Consumer Complaint Detail
VOLKSWAGEN / JETTA / 2000
0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005049290 | Incident Date: Dec, 07 2005 |
| Consumer's City: SPRING | Consumer's State: TX |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
| Model Name: JETTA | Model Year: 2000 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Power train:clutch assembly |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 3VWSE29M0YM | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Dec, 09 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Aug, 31 2003 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: 2000 volkswagen jetta vr6 was in the shop for new tires around 12/7 - an alignment test was performed. the car had about 65000 miles. it was purchased as a certified used vehicle at about 20000 from volkswagen and was recently out of warranty. nothing unusual arose during this work. the car behaved normally driving home, as it had for years prior. one day later, the clutch on the vehicle failed suddenly. fortunately, the failure was first noticed backing out of a driveway and there was no hazard. the car was just barely drivable, and limped to the shop. i was told by the mechanic that the part should have lasted for at least 100k miles, and that the clutch parts "fell apart in pieces" on opening the clutch. he described it as a dangerous, potentially catastrophic, failure. cost to repair was $900. did not take the car to vw because of the very high cost of post-warranty repairs. my wife and i (sole drivers) both have long experience driving stick shift vehicles and have never experienced clutch failures on prior stick shift vehicles. i have previously had the clutch go out about the same time on a '95 jetta iii gls. i suspect the part is of poor quality. *jb |