Re: (Non-roc) Passat auto-tranny help?!

["Chris DeLong" <green536@hotmail.com>]

Why dont you have your buddy at the dealer scan the codes and find out whats 
wrong and fix it and be done with it. Then sell the POS immediately before 
it breaks again. Trannies and electrical gremlins aree what that car is 
known for.


>
>Hey Daun,
>
>If I remember correctly, the suck factor on those transmissions is off the
>scale.  In fact the only thing higher than the suck factor is the cost of
>replacing the tranny.  In the absence of providing any USEFUL information,
>I'd suggest, perhaps, replacing the tranny with a 5 speed.  A friend had
>that car and went through 2 transmissions at 2K a piece before he threw in
>the towel.  You could probably get a 5 speed from a yard on the cheap.
>
>- Jan Folkson  www.janfolkson.com
>
>'86 16V
>'99 Passat GLS 1.8t
>'00 Beetle GLX 1.8t
>
> > Sorry for the non-roc posting, but I know several of you
> > own / have owned Passats and hope you can shed some light
> > for me.
> >
> > I've worked out *most* of the bugs on the '91 Passat
> > automatic that I bought a week or so ago, with the
> > exception of one - the transmission.  Basically, when you
> > put it into "drive" it stays in 3rd gear - only.  No first
> > or second unless you select them manually, and it won't
> > shift to 4th at all.  My first thoughts were that the
> > computer is screwed up.  A friend at the dealership told me
> > how to "reset" the transmission's ECU fault code memory,
> > which I did, and the car drove fine - for about a mile.
> > (Even went into 4th after a little coaxing)  However, after
> > turning back towards the house, it stayed in 3rd again, and
> > hasn't shifted since, despite "rebooting" the ECU again
> > more than once.
> >
> > According to the Bentley, this 3rd gear only issue is the
> > car's "limp home" mode, meaning there's a fault with the
> > wiring or ground to the tranny ECU, or the ECU itself it
> > bad.  Anybody have any other possible explanations before I
> > go spend any money on this thing?
> >
> > TIA!
> >
> >
> > =====
> > Daun Yeagley
> > '80 Scirocco S,
> > '82 Pickup
> > '85 Scirocco 8v
> > '88 Scirocco 16v
> > '91 Passat - parts car?
> > "...And Morgo, as the friendly Draub." - Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
> >
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Chris DeLong
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