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

[Benjamin Harder <vwtype53@yahoo.com>]

Daun,
  The solution is simple...pull the engine and put it in your
white rocco...then sell the passat tranny.  I really think
that this should solve the problem with that tranny!  ; )
hehe... I just have to keep hassling ya dude!!

Ben

--- Daun Yeagley <vwdaun@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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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