Car Question

[migoli]

So i am not a great car mind and i have no clue whats up with my car but got some ideas. Anways my car is a 2002 Jetta 1.8T and everyonce and a while,almost always when im stopped at like a stop light or something a orange triangle comes on and my car shifts real hard and it cant get into 5 gear.

 

Anyone have any clue what it may be?

[Art Sandusky]

Safety mode, maybe. What else happens? Automatic or manual?

[migoli]

Its a automatic

[mister foozel]

why would you need 5th gear when you're at a light anyway?

but i suggest google for a vw forum or something like that

[Art Sandusky]

I really think it's the car's safe mode, which is something the car does when it has to say, limp home or to a service station when something goes wrong. It hinders your car so you don't make the problem worse. If there isn't a problem in the first place, take it to a VW mechanic for some diagnostics so you can figure out what's causing it to spontaneously think it's damaged.

[migoli]

That does make sense, thanks SMG. But foozel its just when i hit the light that hazard light comes on and then i cant hit 5 gear after that

[Perfxion]

What Automatic car has a fifth gear? I seen D, D3, 2, 1; but never D5, ect. If you are at a light, the car should be in idol.

[Art Sandusky]

There are many five speed automatic transmissions. Hell, six gears are becoming common and the latest full-size Lexus sedan has eight gears in its slushbox.