Jimbanjer
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my wife has a 2001 VW Jetta 1.9 TDI with the automatic transmission. It has 225 thousand miles on it. Last night on the way home from church,it had a very difficult time shifting into R, 1st, and 2nd gear. Once it got going it worked fine. Sometime all the gears were shifting fine and sometimes it was hard to get it to move at all. It drove perfectly to church and has never had this issue until last night. I’m thinking it may the the transmission clutches but I’m hoping it’s just something that controls them. I don’t think it related but just in case, ever since we got it, the engine has to be running at least 30 minutes or more to warm up. Also, for the past year or so, the turbo only spools have the time and the other half the car runs with reduced power.