2006 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA DIESEL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP WAS MALFUNCTIONING AND CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP HAD METAL SHAVINGS INSIDE OF IT THAT WERE CLOGGING THE FUEL INJECTOR. THE MECHANIC ALSO STATED THAT THE ENTIRE FUEL SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE CLEANED AND THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP AND INJECTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT NOTIFIED THE MANUFACTURER AND FILED A COMPLAINT. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS, BUT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STALLING COULD LEAD TO A CRASH. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA TDI. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE CLUTCH SUDDENLY FAILED AND DEPRESSED STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THEY ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE CLUTCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 63,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVILABLE.

THE DUAL MASS FLYWHEEL HAS FAILED ON MY CAR. IF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED AT HIGH SPEED IT COULD CAUSE THE TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE TO SEIZE THUS LOCKING THE FRONT WHEELS AND CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL/SERIOUS VEHICLE DAMAGE. THERE IS WIDESPREAD INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ON THE INTERNET DOCUMENTING THE FAILURES, SOME OF WHICH HAVE DESTROYED THE VEHICLES TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE IN THE PROCESS. VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND HASN'T ISSUED A RECALL . I AM FORCED TO REPLACE THIS PART MYSELF SINCE VW WILL NOT COVER THIS PART DESPITE THE FACT THAT THEY NOW HAVE AN UPGRADED REPLACEMENT PART AS THEY KNOW THE ORIGINAL IS DEFECTIVE. CST TO REPAIR AT DEALERSHIP $1600. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA TDI. THE CONTACT STATED AFTER HAVING HER TRANSMISSION FLUSHED BY THE DEALER, THEY NOTIFIED HER THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NO LONGER SHIFT INTO REVERSE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO ADVISED HER THAT SHE WOULD NEED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION SINCE IT WAS FAULTY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 90,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. THE CONTACT STATED THE WINDOWS AND DOORS FAILED TO UNLOCK, AND THE WINDOWS WOULD NOT ROLL UP OR DOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST THAT INDICATED THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY THE DRIVERS DOOR WIRING HARNESS. THE WIRES WERE TO SHORT AND CAUSED THE WIRING RUBBER BOOT, DOOR LOCKS, AND WINDOWS TO FAIL. THE DEALER REPLACED THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER DOOR WIRING HARNESS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 83,000.

THE ENGINE IN OUR 2006 TDI DSG BEGAN TO EXHIBIT ROUGH IDLING. AT A CERTAIN POINT IT BECAME EVIDENT SOMETHING WAS WRONG. THE VEHICLE HAS ALWAYS BEEN SERVICED BY A VW DEALERSHIP AT THE SPECIFIED INTERVALS (I CALL THEM THE $400 OIL CHANGES). I COULD HEAR WHAT SOUNDED LIKE AN INTAKE VALVE POPPING AND COULD FEEL A PULSATION IN THE TURBO INTAKE HOSE. I CHECKED ON SOME OF THE FORUMS AND WAS SHOCKED TO LEARN OF THE EARLY CAMSHAFT FAILURE PROBLEM COMMON TO THE PD ENGINES. IT SEEMS THAT VW NARROWED UP THE INTAKE AND EXHAUST CAM LOBES BY ABOUT 30% TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE INJECTOR LOBE, AND TRIED TO COMPENSATE FOR THIS INADEQUATE DESIGN BY MANDATING "SPECIAL" OIL (WHICH I CAN ONLY HOPE OUR DEALER USED EACH TIME THE OIL WAS CHANGED). IT TURNS OUT THOUGH, THAT A CRITICAL CAN WEAR ADDITIVE IN THIS OIL, ZDDP, IN SUFFICIENT QUANTITIES CAN CAUSE EARLY FAILURE OF THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER (AN ITEM WHICH HAS A LONGER WARRANTY PERIOD THAN THE ENGINE). IT SEEMS THAT THE ZDDP ONLY EXISTS IN SUFFICIENT QUANTITY IN VW "SPECIAL" OIL TO GET THROUGH THE ENGINE WARRANTY PERIOD, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME PROTECTING THE CONVERTER FROM WARRANTY FAILURE. I BOUGHT AN AFTER MARKET CAM KIT AND INSTALLED IT MYSELF, SAVING NEARLY $3000 IN THE PROCESS. SINCE THEN WE'VE PUT ANOTHER 60K MILES, USING MOBIL TD TRUCK 5W40 OIL... SO FAR SO GOOD. I THINK THIS WHOLE SITUATION IS DISGRACEFUL AT BEST AND VW SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL PD CAMSHAFT FAILURES TO A PERIOD SIGNIFICANTLY LONGER THAN THE 80,000 KM WARRANTY. THE PRIMARY REASON WE PAID 32K FOR A COMPACT SEDAN WAS THE REPUTED LONGEVITY OF THE DIESEL ENGINE. THIS FAILURE, ALONG WITH THE DUAL MASS FLYWHEEL FIASCO HAS MADE OUR PURCHASE OF THIS SILVER COLORED LEMON ANYTHING BUT A GOOD INVESTMENT. UNTIL VW FACES UP TO THEIR MORAL RESPONSIBILITIES IN THIS MATTER I WOULD CAUTION ANYONE CONSIDERING THIS MAKE OF VEHICLE. *KB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD INTERMITTENTLY STALL WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WOULD ALSO INTERMITTENTLY HESITATE TO ACCELERATE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE, BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 21,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 66,000.

