Well, this car (the one that stranded me in the blizzard last week) also has a problem where it pops out of reverse. In addition, second gear is a bit balky. I think this is why the last owner traded it in.
A quick Google showed me that these trannys are famous for these problems. I hear it's the G 020 tranny... wasn't that the imfamous "self machining" tranny from 20 years ago? My '89 Golf, which didn't have the G 020, has gone over 245,000 miles with only a single change of gear lube for maintenance.
Okay, I can pull the tranny. Beyond that, how difficult is it to repair this tranny?
Tim Wohlford '89 Golf '98 Jetta