2005 Volkswagen Jetta transmission problems

Filed May 19, 2020 · Transmission · 80,000 miles · CA

Tugging occurs, but rarely. The car drives smoothly but will do a bit of a tugging. It had this problem for a while ever since it was purchased back in 2015 it was worse at those times but fixed throughout the years. I've invested major money to get the transmission, motor, and so on of what the mechanic has told me of the problems the car has had fixed.

Filed Aug 12, 2019 · Electrical, Fuel system · FL

The transmission is terribly made. There is also an issue with the fuel injection that does not allow the car to receive the correct fuel as well as the gas tank. The car jerks because of the gas tank and the codes read ad if the cap needs to be replaced but the whole gas tank needs to be replaced.

Filed Jan 14, 2019 · Airbags, Transmission · 156,000 miles · SC

2005 vw.jetta - VIN# [xxx]. The transmission shifts hard & down shift hard when the car has run for a period of time during travel. Also, the faulty air bag light comes on when the car is first started and may show intermittently while driving. The catalytic converter & 02 sensor have been replaced but the codes still show when put on the machine. The ignition key gets stuck in the ignition. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).

Filed Nov 5, 2018 · Transmission · 158,000 miles · PA

My car haves all the gears highlighted on the display and occasionally when I'm driving it gets stuck on a low gear when I come to a complete stop and try to start going or if im in the highway it all of a sudden decides to shift to neutral gear making me slow down all of a sudden with potential to hit the person behind me or creating a catastrophic accident with many injuries or even death to does I might hit just because of my faulty transmission and I have look up the problem and there are many people with the same transmission trouble the federal safety agency send a recall for the 2009-2010 but the previous models have also the same problems for it so please at least open an investigation about it so that way me and my fellow drivers understand the problem that keeps going on.

Filed May 25, 2018 · Acceleration, Transmission · 250,000 miles · NJ

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 volkswagen jetta. While driving 65 MPH, the vehicle did not accelerate when the accelerator pedal was depressed. The vehicle had to be turned off and restarted to remedy the failure. The dealer was not notified. The manufacturer was contacted and did not assist. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was 279,000. The VIN was not available. *tt consumer stated incident happens when driving in the rain.

Filed Mar 5, 2017 · Transmission · 172,000 miles · NJ

Axle bolts worked loose and axle punctured transmission housing on drivers side with out warning.

Filed Dec 15, 2015 · Transmission · 110,000 miles · NY

We have a 2005.5 vw jetta and have been experiencing hard shifting while driving for about a year and half . More recently the gears are stalling to shift we were driving in a local street when our car would not shift into 4th gear the engine would rev but would not shift. It is very unsafe for this to happen when you are on busy roads or merging on to highways etc. We have not used our car since and our mechanic told us it was u safe to drive. I can't believe vw has not taken ownership for there mistake and make a recall. Our car just passed 100,000k and should not be having this problem . To fix the problem we were told its the valve body and the part itself is $1,200 not including labor cost.

Filed Jul 15, 2015 · Transmission · 87,000 miles · CT

I have an early model mkv tdi jetta , with around 87,000 miles on it. Yesterday, on the way home, the dsg dual mass flywheel let go with pieces of metal coming out onto the road and traffic. I looked up this on the tdiclub site and found numerous issues with this part in early production, which is not part of maintenance. Is there a safety recall or other tsb on this? I cant drive the car and just made it home. It was scarey.

Filed Apr 20, 2015 · Transmission · 61 miles · WI

The reason for the late post is that I just discovered this site. I purchased my 2005 vw jetta brand new in 2005. It had 61 miles on it. I had the car for about 5 months when it was shifting very hard and nearly snapping my neck. I took the vehicle to the vw dealership over 30 times within a years time and they continued to tell me nothing was wrong. They kept the car and drove it and it of course it would not happen while they drove it. They actually told me I was driving the car incorrectly (what that means I don't know). I was unaware of the lemon law at the time. The car continued to shift extremely hard. Finally after it went back for the 30th time I demanded that they keep the car and drive it until it happened. Finally after 2 weeks (they actually gave me a loaner) the mechanic called me stating that it nearly snapped his neck and that they would put in a new transmission (rebuilt mind you). After getting it back about 2 weeks later the car would not go in reverse and was making the worst noise ever but I continued to drive it to the dealership. They had to replace the transmission once again (another rebuilt transmission). The other issue I had was the locks on the car. Some of the doors lock with the key fob while the back doors don't work with the fob or the switch on the door panel. This is frustrating when you have children and need to lock and unlock the car and get them in and out.

Filed Jan 9, 2015 · Transmission · 78,000 miles · IL

There is a problem with transmission of jettas once I was on the highway and my vehicle stalled I was lucky as there were no vehicle behind me other wise that would have been a catastrophic situation for both me and the driver behind me. I pull over the shoulder and waited and started the vehicle I was able to drive after some time. This is a known issue for all the jettas volkswagen knows about this and they extended the warranty for sometime. This problem with transmission valve body happens after certain miles. I am out of this coverage and this is a safety issue and I would request that there should be a safety recall so that this should not happen with any one else. Please take action as soon as possible.