I don't doubt you have a serious problem, but your description doesn't
seem to make sense.
Regardless of whether the transmission will downshift or not, you
should be able to easily stop the vehicle with the brakes. They are
power brakes. If it was a manual transmission you would not have to
downshift from 4 to 3 to 2 to 1 to stop the car. You can just as
easily stop it in 4.
Exactly when do you expect the transmission to downshift? The only
time I am very aware of it is going uphill. Sometimes the RPMs slow
down to the point that the transmission downshifts and then the RPMs
pop back up.
Could the accelerator be getting stuck?
Serge
01 EVC "Beluga"
--- In ev_update@y..., JWHsundial@a... wrote:
I have a 1999 Eurovan weekender and we have had problems since day
one with the transmission. There are two problems. First the
engine
peroidically revs up to almost 5000 rpm before shifting into third
gear. Second and most importantly, the transmission has failed to
downshift on two occassions. When the automatic transmission has
failed to downshift, applying the foot brake does not stop the car.
My wife had to throw the moving car into park into order to stop and
avoid hitting another car. We have had two different VW dealerships
try on six occassions to fix the problems, but with no sucess. When
they can reproduce the problem, their fix is only temporary.
Currently, the VW dealership can not duplicate the problem and
nothing shows up on their computer codes. VW has taken the position
that if there are no error codes, then the car is functioning as
designed and is safe. Well that is a bunch of BS and I am not
putting my family in car.
Any suggestions on solutions or similar experiences?
