can some one please tell me how to check the auto trans fluid in my 03 jetta 2.0? I can't find how/where to check, fill or any thing! what with these cars? I love to drive it! I mean LOVE it! but I'm having trouble figureing some of it out! thanks in advance for any input.

 

try the dipstick you pull it out and it tells you how much tranny fluid is in it.

 

no "dipstick," ...there is no dipstick as far as I can tell. where is it located? It seems that this really isn't very informative VW site! maybe I should look elsewhere. Is there any Mechanic's or Mechanically inclined people registered on this site that can/will pass along accurate/informative information regarding VW's!? Thank You.

 

thare is no dipstick and as far as i can tell u have 2 go 2 the deller to get it checked. and dont read this next part untill your siting down ........its $150+ good luck lol

 

i posted in your other thread about this
some times it takes longer than a day for people to respond to your problems
this is a good forum to get info.

 

Yea , our lives don't wrap around this site, we have other jobs and a lot of things going on with our own cars. If more people would stick around, rather than posting their problems and then leaving and not participating, we'd have tons of active members. Anyways, your car should have a dipstick, it's down in the motor a ways. If you take it to the dealer, all they're gonna go do is take out plug.....there are 2 plugs right above one another, the bottomone is for draining and the other is for filling and checking fluid level. How I do it is I remove the top plug, stick my finger in the hole and if there's fluid in there then it's good.

 

you wont find one
you need to pull the fill plug on the pan
with car running pull plug if some fluid comes out then it is full
if not you need to pump some in
DONT USE NORMAL TRANSMITION FLUID
you need vw fluid

 

sorry im thinking passat
but you still have no dip stick
ther is a red cap under starter you need to pull to fill
but there is a plug on the trans panyou pull with the car running if fuid comes out your fine if not you fill it untill it does

 

Hey Jettav03: Don't feel bad. I had the some problem with my 04 that I just bought. It takes some figuring out, but its there and you can check it.


Best of luck.

DRR