Hey guys,
I just bought a 2003 Jetta 1.8T with an automatic transmission last week. When I haven't driven it for a few hours and put the tranny in reverse, it won't engage reverse and just revs up like it's in neutral. Forward gears are all fine even when cold. If I drive it for 5-10 mins and let the car warm up, then reverse works fine with no delays.
I took it to the VW dealer who charged me $180 (!!) just to add half a litre of transmission fluid and check for any error codes, and they said no codes came up. The fluid topup didn't fix the problem either. They want $500 just to diagnose the problem now. Does anyone have any idea what else might be causing this?
I just bought a 2003 Jetta 1.8T with an automatic transmission last week. When I haven't driven it for a few hours and put the tranny in reverse, it won't engage reverse and just revs up like it's in neutral. Forward gears are all fine even when cold. If I drive it for 5-10 mins and let the car warm up, then reverse works fine with no delays.
I took it to the VW dealer who charged me $180 (!!) just to add half a litre of transmission fluid and check for any error codes, and they said no codes came up. The fluid topup didn't fix the problem either. They want $500 just to diagnose the problem now. Does anyone have any idea what else might be causing this?