I purchased a 2002 VW Jetta Wagon, 1.8L turbo model, with automatic / tiptronic transmission.
This month, at 75,500 miles, the transmission began to jolt on shifting between gears. The dealer and several trusted mechanics have quoted me between $3,000 and $5,000 for the necessary replacement or rebuild.
It was just out of of its original warranty (on miles, at 52K) when I purchased it, and I got an additional 2-year / 24,000-mile VW certified warranty when I bought it. When the problem occurred, I was out of the warranty by 3 months on time (though within the mileage range of 50,000 original + 24,000 certified miles, for what that's worth).
I went through a complaint process with VWOA, who dismissed my claim and declined to assist me on the cost of repair.
Is there anyone else who finds it unsatisfactory for a well-maintained modern car to have its transmission fail in 75K miles?
Has anyone else had this problem? If so, please write in, as it will help all of us if others come forward with this issue.
I had the same problem with one of my Volkswagons as Greg. Eratic shift just out of the blue. I sold it before the warrenty was up. V.W. would not address the problem. I knew they were about to make it my problem. I have had 5 of thier cars in a row. All new. Now I am not a customer anymore. They need to FIRE the quality control dept. Even if they would step up and take care of thier product, who wants to run between the repair shop and life all of the time.
Just recently my 1.8t manual trans has had a severe loss of acceleration and power. It happened over the course of a week (not much at first) At first I thought it was simply due to the cold. It used to accelerate smoothly with the turbo kicking in as it should, but now if I push the gas down past a modest point the RPM jumps drastically but the car does not accelerate. Any ideas/thoughts what the issue might be?
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papanoel
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on June 26, 2008 13:39
John O'Day
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on February 11, 2008 20:22
