rkovacs
Well-known member
I started having issues starting my 2005 Jetta BEW wagon 5-speed a few months ago. It sounded like it was skipping teeth on the flywheel or something but would start. It gradually got worse and I finally decided to replace the starter with a new (reman) one. Well that actually made it much worse. I can still bump start the car but that requires me to park on a hill all the time which is not always available. Now it sounds like it isn't engaging the flywheel at all but just spins. When I took the old one out I looked at the flywheel as best I could and it looked fine. The new starter is exactly the same as the old model. Both new and old the gear does come out smoothly. Any ideas or did I get a bad starter? Might be able to click on the link here to hear the starter: Starter video