My anniversary wont go into reverse. The linkages are all out of place. A customer service guy came and tried everythin to get it to work but it wont and apparently it need the linkages reset using these pins. All other gears are fine. Has this happened to anyone else before. Off to Vw in mornin and am gonna leave it with them. Ollie
Reflex Tdi is that a common problem with anniversarys not going in reverse. I Just drove it from my house in northwood to Citygate Ruslip and in forward gears it perfect it just wont go in reverse. The reverse lights wont come on so its obviously not clicking in to place. Hopefully They will be able to sort it. The service assistance guy mentioned the re alligning pins lets hope it just that. So nervous. Really want it back already only dropped it off 25 mins ago.
Reflex Tdi is that a common problem with anniversarys not going in reverse. I Just drove it from my house in northwood to Citygate Ruslip and in forward gears it perfect it just wont go in reverse. The reverse lights wont come on so its obviously not clicking in to place. Hopefully They will be able to sort it. The service assistance guy mentioned the re alligning pins lets hope it just that. So nervous. Really want it back already only dropped it off 25 mins ago.
To my knowledge it is not a common problem, but I know that the adjustment procedure I outlined has helped many people who have had gear s election problems. As I have installed a number of short shift kits I am familiar with the procedure.
However, I am not a mechanic and the VW garage seem to have diagnosed something more serious. I hope for your sake you get this resolved.
I recently had this on the 6spd box on the Ibiza, it was fixed by replacing the s elector shaft as the original had become twisted. Total cost was around ?200 if I remember correctly. It started when I crunched a gear change from 1st to 2nd.
Now i just been told that they are 99.9% sure its the shafter if so it should be ready tommorrow night. They will have part in tommorrow. The reason why it makes sense is due to the fact that the gear stick doesnt sit straight since it started not going in to reverse. It was sitting more at an angle as if it was in gear instead of neutral. Lets all hope its that and i will have car back tommorrow. Thanks all for help!Ollie
Right dealer are still sure its the the gear shaft and have that in but are waiting the gear shaft seal which they were expecting in this afternoon or tommorrow morning. So hopefully should have car back 2morrow night. Lets hope it all goes ok. Cheers, Ollie
Right I now have car back and it was the gear shift. I am now trying to get Vw uk to contribute and it looks like i am gettting somehwhere. At the moment i have paid the ?600 but i also have Rac warrenty so either way i should get it back. Just to let u know CITYGATE RUSLIP are the best dealers i have ever been to. Thanks all for your help. Ollie
If they told you it was a new gearbox at 2.5K they cannot be that good a dealer.
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