2000 Volkswagen Beetle

2000 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE
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Transmission problem
2000 Volkswagen Beetle 4 cyl Two Wheel Drive Automatic

My car wont go into gear or stay in park. if u put the car in park it just rolls
May 9, 2010 at 6:19 PM
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Hi there,

I would start with getting the selector mechanism checked over, make sure that it is actually selecting all gear positions, if it is, there is a locking pawl in the gear box that locked the park position, this may have failed, check this out as well.

mark (mhpautos)
May 9, 2010 at 6:34 PM
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