Transmission Failure

I have a 2002 Jetta Gls w/ a tiptronic transmission. I have had numerous problems with this car. The ignition coils, pass. side window, sunroof motor, A/c,and a few more. Recently my car has suffered a catastrophic transmission failure. Driving on the highway with 52,000 miles (mostly highway miles)on the odometer, my car unexpectedly started reving really high. In an instant later, all of the shift indicators were highlighted e.g. PRND32. At this point the engine was reving a little bit lower, but acceleration lagged severely. I pulled over and checked everything under the hood, (nothing smoking/leaking)and started the car back up. I tryed to go through all of the gears and noticed that all I had was park, reverse, neutral, and regular D. It wouldn't shift into any lower gear. I could put it in tip mode, but all it would let me use was 4th gear. The dealer is currently replacing the trans, but is taking forever. I was just wondering if anyone else out there is dealing with this.

Reply to
Vito
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Very rare to have something like that happen. We replace very few trans in newer VW's so don't worry... be happy.

Reply to
Woodchuck

It makes me wonder what kind of jacked up quality control system VW is using!??

Reply to
Vito

You expect to buy a car and nothing ever break? VW like every other auto maker doesn't live in a dream world! The same goes for light bulbs, consumer electronics, and everything else made. That's what warranty is for... to cover short comings. I have light bulbs in my house and some last years and others only last months. Is that a poor "jacked up quality control system " too?

Reply to
Woodchuck

Funny. We hear of one single user with a problem and it's a jacked up system.

damn.

TBerk

Reply to
T

FWIW, the guy down the hall bought a brand new Camry about three years ago, and the transmission conked out and had to be replaced within the first year. So even the vaunted Toyota quality isn't bulletproof.

Still, VW DOES need to work on Jetta quality issues. My daughter's 2003

1.8T Tip Jetta has cold start problems, the bass knob keeps falling off the Monsoon, the gas guage reads about 1/4 tank high, the armrest catch is broken (not sure what she means by that one), and the ring on the keyless module is broken. All items to be dealt with at the next service visit which I am confident will be fixed. These are really component quality problems, not assembly quality issues, but still...

Bill

Reply to
William Maslin

The problems that you state are mostly all addressed by various bulletins issued by VW - Cold start misfires can be corrected by an ECM reflash, the bass knobs have been updated (all 4 will be replaced), the fuel gauge can be adjusted with the scan tool, the armrest catch will be replaced (if it's the storage compartment latch) or repaired (if it's the ratcheting part), and the broken RKE transmitter is a common failure, new remotes come with an updated swivel. So, even though there are issues, VW is making an effort to correct them.

Reply to
Paul

Are you sure it was a Toyota? Everyone says they never break down... just like Honda!

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Woodchuck

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Rob Guenther

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