NHTSA — Power Train: Automatic Transmission: Lever And Linkage: Floor Shift Problems

2.0

hardly worth mentioning
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
80,000 miles

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1997 Volkswagen Golf transmission problems

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1997 Volkswagen Golf Owner Comments

problem #1

Jan 252004

Golf 4-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 80,000 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Transmission will not shift when needed into higher gears, and sometimes falls out of the proper gear and into a lower gear when it's not supposed to, causing engine to rev way too high while on the freeway. Car does not run properly as a result, and I can't really drive it until it's fixed. I tried to have volkswagon fix the known problem, but they refused.

- Goleta, CA, USA

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