So spending a lot of time over the years reading the woes of this automatic transmission, I tried to warn my parents (starting with 10 years ago now) about their ticking time bomb.
The dilemma is my mom loves her 2002 TDI Jetta. (original owner since new) She cannot drive a stick shift (refuses to learn at this point in life too). My dad can drive stick but this is my mom's car.
My parents really want to have this fixed but it seems unreasonably high cost to do this from my perspective.
At this juncture I doubt VW even carries the transmission new in stock any more.
I have little to no faith in a used 01M from ebay, car-part, craigslist, etc.
I've heard and read very mixed reviews (mostly bad) about rebuilds.
Scouring the internet we found this:
Anyone here have any personal experience with them? Is this 'worth it' or just another questionable rebuilt 01M?
Next question, given the great condition of the car and engine, what would it be worth to sell as-is with the sometimes works reverse? Is it worth converting 1st to manual and then selling? How much should we expect to pay for a manual conversion?
Thanks in advance for everyone's insight.
The dilemma is my mom loves her 2002 TDI Jetta. (original owner since new) She cannot drive a stick shift (refuses to learn at this point in life too). My dad can drive stick but this is my mom's car.
My parents really want to have this fixed but it seems unreasonably high cost to do this from my perspective.
At this juncture I doubt VW even carries the transmission new in stock any more.
I have little to no faith in a used 01M from ebay, car-part, craigslist, etc.
I've heard and read very mixed reviews (mostly bad) about rebuilds.
Scouring the internet we found this:
01M / 096 High Performance Transmission | Racing Transmission
Volkswagen 01M and 096 High Performance and Racing Automatic Transmissions for Volkswagen Beetle, Cabrio, Golf, GTI, Jetta, Passat
www.importperformancetrans.com
Anyone here have any personal experience with them? Is this 'worth it' or just another questionable rebuilt 01M?
Next question, given the great condition of the car and engine, what would it be worth to sell as-is with the sometimes works reverse? Is it worth converting 1st to manual and then selling? How much should we expect to pay for a manual conversion?
Thanks in advance for everyone's insight.
