inertian
6/23/2008 10:39:16 AM
Have 126,000 miles on my ''98 VDP, started have transmission problems Saturday. Did about 50 mostly highway miles early in the day, everything was fine. Went to take the car out in the afternoon, the "kick" that I usually get when shifting into Reverse was not there. Had to apply gas to back out of my driveway, usually idle takes it right out. Drove a short distance, felt the transmission slipping and catching, got a "Transmission Fault" error code, pulled over and shut down. Waited a few minutes then restarted the car, hoping this was just a random electical gremlin that would exorcise itself. No such luck. Car would barely move while the engine rpms climbed; the error code came back on, then the transmission seemed to lock into a lower gear and I was able to drive it back home.
