doubledls
Active member
- Joined
- Jun 30, 2002
- Location
- jackson county, michigan
- TDI
- Jetta, 1999.5 A4, black, 2009 Jetta 6 M, black
I have had trouble shifting into 5th gear. The other 4 gears work fine and I even had some folks at Mark of Diesel's GTG drive my car to see how it shifted. It seems if a take a trip and have it in 5th for a while and then stop at a rest stop, I can shift back into 5th. If I drive it around town usually using only first thru fourth gear and then get on the highway I usually have trouble getting into 5th gear (it make take 2 to 10 tries). What happens is that it shifts back into third gear, even when you think you have the shifter well over into the 5th gear position. When the engine is off or at idle it seems you can shift into all gears without a problem. I have had this car almost 7 years and this is the first real annoying problem. My car is a 99.5 Jetta (built Oct 1999) with 170,500 miles, with the original clutch.
Any ideas on what to do?
Any ideas on what to do?