I lost 5th and 6th gear. i still have 1 through 4, dealer says its clutch im not sold. help?

Check your linkages are tight. When you shift it into 5th or 6th, is it really moving or shifting it into 5th or 6th. I'd start there. If it appears to be pushing to 5th and 6th then the issue may be inside the tranny. Something worn, or blocking full travel.

This indicates a problem in the transmission control module as it is not activating the solenoids/servos and consequently the sensors that read turbine speed and output shaft speed are not reading the correct difference of the two units . Have this checked out at an accredited auto transmission shop.

You got it, Bad throw out bearing!

thats what u git at the dealer-inxperienc--they wanna sell new-------sounds like it just needs ajustment-hav a transplace or good mechanic test drive--the piece they left out interest me......any car under warranty can go to a private shop according to federal law

TPS SENSOR.
IT CONTROLS SHIFTING AT THE RIGHT TIME
AND COULD ALSO CAUSE ALL OF THE SYNMTHOMS
THAT YOU HAVE LISTED SOMETIMES WITH OUT GIVING YOU A CODE GOOD LUCK

old car. 5th gear? is this M/T? 1987 ?
A/T? is 4speed

what does stopped working mean .
1: shifter fails to select 5 gear H pattern slot.
2: grinds?
3: cant force it to 5th with clutch depressed.? is free play at spec?
4: raise front wheels off ground, can you get in to 5th now? keyout and running?
5: can you get into 5th parked engine off, and select 5th and then start car in 5th with clutch depresses first step. then slowly very slowly attempt to move car starting in 5th, but dont finish, just feel the gear, feel that its there and not neutral.

not working ,says nothing at all.

Mine had a *bad*, but intermitent engine shudder (like it was running out of gas) between 30 and 40 mph. After 3 trips to the dealer, it finally did it in front of them. It's quite dramatic, so they admitted that I wasn't just bringing it in for fun and started guessing what was wrong. They found a TSB that recommended starting with one of the O2 sensors, which fixed it perfectly, immediately.

Sounds like yours isn't your engine - but I thought I should say something just in case.

Most probably you need to check the clutch

having the same problem... my car is an 03 as well... any solution yet? i flushed my tranny, put in synthetic, made sure the linkages were lubricated inside and outside the car, and still nothing.. theres no grinding, at all, its just really gummy

Hi
there is no overdrive buttone in VW.
Seems like you need new clutch.