSMISSION. THE MODEL SELECTION ON FOLLOWING PAGE ONLY LISTED A GLI FOR SELECTION. *TR

WHEN I BOUGHT MY 2006 VW JETTA TDI THE DSG TRANSMISSION WORKED FINE. AT ABOUT 50,000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION HAS PROGRESSIVELY BECOME ROUGHER AND ROUGHER AND IS NOW BORDERING ON UNSAFE. WHEN I START MOVING FROM A COMPLETE STOP THE CAR JERKS BACK AND FORTH MAKING IT FRIGHTENING TO PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC. ALSO THE CAR SLAMS INTO THE LOWER GEARS WHEN DOWNSHIFTING. SOMETIMES WHEN I PRESS THE GAS PEDAL FROM A STOP THE CAR HESITATES FOR A FEW SECONDS BEFORE SLAMMING INTO GEAR. WHEN BACKING UP IT IS HARD TO CONTROL BECAUSE OF THE SURGING. UNFORTUNATELY MY CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND I CANNOT AFFORD TO SPEND $3000 TO PAY FOR VW TO FIX THIS KNOW DEFECT IN THE DSG TRANSMISSION. *TR

I HAVE A JETTA TDI 2006 DSG. THE DUAL MASS FLYWHEEL RIPPED APART. THIS TOOK OUT THE TRANSMISSION AND CAUSED THE CAR TO BE INOPERABLE. IT COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE WAS NO INDICATION OF A PROBLEM PRIOR TO FAILURE. THE FAILURE WAS SUDDEN AND CATASTROPHIC. VW REPLACED THE DUAL MASS FLYWHEEL AND TRANSMISSION. THEY TOLD ME THE OLD PART WAS GOING BACK TO GERMANY FOR INSPECTION. I HAVE NO IDEA OF WHEN IT WILL FAIL AGAIN, NEXT TIME IT MAY CAUSE A CRASH OR DEATH. I HAVE BEEN READING ABOUT THIS, AND A LOT OF DRIVERS OF THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE HAVE THIS ISSUE OF THE FLYWHEEL RIPPING APART. A FLYWHEEL RIPPING APART UNDER THE STRESS OF THE DRIVE TRAIN SHOULD BE RARE, BUT IN THIS VEHICLE IT IS NOT. IT SEEMS THE HIGH TORQUE OUTPUT OF THE DIESEL ENGINE IS CAUSING ADDITIONAL STRESS ON THE FLYWHEEL, THUS BREAKING IT APART. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. ALSO, THE DSG TRANSMISSION IS A HYBRID TRANS, IT OPERATES LIKE AN AUTO TRANSMISSION, BUT MECHANICALLY IS MORE LIKE A MANUAL, BUT IT IS NOT THE MANUAL VERSION WHICH IS ALSO OFFERED IN THE JETTA TDI. *TR

2006 VW JETTA TURBODIESEL WITH DSG TRANSMISSION AT 27K MILES SHIFTING UNPREDICTABLY AT HIGHWAY SPEED. REPAIRED BY DEALERSHIP, MECHANTRONIC FAILURE. FAILED AGAIN AT HIGHWAY SPEED ONE MONTH LATER, CAUSING POTENTIAL INJURY DO TO FAILURE. SIX MONTHS LATER, FLYWHEEL EXPLODES KNOCKING HOLE IN TRANSMISSION AND CAUSING THE VEHICLE LOSE ALL POWER AND THE ENGINE TO DIE. *TR

CLUTCH COMPLETELY FAILED, AS WELL AS FLYWHEEL. NO WARNING, JUST A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. FORTUNATELY, AT A STOP LIGHT, SO NO ONE WAS INJURED. HOWEVER, IF THIS HAD HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, COULD HAVE RESULTED IN DEATH. ALTHOUGH THIS FAILURE IS OCCURRING QUITE FREQUENTLY (IN CARS WITH AS LITTLE AS 400 MILES ON THEM), MANUFACTURER HAS DONE NOTHING TO REMEDY SITUATION, EITHER TO CORRECT IT OR TO COME UP WITH A NEW DESIGN. CURRENTLY AWAITING RESPONSE FROM MANUFACTURER, BUT NO RESOLUTION TO DATE. *TR