1989 Volkswagen Jetta Clutch/transmission.

1989 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA
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Transmission problem
1989 Volkswagen Jetta 4 cyl Front Wheel Drive Manual

The car will go into gear but transmission will not engage. Even in first or fifth gear, if you let off the clutch...nothing happens- it keeps idleing. We had replaced the clutch a week ago. Do you know what is causing this to happen? and how can we fix it?
Thank you!
Dec 21, 2008 at 4:32 PM
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MHPAUTOS
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Hi there,

if you can select gears with no motion happening either the clutch hub has failed or you have a broken input shaft in the transmission, either way the transmission will have to be removed to inspect for this fault.

mark (mhpautos)
Dec 21, 2008 at 7:10 PM
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