Complete and sudden failure of clutch, resulting in total loss of power in rush hour traffic.
2003 Volkswagen Jetta transmission complaints
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My 2003 vw jetta constantly gets stuck in park longest time has been 45 minutes my car has been into service 3 times and is still rough coming out of park also my cruise control has never worked I only have 6000 miles.
Intermittently, the vehicle would not shift out of park into any gear. The dealer replaced the shift lock solenoid. Please provide further details. *jb
Vehicle experienced hesitation, keyless key battery does not work, epc light illuminated due to lost of power, jack fell while car was on it, and problems shifting the car out of park.*mr when the epc light illuminated for the second time, the dealer replaced the engine control module. The vehicle experienced two flat due to the tires being overinflated.
I'm on 3rd transmission on my 2003 jetta tdi wagon in less than one year. Original plus two failures replaced.
While driving my 2002 jetta tdi (29,000 miles), the automatic transmission locked up causing whiplash and almost a chain reaction accident to the cars behind me. After having the car towed to the dealership, I looked on the internet and it seems that this has happened to other people. This is a serious life threatening issue in my eyes. I am only seem to be sore, thankfully this wasn't more serious. I have attached my search results below. Http://www.myvwlemon.com/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/search.cgi?action=simplesearch&searchin=all&forumchoice=all&searchterms=vw+transmission&booleanand=yes&searchdate=all&searchuser=&exactname=no&file=temp-2452984-214219-93b9.cgi&total=69&startat=a:
Problems with rear window defogger and transmission.*mr rear defogger didn't turn off. Consumer feared it would cause an electrical hazard. Transmission locked and wouldn't move to reverse. Transmission was repaired and failed again. Consumer was informed a new transmission and clutch was installed. On the day of purchase, consumer complained of the problem but the salesman stated he wasn't use to a manual transmission and ignored it.
On december 14th of 2002 I purchased a 2003 vw jetta from smith vw on kirkwood highway delaware. Although they handled all my transactions and vehicle delivery poorly, I chose to overlook in thinking I will not be dealing with them again. *ak since then, I have had the following problems with my car: in two separate incidents I had a flat tire. In one case the jack fell over while the car was on it due to high wind. These incidents took place in the winter when we had heavy snow. Later I discovered that my tires were overinflated. I did not touch them since I bought my car and have been for an oil change a month prior at vw. I stopped going to smith vw and started using garnet vw after this. On the night of august 6th at 9:30pm I got into my car and I could not switch out of park. This was a scary situation because some frick was standing at my window asking me for money. He finally left, but I was stranded waiting for a tow truck. Roadside will tow your car, but they do not drive you home. In mid august my keyless key battery did not work. I was in va at the time. On august 25th during rush hour my epc light came on resulting in sudden loss in vehicle power. Luckily I was in an area that I could pull over. Vw found nothing wrong with the car. On september 8th during rush hour again my epc light came on resulting in sudden loss in power. This time vw replaced the engine control module. At this time I also filed a formal complaint to vw corporation and also spoke to gm at garnet vw. On november 22nd I took my car in because of hesitation while increasing speed from 20 MPH to 40 MPH. A vw technician took a ride with me and agreed of the problem. I am schedule for service in december. This is delayed mainly due to my work schedule, but I have been experiencing this problem since my last visit. I will be sending you a follow up note with more information later this week.
While proceeding to enter the highway, the driver heard a loud bang. The vehicle started to lose power. Took vehicle to mechanic, and he said that the bolts sheared off the from driveshaft to the transmission. *ak the transmission, driveshaft, and the cv joints were replaced due to the incident. The vehicle started to have problems again with the front brakes, where the rotors were replaced again. (the problem returned again) *scc
My vehicle often will not shift into reverse. I have a manual transmission, and it will shift into the other gears, but often upon starting the vehicle, it will not go into reverse.
Transmission will not engage while applying the gear shift. Driver was shifting from drive to park and gear were stuck, causing transmission to shut down. Also, transmission coolant was leaking from underneath the vehicle. Dealer was aware of the problem.
Dear sir/madam, I bought volkswagen jetta 2003 wolfsburg edition on 08/30/03 at around 3.30 pm from classic volkswagen dealer whose physical address is 5474 s orange blossom trail, orlando, fl 32839. I paid $1500 (fifteen hundred) as a down payment and traded my old toyota camry le 2002. Total dollar value $27060.02 while I was driving back to my home from my work on 09/19/2003 around 6:20 pm (I was driving on all america blvd in orlando, fl). I was driving between 30-35 mile per hour, I heard a loud sound from the engine of the car and car stopped. The mold (metal) which is about 4-6 inches long and 2-3 thick which is connected to the transmission of the engine and car was broken and the transmission damaged left axle (axle was broken) and few other parts are serious damaged. I complained this to the volkswagen manufacturer (volkswagen of america) on 09/19/03 through their website and also on 09/20/03 through their website and got case number assigned (reference number [xxx]). I follow-up with them on 09/22/03, 09/23/03 & 09/24/03 to check the status of the case, theyre still reviewing the case. Now I seriously worried about my safety while driving my car back on road. I requested volkswagen manufacturer (volkswagen of america) to refund my money back so I can make my own decision to buy another car which I feel safe to drive on the roads. Im now totally sacred to drive my car back on road which is serious damage. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
On four separate occasions, my car's manual transmission shifted out of gear . The first incident occurred july 7, 2003 when the car stopped moving in the middle of an intersection. This was "repaired". The second incident occurred when I was trying to shift the car into drive - it actually was in neutral (despite the indicator stating drive) and I rolled back in the parking lot. I needed to bring it it, again, because the problem persisted. The third time it would actually go into reverse, instead of park. When I tried to park the vehicle I had to park it in "reverse". I while I was driving it it shifted from drive into neutral. It is in the shop for the 3rd time. It has under 4000 miles on it.
While applying the vehicle in gear the reverse gear will stick and will not go back into the park intermittently.
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