Re: Please help quick...

[Kevin Ng <speedie@optonline.net>]

on 9/18/00 8:15 PM, Eddie at axr11@po.cwru.edu wrote:

> Well-I took my car into the dealer two thursdays ago since i was having
> trouble shifting ....
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> they told me that what happened was that a tooth broke off the reverse gear
> and was bouncing around in the tranny and messed up the other gears. they
> said they had fixed this problem, and when driving the car out of the
> parking lot, i could feel that 1st and 2nd gears were very stiff and not
> the typical feel we're used to. so i brought it right back around, and one
> of the techs drove and said that something was definitely wrong. in the

I know it's the dealer and I'm sure their techs have many years of
experience, but you can never take anything for granted these days. Have
they adjusted the shift cables properly?

> thinking in my head that it's hopefully not the garrett chip i put in. and
> i'm scared that if he figures out that there's a chip in there, he might
> void my engine's warranty (even though there's only 500 miles left...).

At 35,500 miles you should still have 64,500 miles left on the powertrain
warranty.

> accordingly, i tell him i'll drop it off again in the morning so that if i
> decide to, i can take the chip out. my question is this: what are the
> chances that they'll know there's an after-market chip in there, and is
> there a possibility that that might be the problem? i don't want to mess

If they look, they can find it. It won't say "Garrett" written all over the
computer, but....

> with the chip at this point because i didn't put it in myself, and i know
> it'll take me hours including time to go buy the right tools to take it
> back out. in addition, when the manger heard there was another problem with
> my car, he came out and said he would look into the problem himself
> tomorrow morning. will they have to look in the ECU to figure out what's
> wrong? and will their computer instantly tell them that it's an
> after-market chip? the light had come on once about 1000 miles ago for
> about 2 seconds, but nothing since...
> 
> thanks in advance...any answers/comments will be greatly appreciated...
> -Eddie '99 Jetta VR6 (A3)

If the check engine light is still one, they will have to scan the ECU for a
fault code. If the car is in your possession may I suggest you swap back to
the stock chip to avoid potential complications.

Kevin Ng
97 Jetta GLX Windsor Blue