Hi all. I have an automatic 2000 VW New Beetle GLS 170,000 miles that is stuck in third gear. I can manually shift 1st, 2nd, and 3rd but when it's in Drive it's in third gear. Going faster than 50 or so MPH sounds like I'm flooring it in neutral. Doing 60 has me at around 4000 rpm's. It won't shift into overdrive from third gear and it won't shift out of third gear into second or first automatically. I can tell because when I step on the gas from a stop it takes a second to respond and doesn't sound the way it did before this happened. Also, I used to be able to feel when it was shifting and now I can't.
My mechanic used a code reader to try to clear it but the code won't clear. It says something about the shifter? I'm obviously not very good with cars and knowing what the codes mean. He was going to contact his transmission guy today to see if he had any ideas, but I figured asking on here couldn't hurt.
Also, it started the day after we had a blizzard and my car got covered in snow since I do not have a garage or any kind of covering for it. I don't know if that will help at all but figured I'd give as much information as I could.
Has anyone else had this problem? Is it fixable/worth fixing? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
My mechanic used a code reader to try to clear it but the code won't clear. It says something about the shifter? I'm obviously not very good with cars and knowing what the codes mean. He was going to contact his transmission guy today to see if he had any ideas, but I figured asking on here couldn't hurt.
Also, it started the day after we had a blizzard and my car got covered in snow since I do not have a garage or any kind of covering for it. I don't know if that will help at all but figured I'd give as much information as I could.
Has anyone else had this problem? Is it fixable/worth fixing? Any help would be greatly appreciated!