Do VWs have defective clutches?

[Anonymous]

Car is a 2019 with maybe 40k. The clutch failed without warning, no slippage while on the highway . Big repair costs VW refusing to even to consider it was defective . Never have had clutch issues on any prior car and owner those for far longer

[Anonymous]

A 2019 with a clutch? If it's not an isolated failure, this could affect, OMG, literally dozens of vehicles!!

[Anonymous]

Their clutches are just reliable as the rest of the car.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A 2019 with a clutch? If it's not an isolated failure, this could affect, OMG, literally dozens of vehicles!!

And no millennials will be affected by this.

[Anonymous]

I had this happen with an Audi a few years ago- same thing, they refused to say it was defective (the car had maybe 20,000 miles on it and was two years old). Kept talking about how it was my fault for riding the clutch etc. Then a few months later the entire transmission failed and they fell over themselves to fix it. I realized it was likely related and pushed to be reimbursed for the clutch failure as well which they finally did.

People saying it doesn't affect that many people are missing the point- it costs thousands to fix plus towing costs (I was stranded with two kids hundreds of miles from home; not something you expect from a two year old car).

[Anonymous]

Most clutch failures are really a failure of the nut behind the wheel.

You probably ride it, or pop it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Their clutches are just reliable as the rest of the car.

VW reliability is a key reason why I have never considered buying one or an Audi.

Was looking at the ID.4 and just said, “nope”.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Car is a 2019 with maybe 40k. The clutch failed without warning, no slippage while on the highway . Big repair costs VW refusing to even to consider it was defective . Never have had clutch issues on any prior car and owner those for far longer

Sorry to hear this, however, clutch failures are very easy for dealer to blame on driver. Best thing is to call around a few good transmission shops making general inquiry about cost to repair. And during small talk, ask them if they're familiar with such issue with VW-cars and perhaps know is generally the cause and which part that is. At least that will give you a few key words you can google around and see if its a widespread/known issue. There are good VW forums also where you could ask the same.