Manual Transmission Problems of Volkswagen Golf

2010 Volkswagen Golf tdi 6 speed manual: clutch and ignition switch issue. Vehicle is clearly one of the easiest cars to stall. Owner has been driving for 27 years, professionally trained driver as a law enforcement officer and driven numerous manual transmission vehicles in demanding situations. This vehicle has very long clutch travel but an extremely short engagement. Car notoriously stalls very easily because of this. Vehicle is designed with an apparent built in 750 rpm stall meter. . . Ie car will not remain running if in gear and at or below 750 rpm's. Secondly, due to the stalling of the engine, the next inferior design issue is that vw ignitions require you to completely manually cycle off the ignition switch (as when the car is stalled) then recycle the ignition switch to restart the motor. Therefore, when you stall the car, as easily as it happens, such as moving out into an intersection from a stop sign, you must rapidly turn ignition switch counter clockwise, followed immediately clockwise to restart the engine. This is a safety issue as it is leaving you disabled where another vehicle could easily collide with you. Vw apparently feels this type of ignition "safety" is necessary to reduce the chance of damaging an ignition if one were to attempt to turn over an already running engine, when one forgot it was running. If this is such a great design why don't other car manufactures also use this feature? and I have never heard of anyone severely damaging an ignition by turning over an ignition on an already running engine.

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2010 Volkswagen Golf tdi 6 speed manual stalls extremely often. I have previously owned a 2006 Volkswagen gti with manual transmission and never had an issue with the clutch engagement. 2010 Golf has currently 12. 000 miles on it and the problem doesn't go away. This has happened in the middle of an intersection when you are about to take off and clear the intersection. Therefore I think this is a safety issue and needs to be investigated. As previous complaints state, apparently the cars immediately stalls as soon as you fall below 750rpm. The dealership told me that everything is normal and there are no problems with my car. I do not believe it! I have to enter an approximate incident date but it happens all the time. Therefore the date is somewhat useless.

My vehicle has 55,000 miles and the dual mass flywheel is failing and is covered under warranty but other vehicles out of warranty may not be covered. If this were to completely fail the clutch could lock up at any time. And cause an accident.

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Multiple issues regarding vehicle reliability: replacement (twice) of oil transmission lines, repair to turbo system, and now replacement of diesel "glow plugs", cabling and failure of starter motor.

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I have a 1999 Golf 5 speed manual transmission that has a hole in its core. When shopping around to get a used or new transmission(I called over 20 different companies around the us) I was told, by several companies that this is a common problem with my transmission. Some sales people did not even need the transmission code, they knew as soon as I told them I had a vw transmission for a Golf. Many told me they had several that had holes in the case/core. I did call vw to inform them of what I had found and could not believe they would even charge $750 for a core charge when it is obvious that there is a ptoblem with the cores on the model. I know there are many others who have the same problem, I would think maybe vw should look to see if it is a faulty design.

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The transmission needs to be replaced at only 54,000 miles after a history of perfect up-keep. The dealership that is doing the work says one single valet parking job could have caused the damage and local mechanic says all the 99?s are coming in with this problem. The manufacturer themselves was completely unresponsive and uninterested in the problem. Now consumer has faced $ 1,600 to replace transmission.

The transmission needs to be replaced at only 54,000 miles after a history of perfect up-keep. The dealership that is doing the work says one single valet parking job could have caused the damage and local mechanic says all the 99?s are coming in with this problem. The manufacturer themselves was completely unresponsive and uninterested in the problem. Now consumer has faced $ 1,600 to replace transmission.