Re: Synthetic trans oil

[Robert Malinka <rmalinka@fairchild.lmco.com>]

I see a disturbing trend----which I hope VW is addressing.   How many others
out there have had tranny problems??



At 11:04 AM 10/1/97 -0700, you wrote:
>     The trany (2nd synchro) crapped out in my '95GLX too.  You are not 
>     alone.
>     andy
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>Subject: Re: Synthetic trans oil
>Author:  Non-HP-Umbopo (Umbopo@aol.com) at HP-PaloAlto,shargw6
>Date:    10/1/97 8:25 AM
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>John 
>     
>FWIW,   I had major transmission work done on my  95GLX back in May 1996 9k 
>miles on it !!  Cracked 2nd gear synchro etc etc. When I got my car back the 
>transmission was very stiff and the dealer told me that it would take a month 
>or two to soften up. Ok I say.  Six months came and went and the problem was 
>if anything,getting worse with the advent of the cooler ovrnight temps here 
>in NY. At times I had to totally skip 2nd gear because it just wouldn't go 
>in.  I took it back to the freaking dealer and they ended up putting 
>synthetic oil in it!  I guess my point is that you may want to check with 
>other dealers or VWoA itself regarding that warranty issue. I don't know if 
>what Carl says is true but if it is my dealer better hope my transmission 
>doesn't conk out on me. 
>     
>     
>Jose 'My-Jetta-is-2-yrs-old-today' Gomez
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