2000 jetta tdi won't move when in gear

I just lowered my car yesterday and today I was driving and I went around a turn with a bump, I didn't bottom out it anything but after that i tried accelerating while in 3rd gear and it wouldn't accelerate. Same thing in all the other gears, I could rev the rpms up but the car wouldn't accelerate. When I try and go I can hear some sort of rattling. Currently getting car towed home I didn't scan the car yet with vagcom. Any suggestions of what it could be?

one of the drive shafts have likely separated from the CV joint.

Seriously, I don't understand why people do something so retarded as lowering their car................

If the problem is related to axle damage caused by lowering, VCDS will not tell you anything.

True,
and true.

Bill

Yeah I looked at it when it was on the trailor. The axle popped out. Thanks for the help I was worried the tranny might of had problems

I gather you don't have a skidplate.
If you're going to keep the car lowered you need one, especially if you plan to drive it (ever) in PA.

What would a skidplate do? It certainly would not protect from damage to the axles caused from lowering the ride height.

It just amazes me the level of retardation that is involved when people decide to lower their cars.

Let's see: take a car that handles and drives really great and cripple the drivability by lowering it. Makes no sense..............

We really shouldn't judge want other people do to their car.
Its their property and they paid for it.
But I will say that any suspension modification needs to be carefully planed and not based upon what one may read on the internet or hawked by someone else.

There's also lowering and LOWERING, I myself am down 30mm and love it on the eibach springs but I know a lot of people like the slammed look which can cause headaches but as said, each to their own.

I don't think it's right to call them retarded just because you don't like it, that's just wrong.

Ol'Rattler said:

What would a skidplate do? It certainly would not protect from damage to the axles caused from lowering the ride height.

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I didn't say it would. If he looked at it on the trailer and saw the axle popped out, that tells me he probably doesn't have a skidplate.

I was referring to the fact that roads in Pennsylvania are notoriously bad. Risky to drive a lowered car on these poor roads, especially one with a fragile and exposed oil pan.

Yeah PA roads are bad and I planned on grabbing a skid plate at Harry's. But I saw the axle through the wheel well. A main reason the axle broke is because it was turned almost fully and hit a bump. I ordered a new axle and new control arm bushings from germanautoparts.com so then ill put everything back on and get a wheel alignment.