Last week my shifter would not engage gears properly. I have a 2k Jetta GLS 2.0L five speed manual. It started with second and fourth gears, but when I got halfway home after work, none of the gears would engage, including reverse. It feels like there are no gear slots (for lack of a better term). I can spin the shifter in a funnel motion. Is there a guider plate under the console that might have slipped out of place or does this mean my transmission bit it?

 

the same thing has happend to me in my mk3 golf. take off the shifter boot and look at the base of the shifter the selctor shaft is probly broken if it is its about $100 cnd to fix

 

i would agree with the guy above.

if it is just the plate then you could go from 1st to 3rd just not have the glide to it...


tony

 

good call broken linkage somewhere standard tranies dont tend to give up without quite a bit of notice

 

I would check the shift ball in the trans linkage, & check for broken bracket that guides shift rod, and buy shift kit to replace worn plastic parts , this is a big item with these trans.
If you wait too long parts will be worn prematurely