Consumer Complaint Detail
VOLKSWAGEN / JETTA / 2006
0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006073277 | Incident Date: Jun, 23 2006 |
| Consumer's City: WORDEN | Consumer's State: IL |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
| Model Name: JETTA | Model Year: 2006 |
| 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#: 3VWRT71K06M | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jul, 28 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Aug, 09 2005 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: The clutch on my husbands 2006 jetta tdi is going out. it only has 44, 000 miles on it. he has owned six manual transmission cars in the past, never having to replace a clutch in less than 110,000 and even then it was not the clutch worn out but the throw out bearing fell apart. we have done several searches on the internet on vw tdi clutches. one thing we found out is that this is a common problem with 2005.5 and early 2006. vw of europe has issued recalls on the 2006 passat tdi only sold overseas. i believe that the same clutch was used in the early 2006 jettas. audi has issued a recall on there a3 with the tdi engine that was produced from june of 2003 till the end of 2004. on 6/24/2005 the los angeles times reports that vw is recalling 44,000 of its touran vans worldwide to fix a clutch problem. i have found several complaints on www.uk-mkiv.net where the golf and jetta are referred to as mkv or the 5th edition and on www.audi-sport.net for the audi a3 tdi and on www.tdiclub.com and http://forums.vwvortex.com. also there is a reuters news report dated june 29, 2006 that states the passat recall and makes mention of earlier recalls for the golf, golf plus, jetta and touran. vw sells far more tdi diesel cars in europe so it would be advantageous for then to issue a recall there. all of the cars that have problems have the dual mass flywheel and most are tdi diesel cars. volkswagen is blaming the owners because it does not have a large number of the tdi vehicles in the usa and has no 2007 tdi diesel cars due to emissions requirements. when many are experienced manual transmission drivers that have not had clutch problems with other vehicles. while the foreign cars are not exactly the same most share many common parts from the same manufacturers. *jb |