95 Passat with a racy auto tranny

When I am driving my B4 Passat, the RPMs will race up to the 5000's as
it switches between gears. It is usually ok when I am city driving,
but on the highway it gets close to redlining before it settles down a
little, but not much better. I have to drive it in 3 on the highway
just to keep the tach under control. The D gear gives the worse
result on the highway. I read that it may be that the TCM needs to be
flashed or maybe the VSS is shot.

Any advice before I dump all my cash into my local Bavarian
specialist?

TT

BTW,

It is a 1995 Passat GLX VR6 with 124k miles.

TT

On Jul 14, 1:42 pm, TechnoThug > wrote:
> When I am driving my B4 Passat, the RPMs will race up to the 5000's as
> it switches between gears. It is usually ok when I am city driving,
> but on the highway it gets close to redlining before it settles down a
> little, but not much better. I have to drive it in 3 on the highway
> just to keep the tach under control. The D gear gives the worse
> result on the highway. I read that it may be that the TCM needs to be
> flashed or maybe the VSS is shot.
>
> Any advice before I dump all my cash into my local Bavarian
> specialist?
>
> TT

On Jul 14, 12:48 pm, TechnoThug > wrote:
> BTW,
>
> It is a 1995 Passat GLX VR6 with 124k miles.
>
> TT
>
> On Jul 14, 1:42 pm, TechnoThug > wrote:
>
>
>
> > When I am driving my B4 Passat, the RPMs will race up to the 5000's as
> > it switches between gears. It is usually ok when I am city driving,
> > but on the highway it gets close to redlining before it settles down a
> > little, but not much better. I have to drive it in 3 on the highway
> > just to keep the tach under control. The D gear gives the worse
> > result on the highway. I read that it may be that the TCM needs to be
> > flashed or maybe the VSS is shot.
>
> > Any advice before I dump all my cash into my local Bavarian
> > specialist?
>
> > TT- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Have you lost battery power any time recently?

Peter Wieck
Wyncote, PA

On Jul 14, 1:49 pm, " > wrote:
> On Jul 14, 12:48 pm, TechnoThug > wrote:
>
>
>
> > BTW,
>
> > It is a 1995 Passat GLX VR6 with 124k miles.
>
> > TT
>
> > On Jul 14, 1:42 pm, TechnoThug > wrote:
>
> > > When I am driving my B4 Passat, the RPMs will race up to the 5000's as
> > > it switches between gears. It is usually ok when I am city driving,
> > > but on the highway it gets close to redlining before it settles down a
> > > little, but not much better. I have to drive it in 3 on the highway
> > > just to keep the tach under control. The D gear gives the worse
> > > result on the highway. I read that it may be that the TCM needs to be
> > > flashed or maybe the VSS is shot.
>
> > > Any advice before I dump all my cash into my local Bavarian
> > > specialist?
>
> > > TT- Hide quoted text -
>
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> Have you lost battery power any time recently?
>
> Peter Wieck
> Wyncote, PA

Well, it sat in a garage for 2 years as a backup vehicle. I am now
using it as a primary. I didn't have to charge the bat, but i didn't
get it tested either.

On Jul 14, 1:14 pm, TechnoThug > wrote:
> On Jul 14, 1:49 pm, " > wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Jul 14, 12:48 pm, TechnoThug > wrote:
>
> > > BTW,
>
> > > It is a 1995 Passat GLX VR6 with 124k miles.
>
> > > TT
>
> > > On Jul 14, 1:42 pm, TechnoThug > wrote:
>
> > > > When I am driving my B4 Passat, the RPMs will race up to the 5000's as
> > > > it switches between gears. It is usually ok when I am city driving,
> > > > but on the highway it gets close to redlining before it settles down a
> > > > little, but not much better. I have to drive it in 3 on the highway
> > > > just to keep the tach under control. The D gear gives the worse
> > > > result on the highway. I read that it may be that the TCM needs to be
> > > > flashed or maybe the VSS is shot.
>
> > > > Any advice before I dump all my cash into my local Bavarian
> > > > specialist?
>
> > > > TT- Hide quoted text -
>
> > > - Show quoted text -
>
> > Have you lost battery power any time recently?
>
> > Peter Wieck
> > Wyncote, PA
>
> Well, it sat in a garage for 2 years as a backup vehicle. I am now
> using it as a primary. I didn't have to charge the bat, but i didn't
> get it tested either.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

It may need to reprogram itself. My experience with a '99 VR6 Eurovan
auto is about 500 miles and about 20 starts before it cleaned up all
the idle kinks and smooth-shift kinks. But after that, no problems
whatsoever.

