I just wanted to let you guys know that my B5 is starting to put a slight drain on my life


I drive the car down to work in the city and all hell broke lose. The car started to slip in gear and piss out fluid everywhere. I had to pull over a few times with my hazards because there was traffic behind me and I had to wave them to pass me by. I eventually made it to work but had to limp the car to my company parking lot. The car LCD screen gear selector lit up all "PRN432". Everytime I would slow down it would feel like the car is in neutral. I would hit the gas and it would do nothing, then after a few seconds kick into gear. My worse fear is that the transmission burnt up its clutches in the lower gears because of low fluid. Lesson learned dont neglect your transmission seals even they were in "ok" shape.
What I think happened is that the shop filled the transmission fluid to full which put more stress on the leaky seals which eventually let go. I gave 517 transmissions a call and he quoted me 2400-3100 depending on how severe the internals were damaged. Great! All the problems around in the 175k range. Thanks for hearing me out.


Nate
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