2006 Volkswagen Jetta

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

IN MARCH 2009 I TOOK MY 2006 VW JETTA TDI IN FOR ITS NORMAL SERVICE POINT AT 90K. I WAS ASKED BY THE DEALER IF I COULD BRING THE CAR BACK IN BECAUSE OF A NOISE THAT WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION. THE DEALER REPORTED THAT THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG. ON MAY 28, 2009 I HAD A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE DUAL MASS FLYWHEEL IN THE DSG TRANSMISSION. *TR

POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY: TOOK CAR IN FOR 70K SERVICE AND SERP BELT SQUEALING. GOT A CALL BACK FROM DEALER SAYING THAT IN ADDITION TO THE SERP BELT NEEDING REPLACED, THEY FOUND THE FLYWHEEL NEEDED REPLACED AND IT WOULD COST $2100. NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR, HAVE GOT EVERY SERVICE RECOMMENDED IN MANUAL THAT CAME WITH CAR (WHICH I BOUGHT BRAND NEW). FURIOUS AT THE $2100 THE DEALERSHIPS WANTS TO CHARGE ME, I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT THERE HAVE BEEN AN ALARMING NUMBER OF OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM. CAR IS A AUTOMATIC, NOT CLUTCH, BUT HAS THE SLAPSTICK OPTION, I HATE DRIVING CLUTCH, THUS NEVER SWITCH OVER TO CLUTCH......SO, HOW CAN THE FLYWHEEL THAT HAS AN INTERNAL CLUTCH NEED REPLACED? MANUFACTURE DEFAULT? I HAVE NOT HAD WORK DONE YET, I AM TAKING TO 2 OTHER PLACES TO GET OPINIONS AND WILL TAKE PICTURES OF DAMAGE OR DOCUMENTATION PURPOSES. I DO NOT DRIVE THE CAR IN A "RACING" STYLE, I DRIVE 60 MILES ROUND TRIP A DAY TO WORK AND HOME ON COUNTY HIGHWAYS AS I LIVE IN THE COUNTRY. SO IF I NEVER USE THE CLUTCH OPTION AND KEEP IT IN AUTOMATIC MODE AT ALL TIMES, HOW CAN THE INTERNAL CLUTCH HAVE A PROBLEM? THE DEALER WARNED ME THAT I CANNOT LET THE PROBLEM GO ON AND MUST GET FIXED IMMEDIATELY OR RISK DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION AND/OR DAMAGE TO MYSELF & OTHERS DRIVING ON THE ROAD. *TR

I OWN A 2006 JETTA TDI WITH 70,450 MILES AND JUST SPENT OVER $2,000 AND FOUR DAYS OF CAR RENTAL REPLACING A DUAL MASS FLYWHEEL. THE VEHICLE BEGAN MAKING NOISES AND JERKING AT SLOW SPEEDS WHEN IT TURNED 48,000 MILES. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT IT AND THEY RAN A "COMPUTER TEST" AND FOUND NO PROBLEM. THEY TEST DROVE IT FOUND THE SAME VERDICT AND SAID "THAT'S HOW JETTA DIESELS RUN." I ASKED THEM TO CHECK THE TRANSMISSION AND THEY WOULDN'T BECAUSE IF THEY DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG, THEN THEY'D BE OUT THE MONEY AND I'D HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. THEY MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS AND RETURNED THE CAR. THE NOISE GRADUALLY GOT LOUDER, BUT AFTER SEVERAL REGULAR MAINTENANCE VISITS, NO A PROBLEMS WERE NOTED. FINALLY THE NOISE AND JERKING WAS TOO MUCH AND I SENT IT IN. THE SERVICE MANAGER IMMEDIATELY SAID IT WAS THE FLYWHEEL AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. HE SAID "WE'VE DONE A LOT OF THEM". MY FLYWHEEL WAS THE DEFECTIVE SACHS TYPE AS DESCRIBED IN THE TSB. UNFORTUNATELY, MY POWER TRAIN WARRANTY EXPIRED AT 50,000 MILES AND THE BILL WAS MINE. GRRRRR!! *TR

I PAID $1300 IN REPAIRS EVEN THOUGH COMPLAINING OF SYMPTOMS LEADING UP TO MY FAILURE WHILE STILL UNDER WARRANTY. AFTER REPAIR I HAVE DISCOVERED THIS IS A COMMON FAILURE FOR MY VEHICLE WHICH COULD EASILY LEAD TO CATASTROPHE SHOULD FAILURE OCCUR AT SPEED. I FIRST REPORTED A SHUDDER WHEN CLUTCH ENGAGED WHICH DEALER CLAIMED WAS WITHIN VW'S SPECS. THE SHUDDER GREW WORSE THEN A "LOOSE PEBBLES" NOISE WAS HEARD AT IDLE. WHEN THE DEALER HEARD THIS NOISE, THEY REFERENCED A TSB AND DIAGNOSED AN IMPENDING DUAL MASS FLYWHEEL FAILURE. I WAS FORTUNATE TO DISCOVER BEFORE THE FAILURE(WHICH WAS IMMANENT) AS THE FAILURE WOULD HAVE DESTROYED THE $6000 DSG TRANSMISSION AND IF IT OCCURRED AT SPEED COULD LOCK UP THE DRIVE TRAIN. *TR

VW DEALER AT LAST SERVICE SAYS MY 2006 VW JETTA TDI NEEDS TO HAVE DMF, DUAL MASS FLYWHEEL REPLACED. AFTER RESEARCHING ON-LINE IT APPEARS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH MANY VW'S WITH DSG TRANSMISSION, AND WORTHY OF POSSIBLE RE-CALL. THE CAR HAS AN INTERMITTENT ACCELERATOR HESITATION. IT CAN OCCUR WHEN THE ENGINE IS COLD OR HOT. IT SEEMS TO OCCUR WHEN IT IS ROLLING FREE AT NEAR 5 TO 10 MPH, AND WHEN THE ACCELERATOR IS PRESSED NOTHING HAPPENS FOR A COUPLE SECONDS, THEN IT CATCHES AND GOES. I HAVE HAD A COUPLE NEAR MISS ACCIDENTS AND DO NOT LET OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS DRIVE CAR BECAUSE OF SAFETY AND RELIABILITY CONCERNS. *TR UPDATED 06/08/10 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED SINCE FILING THIS COMPLAIN IN DEC 2008 ON THE DSG TRANSMISSION, HE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE DUAL MASS FLYWHEEL FOR $1,681.62 AT AAMCO TRANSMISSION. HE ALSO LEARNED THAT THE MECHATRONIX UNIT IN THE SAME DSG TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AS WELL. UPDATED 06/09/10.*JB