Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLKSWAGEN / JETTA / 2003

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006075436 Incident Date: Aug, 10 2006
Consumer's City: BOZEMAN Consumer's State: MT
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Model Name: JETTA Model Year: 2003
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#: 3VWPE69M23M Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 14 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Oct, 06 2005
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: 2003 vw jetta clutch and flywheel out at 47,962 miles. i am an experienced manual transmission driver. this is not my fault, and this is very premature for a clutch failure. the dealership wants $2088.00 plus tax for parts and labor. my dealership quoted me at $1400 back home, but im stuck in colorado waiting for the customer care to get back to me. every independent mechanic i have talked to including vw certified; but not affiliated have told me that even the worst clutch -rider(which i am not) would have clutch failure at about 100,000 miles. vw is too cheap to submit a recall for the clutch assemblies on their 2000-2004 vehicles. with the volume of complaints all over the web and even on this site, there is no doubt in my mind that there is a serious problem that needs to be addressed, and im not just speaking about the extremely outrageous replacement and repair costs. plus! they now use non- re-surface flywheels...*jb