VW automobile problem

I have friends who own a 2006 Volkswagen Passatt Diesel with manual transmission. Recently the clutch went out and needed all clutch parts replaced including flywheel. Anyone have any experience with these vehicles. Needing a new flywheel seems pretty extreme to me.

who said he need the flywheel replaced? the dealership? and who knows maybe they trashed it really bad and it does need replaced. i'd take it to a reputable mechanic and see what he says or post pictures and let us decide then

I've got some bad news for you.When your friend goes to buying parts for that imported piece of tin he's going to wish he'd never seen it.

Maybe they are using those junky dual mass fylwheels like the diesel trucks went to using ?
They come apart due to being made in pieces with maybe an isolator in there.

The newer Volkswagen diesels have 9" clutches with dual-mass flywheels. For $500, you can by a kit with all the need parts needed to change it over to a conventional flywheel and clutch. If I was fixing it, that's what I'd do - and probably any good repair shop will do the same. The dual-mass parts cost a fortune and it's not reliable.

Most standard manual clutch setups in autos are designed to slip so bad, you can't drive them anymore - before the flywheel gets ruined.

Clutch started to slip in my wife's 91 Volkswagen diesel Jetta - at 230,000 miles. Pulled it apart and all it really needed was a new disk and throwout bearing in. But, the entire kit - new disk, pressure plate, bearing, etc. was only $140 so I used it.

Unless they did something stupid, they should start googling and see if the warranty covers it. VW has a real good DT warranty. As far as needing a new FW, if they really smoked the clutch, that could be.
As for an imported piece of tin, it was probably put together in the States.
Been driving VW's for almost 20 years, nothing the big 3 (or 2.5) makes can touch them.

Dave

The VW TDI's have lots of torque and are a hoot to drive BUT you can toast a clutch if you drive it hard like drag racing away from stop lights especially if you put a chip in the cpu. The recomended fix is to replace with a VR6 clutch and flywheel.
They should check out "tdifaq" and search on the forums under "clutch".

Our two 91 diesel Jettas were both made in Mexico.
So was my Dodge-Cummins truck.

Not uncommon...also plenty of VW deisel turbo issues, and assorted electrical woes. See them in the shop all the time.

Doubtful he has a Passat diesel, as they were only available in automatics in North America in 05, not available in diesel at all in 06. I would say he has an A5 body Jetta with a BRM engine and a 5spd. If so, there have been a few problems with the dual mass flywheels on these cars (ever since they started using Sachs clutch kits and flywheels for the DMF). The best thing you can do is to switch to a VR6 clutch disc and pressure plate and a G60 flywheel (it is a SMF from the 1.8L engine that bolts right up and is 228mm). Check out TDIclub(dot)com. There is a whole forum on these cars. They are great cars. I own an 05.5 (the late 05s with the new body style) and love the car. When I had the regular tires on it, I was getting 45-47 mpg on the highway, then I got some 235/45/17 tires (compared to the 205/65/16) with some really sticky continentals and my mileage went down to around 40-43 on the highway, but the added traction is well worth it and saved me from nailing a goat on the interstate (only in Kentucky does a goat get away from the state troopers on the side of the road without warning and run in front of you lol). Feel free to e-mail me if you have any questions. I am away from my car at college right now, but I have a service manual for the car also. Great car and the new Common Rail 2.0 already has stellar reviews on the forum from most of the people, described as being much more refined (and plus it gets a 6spd manual!!! lucky).

Hurst

I don't know the car, but it's not uncommon for a button clutch to tear a flywheel to hell. Mabey it's got a button clutch? A lot of stuff does today....
I can also tell you that a mexican jetta is not the car that the german jetta's were. Lot more stupid little problems that are costly to fix and the quality isn't there.
When they looked like an engineer's little boxcar and cost half what they do today, they were a car to buy. Not today.

Rod

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