Hi everyone,
First post. I have had this car for 8 years (bought it new) and after 175K miles (most highway), it "died" on me. It is currently at the shop and they have not found the exact problem yet but it is either my transmission or something that interacts with the transmission.
Symptoms: It is an automatic by the way.
1. If it is in P,N,D,3,2,1 the car acts like it is in N and will roll freely.
2. When I start the car and put it in any gear, there is a not so pleasant
sound (metal clacking sound)
3. No power to the wheels when gased.
Regardless, it will probably be at least 3K to fix and I think I'm just going to get a new car. Its too bad though as the interior (leather) and exterior (silver) is very clean and I took care of it and I put it some money in the last two years fixing various things (i have paper work for every thing I have done to the car and i'm afraid of adding it all up
)
Anyways, since I'm pretty sure I'm not going to fix it. What do I do with this car? Who would by a car that has a bad transmission (i'm assuming)? Is it better to sell it for parts? Where would I sell such a thing?
Sorry for the long post but I'm really not sure what to do with my broken Jetta.
Thanks!
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