[T3] Car won't move

Craigs List craigslistcsprings at gmail.com
Thu Jun 18 07:05:55 PDT 2015


Greg,

Mine is a manual car, not auto. Thanks for the input though.

Adam
On Jun 18, 2015 8:12 AM, "Greg Merritt" <gregm at vwtype3.org> wrote:

> I forget the exact symptoms, but on my AT I had a damaged shift selection
> input lever at the transmission -- the lever that the cable attaches to
> could rotate a bit on the shaft it was meant to turn, instead of turning
> it, so it wouldn't release the park lock.  (Or something like this.)
>
> The workaround was to crawl under and manipulate the lever arm where the
> cable attaches; the fix was to replace the lever/shaft part.
>
> Good luck!
>
> -Greg
>
>
> Le jeudi 18 juin 2015, Craigs List <craigslistcsprings at gmail.com> a écrit
> :
>
> > Woke this morning, a little late, and jumped in the squareback. Drive it
> > home from work last night with no issues. Car started fine this morning.
> > Put it in reverse and the car would not move. It would torque twist, but
> it
> > wouldn't move an inch.
> >
> > I looked under and at the tires. Nothing out of the ordinary. It did
> rain a
> > lot last night. So I put it in drive to pull forward, no luck. Same
> torque
> > twist and no movement.
> >
> > I'm thinking stuck brake, but I wanted to get some ideas from anyone that
> > might have had this happen to them. It is puzzling me seeing as I parked
> > the car last night after driving with no issue. What do you guys think?
> >
> > Adam
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