I bought a new 2006 Passat 2.0T back in May of 2006. For the most part it is a wonderful car. It rides a little noisy, but I corrected that slightly by reducing the pressure in the tires to the normal 33 psi rather than the 39 psi the dealer had put in. Anyway, that's not really why I'm writing this posting. Lately what I have noticed is that there are some strange things happening with the transmission.
I sit in a lot of traffic. This means the car is constantly going from
1st gear to 2nd gear and back again (yes traffic is that bad in the Philly burbs). Here's the weird thing. When the car is in 2nd gear and I take my foot off the gas and then back on again quickly, I hear a clunk. It does it just about every time. I've taken it to the dealer and they say the transmission is operating normally, but I have a tough time believing them. I've never owned a 4-cylinder car before, or a foreign car for that matter, let alone one with a 6-speed transmission. Is this kind of behavior normal with this type of car? Should I take it back to the dealer until they figure out what is going on? They say they can't seem to recreate the problem, which I hear a lot from dealers these days. I'm actually just hoping that the car is ok and that it is just I'm not used to this kind of car. Any help or advice from anyone out there would be appreciated.Thanks very much.