ELECTRICAL HARNESS IN PASSENGER SIDE DOOR LEADS TO INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL FAILURES THAT CAN LEAD TO SAFETY ISSUES. *TR

I HAVE A 2006.5 JETTA TDI WITH A DSG TRANSMISSION AND 130,000 MILES. MY CAR HAS HAD ALL TRANSMISSION SERVICE COMPLETED AT THE DEALERSHIP. MY INCIDENT BEGAN AT A RED LIGHT. WHEN I WENT TO HIT THE GAS, MY CAR DID NOT MOVE. THE ENGINE REVVED BUT NOTHING. I TURNED THE CAR OFF. ONCE I STARTED IT AGAIN, I WAS ABLE TO GET TO MY DESTINATION. WHEN I WENT TO LEAVE, IT DID IT AGAIN AT A STOP SIGN. I WAS AGAIN ABLE TO TURN OFF MY CAR AND RESTART. IT MOVED APPROXIMATELY 20 FT INTO INTERSECTION, THEN NOTHING. I TURNED IF OFF TWO MORE TIMES AND FINALLY MADE IT THROUGH INTERSECTION (APPROXIMATELY 40 FT THROUGH). WHILE IN DRIVE (GOING APPROX. 20 MPH), THE CAR SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL, ALL LIGHTS ON INSTRUMENT PANEL WERE BLINKING, JUST AS BEFORE. I SAT FOR A FEW MINUTES, THEN I TRIED TO DRIVE HOME AGAIN IN THE MANUAL GEAR SHIFTING MODE. I MADE IT APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE WHEN IT SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AGAIN (GOING APPROX. 40 MPH) AND LIGHTS BLINKING. I HAD TO CALL A TOW TRUCK TO TAKE ME TO THE DEALERSHIP. HEAVEN FORBID I HAD BEEN GOING FASTER AND THIS HAPPENED OR SOMEONE HAD HIT ME IN THE INTERSECTION AS I TRIED TO TURN ACROSS TRAFFIC. I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A RECALL FOR 2007-2009 TRANSMISSIONS AND EXTENDED WARRANTY. I SUGGEST EXPANDING THIS TO INCLUDE ALL MODELS WITH DSG TRANSMISSIONS SINCE THEY OBVIOUSLY HAVE DANGEROUS RELIABILITY PROBLEMS. *TR

2006 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA COOLING FAN STOPPED WORKING AT JUST OVER 50K MILES AND 2 MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY. VW OF AMERICA WILL NOT COVER THIS (AS IT IT OUT OF WARRANTY). IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM FOR MANY CUSTOMERS. *TR