My 2008 VW Rabbit fails to shift properly when I accelerate. This issue doesn't happen every time I accelerate, but seems to happen more often the faster I accelerate. The transmission gets hung up at the top of 4th gear and won't shift to 5th. The engine will stay at 3,000 rpm, but the car won't continue accelerating and sometimes starts bucking. If I switch to manual mode, I can force the car into 5th gear and it immediately responds. After getting up to highway speed, the car occasionally misses. Any ideas? Thanks for your help

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Any check engine lights? If not could still be just a Mass Air flow running on minimum and won't make the Check engine come on or something more major like the wastegate valve on the turbo, and or the vacuum or or the vanes in the turbo seizing.
Any odd noises like air flowing could be a disconnected turbo pipe also.
You can try unplugging the mass air flow sensor and try it like that. If it runs better (not perfect) it could be just that. If it does let me know and I'll tell you what to do.

Ricardo Loranca

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• Posted on Dec 05, 2008

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throw out bearing

Phil Whisenant

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• Posted on Jan 06, 2009

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From my experience in owning a VW it souns electrical. Most issues with VWs are electrical related. Most likely a realy of some type. Could also be fuel injection but that is electronic too.

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Your clutch is goin g out on it.