Freshly rebuilt 01M transmission, now have hard downshifts.

hookedup4door

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Apr 7, 2008
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Charleston, SC
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2003 Jetta Wagon
This is in an 03' Jetta Wagon. The old tranny was toast after 125K miles, verified by my VW mechanic and the dealer. I purchased a rebuilt 01M from Auto Sports Unlimited after seeing a few recommendations for them from this site. Considered doing a 5 or 6 speed swap but the price was just not going to be worth it for me. So I had my local shop but the transmission in. It came filled with fluid. Now occasionally when the car downshifts from 3rd to 2nd I will get a hard shift. It doesn't happen all the time and it doesn't seem to matter if it's hot or cold, long or short trips. Just wondering if this is considered normal or if I should be concerned. Everything else is smooth as butter. The transmission has a 2 year warranty also.
 
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