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VW does not care
kingfisher440, 01/20/2013
2006 Volkswagen Jetta TDI 4dr Sedan (1.9L 4cyl Turbodiesel 6AM)
6 of 8 people found this review helpful
disintegrating dual mass flywheel: they wouldn't even buy me a gift certificate to McDonalds and now the dealer cannot guarantee to me that the replacement dual mass flywheel is any better than the one that just failed at 82,000 miles! So, do I have another $ 2100 repair in my future when this fly wheel fails also??? Nobody seems to know. If it weren't for the good fuel efficiency, I would not own this car!
OH BROTHER
onlooker4u, 01/22/2012
2006 Volkswagen Jetta TDI 4dr Sedan (1.9L 4cyl Turbodiesel 5M)
4 of 5 people found this review helpful
Bought used with 50k miles on it. Owned VW before so the peeling paint off the radio buttons and the loose headliner was no big deal (similar to my 1980 rabbit). At 95k the clutch is going out and I am afraid of whats going to be lurking under the hood. Havent fixed it, spent all weekend reviewing websites (plenty of them). I am surprised that VW hasn't had a recall. Lesson: Dont buy the 2006 TDI, and to be honest, think seriously about other TDI. If VW does something mechanically wrong, they apparently don't do the right thing and have a recall. UGGGGGH.
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Why isn't it included in more reviews?
Martie, 08/29/2005
2006 Volkswagen Jetta TDI 4dr Sedan (1.9L 4cyl Turbodiesel 5M)
4 of 5 people found this review helpful
My Jetta-TDI is just the best thing I've bought in a long time. It runs smooth, quiet and gets 41+ mpg. Yet, I seldom read about it in the evaluations of valuable cars. They are missing the mark.
The best car ever produced
Yk3million, 02/16/2021
updated 08/18/2022
2006 Volkswagen Jetta 2.5 4dr Sedan (2.5L 5cyl 6A)
5 of 7 people found this review helpful
I’m gonna keep it real here, I’m a 23 year old who makes very questionable life choices. I have a 2006 VW Jetta 2.5l, and I’ve sent that old girl through hell and back, and she keeps going with a smile on her face. I’ve dogged on it for hours through fields, buried it to the hood in a mud pit, and continued to daily drive it all across the state with no issues and no maintenance besides semi-regular oil changes. Sometimes the engine light comes on and I throw a little oil in and it just goes away. Just last night we got a huge snow storm, and I couldn’t leave work until about 3am. I fully expected to be snowed in and would have to call someone to pick me up, but I decided to at least try it with the Jetta. This car drove like an absolute TANK through the snow. I swear to god, 3-5 foot high snow drifts, literally no road just massive snow drifts and the Jetta was just tearing through it doing 40 mph no problem. I drove an hour home through mostly snow drifts and not once did the Jetta so much as hesitate. The snow meant nothing to it. The snow was a puny object with no purpose but to be obliterated and moved out of the way by the Jetta. I finally make it back to my driveway, and mind you, this is a long gravel driveway with wide open fields on either side. The final challenge, and the hardest one yet. Did the Jetta even bat one of her pretty eyelashes at that mountain of snow lying ahead? You bet your sweet cheeks she didn’t. Together we plowed ahead through this seemingly insurmountable obstacle, and it was a sight to behold. Snow being flung 20 feet in to the air in front of the car because the snow level was nearly above the hood, couldn’t see a thing but I just let her eat and kept her straight, and she got us home safe. Thank you Volkswagen, this car has been an absolute warrior, and I will make sure she goes out like one too.
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Very disappointed, last VW ever for this guy.
norsechild76, 12/21/2012
2006 Volkswagen Jetta TDI 4dr Sedan (1.9L 4cyl Turbodiesel 6AM)
5 of 7 people found this review helpful
I like the style and performance of this vehicle when it's running. However over the past 12 months I've had to pay over $5,400 in repairs/maint. just to keep it running. On top of what was done under warranty before, the following has had to be replaced: flywheel, both front axles, another front axle (second time), camshaft, horn spring ($600), the timing belt and water pump also needed done at 100k miles to the tune of $1200. 117k total miles on car...I'm selling it before something else fails and will never own another VW. These cars are fine under warranty...not worth paying off, may as well sell and buy another under warranty.