This problem may be covered under warranty. Ask your Volkswagen dealer.
10.0
really awfulTypical Repair Cost:
$4,146.00
Average Mileage:
85,060 miles
Total Complaints:
4 complaints
Most common solutions:
- transmission and clutch replaced under warranty (2 reports)
- new or used transmission and clutch (1 reports)
- not sure (1 reports)
transmission problem
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- VW Transmission Problems - How the rivets in the transmissions come apart.
2011Jan 02
Jetta TDI 1.9L
- Manual transmission
- 112,280 miles
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Rivets that hold ring gear together came loose and destroyed the case. Used transmissions run around $1700.00 or new transmission around $2200.00 You can find more information at http://www.vwtransaxles.com/rivet.html or just Google "VW rivet problem".
2010Oct 12
Jetta 4 Dr Sedan Diesel
- Automatic transmission
- 105,860 miles
I have a 2006 VW Jetta, TDI. automatic. I change oil as required, take very good care of my car. One night while driving through town at 15/20 mph, the transmission just shift back into 1st gear and would not change. The VW dealer wanted $7,000 to fix it. I went to a Transmission dealer and got it for a little over $4,200.00. The care I take with my VW. It should have not gone bad. I wonder how many other have had this problem. Is there a recall? The 105,000 miles on this car is all highway miles.
2007Apr 21
(reported on)Jetta Value 2.5L
- Manual transmission
- 8,100 miles
With only 8100 miles on my brand new Jetta I was going down a road coming up to a stop sign so I down shifted and hear this bang... and then clicking, I pulled into a gas station and then I see a puddle of transmission fluid under my car. Had it towed to VW they said they had heard of this problem before that it was a factory defect on a select few Jetta's. I am VERY HAPPY with how quickly they fixed it (5 days) and gave me a rental car in the mean time. I LOVE my Jetta... by far my best car ever, just hope the transmission holds itself together from now on. It may have blown a transmission but hey its still better than any Ford...
A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
2011Dec 07
Jetta 2.5L
Took the Jetta to Jack Ingram in Montgomery Al on a Saturday, Hooked it up to the computer and was told it was a bad valve body and asked to bring it back on Wednesday so it could be inspected by my extended warranty folks....Wednesday comes, car is at Jack Ingram, inspected and now we need a new transmission..go figure! Total price is around $5600.00...the car is a 2006 and has 114,000 miles and worth about $7500.00 at trade in...I aint that stupid that I would do something like that. My extended warranty folks said it was a $2800.00 job and no more, so I had to hunt around for someone to try to fix the car..which we are in the process of doing. The folks at Jack Ingram just left us out to dry...gave us no other option and one of the service guys there told me to just come get the car and take it someplace else..they couldn't do it for $2800.00..
I would not buy another VW for love nor money and especially one from Jack Ingram...they just wanted to break one off in us...and we bought the car there back in 2006...go figure....
How can you go from needing or having a bad valve body on a Saturday to needing a new transmission on Wednesday???
From what I am told the transmissions are only good for about 100,000 miles and then you start having problems and from what I have read on the internet this is true...
NO MO WV FO US!!!
Gary F.
Selma, AL, USA
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