Shifter wont go into gear

1999 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA
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WOLFSJETTA
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I have a 1999 jetta mk4 when I got it it drove fine but I went to put it in reverse to back it up my driveway and it wouldn't go into reverse do I accidently jammed it and from what I'm told possibly broke the linkage, the shifter is flopping around and looks like its stuck in nuetra but when I start it and go to let it idle it's feels like its going to stall, it goes up and down and gets into what I think is third but nothing else, it won't go to the left to get into reverse or down into second or anything. Help please.
May 5, 2012 at 8:46 PM
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ASEMASTER6371
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locked in 2 gears. you need a shop to manually neutral out the shifter from under the hood and determine the failure.

Roy
May 5, 2012 at 8:50 PM
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did you check the cables??

Roy
May 6, 2012 at 3:56 AM
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