Re: OT - 91 2.0 16V Passat - no shift into Drive

["Casey Webster" <tinfool@rogers.com>]

What's with all these people picking up B3 Passats for beater cars?  :)

I'll be driving mine home tommorrow evening ....excellent!!!  does anyone
have a spare heater fan switch for a passat?  or know if one from a corrado
will work?

Casey
84 Roc .. in storage
78 Bunny .. in storage
84 Audi CGT .. for sale....was gonna be my beater, but now I have the passat
91 Passat .. minty green 5-spd sedan.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Daun Yeagley" <vwdaun@yahoo.com>
To: "Mike VanAmburgh" <E30@iLand.net>; "Scirocco" <scirocco-L@scirocco.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 10:21 PM
Subject: Re: OT - 91 2.0 16V Passat - no shift into Drive


>
> --- Mike VanAmburgh <E30@iLand.net> wrote:
> > What's your opinion - 91ish Passat GL wagon with
> > automatic (ack) for
> > $800.  Dealer claims only problem is that it won't shift
> > into Drive.  It
> > goes through 1st, 2nd and 3rd, but refuses to shift into
> > Drive (4th).
> > Any ideas?  Could it be a simple fix?  I know VW auto
> > trannies generally
> > have a tendency to break.  I might take the thing for a
> > drive tomorrow
> > to see if it's worth it and see if there any nasty noises
> > coming from
> > the tranny area.  If not, maybe it's a quick fix -
> > vacuum?  Even if it
> > doesn't shift into Drive, it would be a good around-town
> > car.  The
> > interior and exterior look to be in great shape.  The
> > front fascia is a
> > bit chewed up, but other than that, it looks ok.  It has
> > 190k miles.
>
> I bought my first Passat a little over a year ago with the
> same problem.  Mine ended up being a couple of wires had
> broken at the point they entered the tranny case - not easy
> to find.  Once fixed though I never had another problem
> with the tranny in the 15k I put on it.
>
> Basically, the transmission computer is now in "limp home
> mode" and needs to be cleared.  This is how:
>
> -turn the key to "on" but do not start the car.
> -hold accelerator to the floor for a good 10 seconds.
> -turn off key, release accelerator pedal.
>
> If you've got an intermittent problem, that should clear
> the fault memory until the problem comes back, then it will
> revert to limp-home again.  In my car's case, as soon as I
> started the car it went into limp-home because the wires
> were broken.
>
> Take it for a spin, try clearing the memory, and see how
> smooth it shifts otherwise.  Regardless, $800 for a Passat
> WAGON isn't too bad - in fact I know a couple people that
> would LOVE to have it.  (I've had 3 people beg me for mine
> and I've only had it a couple months, still working out the
> bugs.)  And hey, you could always swap in a 5 spd!
>
>
> =====
> Daun Yeagley - Wilmington Ohio
> '80, '85, & '88 Sciroccos
> '82 Pickup
> '90 Passat Wagon
>
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