2006 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA Complaints

AIR BAG DEFAULT- TO MANY TIMES SINCE I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE BACK IN SEPTEMBER OF 2006. I HAVE TAKEN MY CAR IN 6 TIMES ON 11/06, 1/07, 9/08, 10/08, 12/08 AND 7/09. 5 TIMES TO VW OF HAYWARD AND 1 TIME TO MODESTO VW. I FEEL MY LIFE IS ALWAYS AT RISK NOT KNOWING IF MY AIRBAGS WILL WORK IF I AM IN A CAR ACCIDENT.*TR

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

I HAVE A 2006 JETTA TDI, FAILURE OCCURRED ON INTERSTATE I - 65 ON 7/1/09 I HEARD A POP AS IF SOMETHING FAIL OUT FROM UNDER THE CAR , ALL THE OIL DROPPED OUT OF THE VEHICLE ALL OVER THE INTERSTATE FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 TO 2 MILES. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. *TR

DUAL MASS FLYWHEEL FAILURE ON 2006 VW JETTA TDI WITH DSG TRANSMISSION. RESEARCH SHOWS THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. RECALLED IN OTHER COUNTRIES. DANGEROUS AND VERY EXPENSIVE SITUATION. WORTHY OF INVESTIGATION AND RECALL. THANKS *TR

NOTHING SPECIFICALLY HAPPENED LEADING UP TO THE EVENT BUT AT AROUND 52000 MILES. THE PASSENGER AIRBAG ON/OFF INDICATOR WOULD NO LONGER SHOW THAT ANYONE WAS SITTING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. THE ORANGE/YELLOW AIRBAG LIGHT ALSO HAS BEEN ILLUMINATED CONSTANTLY SINCE THEN. I HAD THE DEALER RUN DIAGNOSTICS IN IT TO DETERMINE THE ERROR CODE. INITIALLY THEY SAID THAT IT WAS A FAULTY CONNECTOR IN THE WIRING, BUT THAT WAS DISCOVERED TO NOT ACTUALLY BE THE CAUSE. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE A FAULTY WEIGHT SENSOR IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. BE AGREED TO COVER THE LABOR ON IT AT FIRST WHEN IT WAS THOUGHT TO BE A FAULTY WIRING CONNECTOR BUT WHEN IT WAS FOUND TO BE THE WEIGHT SENSOR THEY HAVE NOT RETURNED THE DEALERS CALLS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING A 2006 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 2.0T WITH THE DSG TRANSMISSION THE VEHICLE CUT POWER (AS IF IT WAS OUT OF GAS), ONLY TO REGAIN POWER 2-5 SECONDS LATER. IT WAS VERY HOT, AROUND 100 TO 110 AND I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. IT HAPPENED TWO OR THREE MORE TIMES BUT DID NOT OCCUR ONCE THE OUTSIDE TEMP WENT BELOW 90 DEG. *TR