I know that the transmission becomes a problem when you start making big power with the R but I'm trying to find out what actually breaks. Is it the gears stripping or maybe even the case cracking? I saw a thread a while ago about someone making stronger gears but now I can't find it. How well that turned out? Any solution to the tranny problem other than to just be easy in the lower gears?
View 5 RepliesEvery time I reverse it sounds like something crack, what this might be. It's very annoying!! Everything is stock. Have around 7k miles...
View 7 RepliesProblem I'm having with my sunroof on my '10 GTI. The sunroof opens an inch and makes cracking/grinding noises. Then it needs a push on the actual glass while turning the nob in order to force it to close. And the tilt function ends up with one corner of the glass further down then the other. How to fix this problem or how to remove the headliner, or if it is worth bringing to the dealer? The dealer is the last thing i want to do because my warranty is up and those jerks charge an arm and a leg on labor alone.
View 3 RepliesI have a 98 Passat 1.8T with 99,000 miles on her. The stripping on the either side of the windshield has just about completely disintegrated from the desert heat in Vegas. I have tried searching all over the internet but I can't find exactly what I need.
View 2 RepliesExtreme tempertaures in NJ this week.Can this car handle this extreme heat without stripping the head bolt threads? Less than a minute after I start my car in this heat my fan turns on, yet the temp gauge is still below the middle mark..Can this car handle 90 degree + temps (also have A/C) on?2006 Camry Le 60K Miles--replaced coolant around a year ago.
View 10 RepliesI have had noise problem under dash or wherever it may be. I am not sure where the exact location because I can't pinpoint it out. I hear the noise whenever I turn on A/C or blower for windshield. Basically, anything which is related to air will make noise. It's like water striping noise. Something like cold water drops on hot metal. You can hear the noise at night clearly but during the day, it is hard to hear but still is hearable. Besides that, the car is quite. The Hyundai service has changed my blower but the noise is still there. The service man said it was hard for them to know what caused the noise but they had no clue right now.
View 8 RepliesTrying to work under the hood and notice that in the acre or so I have to work in, there are tons of canisters and hoses and lines. What all can be removed and what can be relocated?
View 10 RepliesHow to replace in a 2009 corolla s, the oem trunk seal/weather stripping that goes around the trunk, I am already got the new weatherstrip Toyota part # 6446102130 ...
View 4 RepliesEvery time we get a hard rain, I end up with water on my carpet right at the rear of my Excursion. I'm thinking the weather-stripping has broken down. What is the source for it? All I can find is door weather-stripping.
View 3 RepliesFirst off let me say I love my TDi for everything I bought it for...fuel economy, space, ride comfort.
I've noticed the wind noise before but had never taken a drive more than 30 minutes.I just took my first 300 mile road trip and REALLY noticed the EXCESSIVE wind noise.
I traded a 2010 GTI and its weather stripping was more full and produced a much better closed door seal and I never once had problems with wind noise in the 2 years that I owned.
The other day i was parking the car at my work place. The parking spot was on a hill maybe 10-15 degrees. As I was reversing parking onto the hill the car suddenly stopped and went and stopped and went(about a foot in between). like a manual when you don't give enough gas as you let go of the clutch. When i couldn't reverse in because it kept stopping, i drove forward and it happened again. i ended up letting the car roll forward down a bit and parked in a flat spot. I have always parked at this spot with no problems and i always use my hand brake. Was it because i wasn't giving it enough gas? Should i be worried? It never happened before in the 10k i drove it.
View 10 RepliesLast night and this morning driving from/to work i noticed while doing wot in gears 3-6 there is some noticeable surging. I haven't noticed this before, but the difference is that it has become very cold the last 2 days, both about 15 degrees.
View 9 RepliesI got a 2000 vr6 Jetta with a 5 speed manual transmission. When shifting up or down through the gears it doesn't seem to like going into first and second. All the other gears seem fine. I've tried adjusting the shift cables and changing the gear lube, but nothing seems to work. I've heard of the cable bushings going bad and possibly shot motor mounts ( I'm at 135,000 miles).
View 5 RepliesOkay, my shifter rod got spun, and now it doesn't want to go into any gears. Just freely kinda swirls, and you can't push down. The guy working on the car wants to pull the shift box down and see what is going on. He thinks the shift cable or selector cable is broke.
View 5 RepliesMy wife was driving my Stage 1 R last night (by herself) and she ran into an issue where when she tried to leave from a red light, the clutch was slipping through the first three gears and she could barely get up any speed. She pulled over, let the car sit for a few minutes and then started going again with no issues.
She drove home about 5 miles and told me about what happened. The car smelled like burning clutch, but when I took it out for a quick test drive, everything seemed fine.
I am at around 5000 miles and have never had any issues before and I don't ever do high-rpm launches. So, could this have been a fluke or a sign of the clutch/pressure plate issues people have been having?
I'm fully equipped with apr stage 2 with all the hardware (carbonio intake and full apr turbo back exhaust). So anyways everytime I'm in the higher gears (3-6) I get this rpm lag/stutter, what the issue can be...
Here's a link to the video on YouTube of what's going on [URL] .....
I was having a discussion with a few friends and some think skipping gears when driving is bad and some say that its fine. For example going from 2nd to 4th and skipping 3rd gear. Which one is it?
View 11 RepliesMKIV jetta GLI, first two gears just won't engages as if it's still in neutral. Have to start her moving from 3rd. What could be the issue?
View 14 RepliesStage 2 clutch with a diesel geek short shifter. I have started noticing shifting from 2nd to 3rd is difficult. Sometimes it will go into 5th when shifting up from 2nd. Not a lot of resistance but it is more than noticeable. How do I resolve this issue? Am I hurting my clutch if I keep driving like this? Nothing is grinding at all in between shifts.
View 2 RepliesI just changed the clutch on my jetta and my car is in gear I don't know how to adjust the gears
View 24 RepliesI have an APR Stage 1 flash done about 3 months ago and I absolutely love it and never had any issues.
I always leave my car in program two which is the 93 octane. I was driving home yesterday and when I was in the higher gears and accelerating in like 3rd or 4th and got the rpms up to 3500 to 4000 the car would stutter pretty hard. At one point it stuttered like 3 times in a row and then the check engine light blinked about 10 times and went away. When I got home I put the car back into stock mode and tried the same thing, but it ran smoothly with no issues.
Experienced this with the APR stage one flash. I'm thinking maybe it could be bad gas or the program didn't get set correctly, but not sure. I am going to put it back into the 93 program today and see if it still does the same thing.