Well, I think it’s officially time for a new transmission. This story definitely falls into the “you can’t make this stuff up” category. We were about to head to Arkansas for the 4th, daughter said car was driving weird, acted like it wanted to stall. I decided to take it for a quick drive to see what was happening, and got about 8 block from my house. I tried to turn around to head back, but the engine stalled as the DSG clutch released. Tried it again, same thing. Tried it in reverse, same thing. Then finally realized that this car wasn’t going anywhere under its own power. Then I figured out I that I had both sets of keys for our only other working vehicle, so no one could even rescue me. So I turned on the hazards, left the car at the stop sign, and started walking. I had my daughter leave grandson at home to accompany me, and immediately left in the GSW to tow it home. About then, the police called, asking why I’d abandoned my car at a busy intersection. They were waiting for me at the car, and were really cool about it once I showed up with a tow rope. Apparently, it was a really quiet 4th, and I had livened things up A bit for them. Daughter was awesome towing me, (she grew up in my house, so it wasn’t her first or even fifth time to drag me home), but she reminded me that I had told her about 15 minutes prior that the car she was now towing was perfectly fine for us to take to Arkansas with our 18 month old grandson. Oilhammer had recommended finding a good used transmission rather than trying to to fix mine, but I’m a slow learner, so I was still hoping it would fix itself. I guess that ship has finally sailed.
so, Anyone know if I can use other transmission codes? I have a trans code LTE, and car-part.com only gives me LTE hits when I search. Is there an interchange for it, or do I just need to match it up exactly?
