GTI Waffle thread

[lip277]

Originally Posted by lemming

Geez.

What is that?

It’s not a broken shifter cable, is it?. Or could it be a broken transmission mount?

Yeah - that is what I was thinking....

Getting towed is not at the top my favorite things. Happens to the best of us though.

Good luck....

[Jeff_DML]

Originally Posted by lemming

Geez.

What is that?

It’s not a broken shifter cable, is it?. Or could it be a broken transmission mount?

yeah was thinking something like broken transmission mount.

[Nick M3]

Originally Posted by Jeff_DML

yeah was thinking something like broken transmission mount.

I'd think you'd have the engine flying around the engine bay if things were that bad.

[equ]

Holy crap, that sucks. Out of self-interest, I hope it doesn't affect the alltracks (now at 40k).

C drove the her 2013 tdi to 72k and the 15 gti to 48k with nothing that major...

[Terri Kennedy]

Originally Posted by Nick M3

Good luck. Cable shifters are some kind of bizarre dark magic.

Indeed. My Atom had an LSJ engine (designed for front wheel drive) mounted in back (as rear wheel drive) and the shifter was something from a front wheel drive Honda, also installed backwards.

There were rather fiddly adjustments at the transaxle end, where there were 2 arms connected to the 2 cables. Mine never gave me any problems*, but other people had to continually adjust theirs to hit gears cleanly.

* Well, other than the fact it was backwards. 5th gear was an odd over-and-diagonal-with-a-zigzag down because the gate in the shifter identified that position as reverse and it was a compromise between what the shifter gate would do and what the transaxle would consider a valid shift.

This is even more "fun" because it is tuned to 285HP at the crank, has the rev limiter coded at 7500 and is an interference engine.

[wdc330i]

Originally Posted by Jeff_DML

The curse of VW reliability hit me in my 2019 GTI .

Wife was driving to work on the freeway and went to shift from 6th into a lower gear and could not get it into gear. She could eventually got it into what seems like 4th and limped to the side of the freeway.

Clutch seems fine but whole transmission seemed to have shifted down and to the right. As mentioned, only seem to be able to barely get into 4th, no reverse or other gears, very strange. At the dealer now but they are not able to look at it until earliest on Friday

Think this is the first time i have been stranded and needed a tow truck.

OMG. That never happened with any of my manuals. Is the car still under warranty? MY 2019 has me worried it is not.

[Jeff_DML]

Originally Posted by wdc330i

OMG. That never happened with any of my manuals. Is the car still under warranty? MY 2019 has me worried it is not.

Dealer came back and wants to replace everything around the clutch($4k total) which would not be covered under warranty. Basically it seems to me that they dont have a clue and are throwing parts at it.

I am pushing back and want them to focus on the transmission. That still might not be covered by warranty since it could be user error.

This car has 45k miles and mostly freeway driven

[Jeff_DML]

Originally Posted by wdc330i

OMG. That never happened with any of my manuals. Is the car still under warranty? MY 2019 has me worried it is not.

The extended 7/70k warranty that they offered on my GTI was what motived to buy it. I have always written off VW's because of their reliability. Now I have two with issues, a bad engine and transmission

[wdc330i]

Originally Posted by Jeff_DML

Dealer came back and wants to replace everything around the clutch($4k total) which would not be covered under warranty. Basically it seems to me that they dont have a clue and are throwing parts at it.

I am pushing back and want them to focus on the transmission. That still might not be covered by warranty since it could be user error.

This car has 45k miles and mostly freeway driven

My ex had three transmissions in a Jetta years ago--auto, though. Definitely chilled me on VWs for awhile.

At any rate, good luck! And maybe try an independent if VW won't cover?

[FC]

Oh man. Sorry to hear!

I love my GTI. I sure hope I get luckier.