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Report: Reverse Gear Failures and Noise in Manual Transmission Models are Common

Volkswagen GTI Problem
24 Reports

Model Years Affected: 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

Average Mileage: 135,398 mi (96,890 mi - 174,305 mi)

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Reverse gear failures and noise in the manual transmission models are common.

  • Report #1
    Visitor, 2006 Volkswagen GTI, 96,890 mi

    The entire manual transmission collapsed.

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  • Report #2
    Visitor, 1996 Volkswagen GTI, 174,305 mi

    car does not go in reverse we recently bought the vehicle and everything worked fine when we test drove it but when we got it home the reverse stopped working and so did the speedometer.

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  • Report #3
    Visitor, 1998 Volkswagen GTI, 135,000 mi

    everything works great except the revese, makes a god awful noise and is jumpy. what should i do?

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