Where is the reverse gear on a VW?
Seeing as the knob location for the two gears are right next to each other, it is possible that the reverse lockout mechanism under the shift boot is not allowing you to access reverse, funneling you into first instead.
Is there a problem with the VW Golf transmission?
Fault has occurred over 10 times and is becoming more frequent and for longer durations. Car revs and does not accelerate, put car in neutral or park and back in drive can drive car again. 2011 vw gti w/ dsg transmission. Vehicle has 12k miles and requires replacement of mechatronics unit.
Why is reverse not working on my VW?
This could be due to some kind of interference, so as @rpmerf suggested, you can remove the shift boot and whatever brackets/grommets are necessary to see the mechanism, then see if you can engage reverse. If that does not work (as I suspect it will not), the next step would be to adjust your shift cable linkage.
How often does a VW Golf go out of gear?
No amount of fiddling with the shifter will get it back into gear. It eventually goes back into gear. Car now has 2500 miles on the odometer and it has had this problem almost since day one. Fault has occurred over 10 times and is becoming more frequent and for longer durations.
What’s the difference between reverse and first gear on a Jetta?
A little research leads me to believe (aka I could be wrong) that reverse gear in this car requires you to depress the shift knob and move it far left-forward. It also seems that some, but not all ’02 TDi Jetta owners have had complaints that the difference between finding first and reverse gears is vague.
What makes reverse gear go into 1st gear?
Reverse no longer works…when I shift into Reverse it goes into 1st gear. All other gears work fine. what could the problem be? A little research leads me to believe (aka I could be wrong) that reverse gear in this car requires you to depress the shift knob and move it far left-forward.