Peter Wieck
Wyncote, PA

> wrote in message
ps.com...
> On Jul 14, 1:14 pm, TechnoThug > wrote:
>> On Jul 14, 1:49 pm, " > wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > On Jul 14, 12:48 pm, TechnoThug > wrote:
>>
>> > > BTW,
>>
>> > > It is a 1995 Passat GLX VR6 with 124k miles.
>>
>> > > TT
>>
>> > > On Jul 14, 1:42 pm, TechnoThug > wrote:
>>
>> > > > When I am driving my B4 Passat, the RPMs will race up to the 5000's
>> > > > as
>> > > > it switches between gears. It is usually ok when I am city
>> > > > driving,
>> > > > but on the highway it gets close to redlining before it settles
>> > > > down a
>> > > > little, but not much better. I have to drive it in 3 on the
>> > > > highway
>> > > > just to keep the tach under control. The D gear gives the worse
>> > > > result on the highway. I read that it may be that the TCM needs to
>> > > > be
>> > > > flashed or maybe the VSS is shot.
>>
>> > > > Any advice before I dump all my cash into my local Bavarian
>> > > > specialist?
>>
>> > > > TT- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> > > - Show quoted text -
>>
>> > Have you lost battery power any time recently?
>>
>> > Peter Wieck
>> > Wyncote, PA
>>
>> Well, it sat in a garage for 2 years as a backup vehicle. I am now
>> using it as a primary. I didn't have to charge the bat, but i didn't
>> get it tested either.- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> It may need to reprogram itself. My experience with a '99 VR6 Eurovan
> auto is about 500 miles and about 20 starts before it cleaned up all
> the idle kinks and smooth-shift kinks. But after that, no problems
> whatsoever.
>
>>> Did you check the fluid level.

wrong answer. We replace batteries in the shop and never have to do a
reprogram or drive it 500miles. If the fluid level is ok then get it scanned
for fault codes. But most likely you have internal transmission problems.


> wrote in message
ups.com...
> On Jul 14, 12:48 pm, TechnoThug > wrote:
>> BTW,
>>
>> It is a 1995 Passat GLX VR6 with 124k miles.
>>
>> TT
>>
>> On Jul 14, 1:42 pm, TechnoThug > wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> > When I am driving my B4 Passat, the RPMs will race up to the 5000's as
>> > it switches between gears. It is usually ok when I am city driving,
>> > but on the highway it gets close to redlining before it settles down a
>> > little, but not much better. I have to drive it in 3 on the highway
>> > just to keep the tach under control. The D gear gives the worse
>> > result on the highway. I read that it may be that the TCM needs to be
>> > flashed or maybe the VSS is shot.
>>
>> > Any advice before I dump all my cash into my local Bavarian
>> > specialist?
>>
>> > TT- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> Have you lost battery power any time recently?
>
> Peter Wieck
> Wyncote, PA
>

"It may need to reprogram itself" wrong answer. The TCM(trans computer)
isn't that smart! We replace batteries in the shop and never have to do a
reprogram or drive it 500miles. If the fluid level is ok then get it scanned
for fault codes. But most likely you have internal transmission problems.

On Jul 15, 6:21 am, Madesio > wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 17:42:23 +0000, TechnoThug wrote:
> > When I am driving my B4 Passat, the RPMs will race up to the 5000's as
> > it switches between gears. It is usually ok when I am city driving,
> > but on the highway it gets close to redlining before it settles down a
> > little, but not much better. I have to drive it in 3 on the highway
> > just to keep the tach under control. The D gear gives the worse
> > result on the highway. I read that it may be that the TCM needs to be
> > flashed or maybe the VSS is shot.
>
> > Any advice before I dump all my cash into my local Bavarian
> > specialist?
>
> Have your fluid level checked (properly) first. Speaking from experience
> however, your transmission is likely damaged internally. It's good you're
> preparing yourself to spend a lot of money on repairs because yes, your
> bill is going to be in the thousands.

Thanks for all the answers. Not the ones I wanted to read, but honest
ones are the best ones. I guess I better limp over to my guy and
prepare for the worst news. Damn!

TT

"TechnoThug" > wrote in message
ups.com...
> Thanks for all the answers. Not the ones I wanted to read, but honest
> ones are the best ones. I guess I better limp over to my guy and
> prepare for the worst news. Damn!

No no no - first reset it yourself. Seeing as it does shift and get all the
gears, this probably isn't a big problem and it's just a confused ECU and
nothing wrong w/the trans.

Find the recent thread on this board that has something like "beetle
transmisson"...it was just discussed in there how to reset the automatic
trans' ECU.