Hi.
I posted a proplem i have with my 2.0 auto cab a few weeks ago but without any response. i have a little more info which may help shed some light on it.
Its been troublesom with starting for a while but quite infrequent but just recently, its been getting much worse. Basically, it wont fire. no warning. and again without warning it will start. After a non starting episode, the gearbox doesnt opreate as it should and will often not change up after 2nd gear.
I took it to a local VW garage for a fault scan and they told me that a speed sensor had come up as faulty and that was probably what was causing the problem. They quoted about 250 for repair. Also, on the diagnostics report, it said something about an intermittent electrical contact failure on connector 2 (gearbox). This sounds more like the problem but im not a mechanic so im hoping that if i give as much info as poss someone might shed some light on this problem. where is the connector no2?
One other thing, when the car is showing this fault, the gear selector indicator on the dash doesnt work, and also, the action which causes the driver to have to press the brake pedal to change out of park or neutral doesnt work either. ie, you can select any gear position without pressing the brake.
I should also say that as often as not, i will jump inthe car and it will run perfectly. a bit of a problem when you want to show a mechanic that it has a problem!
Any help would be most appreciated.