Donquan
New member
Hell everybody,
I have a 2005 Jetta TDI and today while I was getting ready to pull out of the parking lot I could not get my shifter into drive.
The vehicle started fine, and I was able to apply brake pressure and move it out of park (not a brake sensor issue).
As I got passed neutral, into reverse it physically prevented me from moving into drive.
Something mechanical was resisting my movement.
I turned the car on and off, and tried again but no luck..
Finally I forced it into the drive position; however, the vehicle would only go in reverse.
After that stupid attempt of using brute force, I shut off the car and it would not start again since my dash was still indicating I was in reverse?
Thankfully it's sitting on a road between two garages, and a NAPA or I'd be toast.
I'm not even sure I can get the vehicle in neutral to actually push it.
Could this be a broken linkage issue?
Any ideas?
I have a 2005 Jetta TDI and today while I was getting ready to pull out of the parking lot I could not get my shifter into drive.
The vehicle started fine, and I was able to apply brake pressure and move it out of park (not a brake sensor issue).
As I got passed neutral, into reverse it physically prevented me from moving into drive.
Something mechanical was resisting my movement.
I turned the car on and off, and tried again but no luck..
Finally I forced it into the drive position; however, the vehicle would only go in reverse.
After that stupid attempt of using brute force, I shut off the car and it would not start again since my dash was still indicating I was in reverse?
Thankfully it's sitting on a road between two garages, and a NAPA or I'd be toast.
I'm not even sure I can get the vehicle in neutral to actually push it.
Could this be a broken linkage issue?
Any ideas?