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.
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19 years ago