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Sedans Volkswagen Jetta Jetta Transmission Problems and Questions
214 messages, Last post on Nov 21, 2009 at 11:46 AM
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Replying to: blackjetta1 (Nov 12, 2007 9:13 pm) |
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Replying to: akkjetta (Oct 22, 2007 9:18 am) |
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Replying to: blackjetta1 (Nov 12, 2007 9:13 pm) The comment above about no dipsticks on newer jettas is true of automatics. Manual transmissions, however, have never had dipsticks...it is nothing new or unusual. |
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I've owned my jetta for exactly 3 years now. Its a 5-speed manual. I pretty much learned how to drive standard on this car. My question is: is it better to downshift by shifting into neutral first and revving the engine a little bit to bring the rpms up then shift into the next lower gear, or should I just shift right into the next lower gear and let the clutch out? I heard that its better to bring the rpms up a bit, but does Volkswagen recommend this? Thanks for your help (a newbie, first message posted)
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Replying to: razor111 (Nov 15, 2007 4:02 pm) 
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Replying to: razor111 (Nov 15, 2007 4:02 pm) By blipping the throttle, you avoid the nasty thing called 'compression braking', which could, if the car is unbalanced, cause a spin. |
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I had a very scary thing happen with my 2002 Jetta a few days ago. Driving on the freeway and all of a sudden I feel something like I hit something in the road. Then I had control of the car for about another minute. Got it off the freeway somehow without hitting anyone. Wheels wouldn't even move forward and leaking transmission fluid everywhere, they had to drag it up the tow truck ramp. Mechanic told me the differential internally exploded. He said he had the same thing happen to a Volkswagen he used to have. I could have easily been killed or killed someone else because this happened. I was fortunate no one was around me when it blew. Car only had 75,000 miles on it. I'm the original owner and I took very good care of it. Very scary how this happened with no warning. I considered buying another Volkswagen for my next car, but now never again. 
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Replying to: naz2 (Nov 28, 2007 8:46 am) |
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| i have a 2003 jetta gl. manuel transmission. when driving the vehicle it does not matter if in the middle of changing gears driving or going from a start to a go position, the vehicle will lunge and will make a loud clunk noise. i have also had the vehicle completely stall at red lights. the vehicle has 158k miles i am the original owner. i changed the spark plugs thinkine maybe that was the problem but the vehicle still does it. somedays it will start others it will not. i have been told that it is possibly the clutch, the oxygen sensor, or the cat converter....has anyone experienced any of the symptoms? | |
2003 Jetta has a serious jerk when it shift to 2nd. Sometimes. maybe more ofen when its cold. When it had 20,000 we took it back to dealer and they didnt something (dont know what) and it didnt occur for a while then it started once a month and now its down to once a week. its out of warranty now so VW wants me to pay to have them look at it. This has to be a known/common problem that they should have fixed the first time. anybody else got this?
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