Can of Worms (Buchse der Pandora)
A 1998 Volkswagen Jetta with a 2.0-liter engine and 01M transmission came in with a complaint of not shifting into fourth gear. The owner had just bought the car, which had the problem when he bought it, and he said it would shift normally up to third gear.
Needless to say, the history of repairs is minimal at best. What we do know is that the owner took the vehicle to a nearby transmission shop, which pulled trouble codes. DTCs for shift solenoids 6 & 4 (N93 & N91, respectively) were present, so they replaced solenoids 6 & 4 and the internal harness. The trouble codes returned immediately. That shop didn’t know what to do from there, so they referred the vehicle owner to our shop.
Shining Some Light on the Problem
A 1996 Nissan 300ZX came into the shop last summer. Remember, I said it was summer, which affects this story later.
The customer said the check engine light was on and that at times the transmission would not shift into fourth gear. I scanned the computer and found a P0705 inhibitor-switch code. I cleared the code and went for a test drive with the scan tool connected. Inhibitor-switch data was correct, and the code did not reset.
