Question:
06 VW Jetta TDI Center Cap?
2009-10-09 19:41:11 UTC
I need to know how to get the center cap off of the wheel of my 2006 VW Jetta TDI. I bought new ones today and the guy at the dealer says they pop off but I can't seem to get them to pop off. Please help!
Four answers:
moe fugger
2009-10-09 19:52:41 UTC
Assuming the rim and tire are off the car, go from the inside of the rim and take a hammer, turn it around backwards and use the handle, strike the center cap and boom it's out.
2016-05-21 04:07:46 UTC
Having owned both a Prius and a Newbeetle TDI (which is basically a Jetta with a different body) I found the following: 1. The Prius is much more reliable. The TDI blew the engine at only 80K miles. Small lightweight engines and diesel just don't go together. 22:1 compression wants big and heavy to be reliable. This is fine for big trucks, but not-so-fine for small cars. The repair costs for the TDI (not counting the under-warranty repairs, of which there many) were about six times the cost for the Prius. I was also stranded three times in the TDI because the battery kept shorted out. A shorted out battery can't be jumped. A couple of additional times I was pointed down hill so I could be push started. 2. The Prius is much more fun to drive. Both the TDI and the Prius are the same off-the-line. But accelerating from 55 mph just doesn't happen with the TDI. The Prius accelerates strongly up to the 105 mph maximum set by the computers. Because it doesn't shift gears, there isn't that neck snapping acceleration from 0 to 5 mph that many cars possess, but the power and acceleration are fine and you actually have to watch yourself because you can easily be going 80 when you thought you were going fifty. 3. The Prius has way more passenger room. You can actually put four full size people in the Prius. The Jetta is short on rear seat passenger room. 4. The Prius gets better mpg. 5. The Prius can be started in the garage without stinking it up. 6. A couple of co-workers purchased the Jetta TDI. Both got rid of them within two years. So it isn't just me. VW quality just isn't and the maintenance costs are out-of-sight. The TDI cost me $20,000 in maintenance over 90,000 miles (The engine was replaced under warranty at 80K and at that point I sold it as quickly as I could). The Prius has cost $4,000 in maintenance over 97,000 miles (which includes some preventative replacements of the usual items like water pumps that perhaps didn't necessarily need to be done). All in all, the Prius is a fun to drive car that has a ton of cargo room and is very economical.
TheMonkay
2009-10-09 19:57:33 UTC
try using a flat screwdriver and at the same time use a pair of plyers to pull on the hub cap careful wont want to scrath it
mustangman678
2009-10-09 19:48:01 UTC
they really should just pop off, try taking a flat blade screwdriver, and carefully trying to pry behind the cap to loosen it, don't scratch the rim though.


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