I bought it as an engagement gift for my fiancée and regret it so bad. A failed sender can cause the transmission to stay in a lower gear. It shifts a little hard from 1st to 2nd, fine into 3rd, and will go into 4th. This sensor uses a D-shaped connector. It's covered by a silver heat proof shroud and is held in by a single bolt. An automatic transmission is hydraulically controlled and designed to shift smoothly. Can anyone shed some light to this and help me understand these issues.
I had a friend at a transmission shop scan it with a European scanner and it had a bunch of codes for the transmision sensors stored. Otherwise, it didn't show any wiring faults or anything like that, I will prob just swap out the sensor this weekend and report back here. The support bracket must be removed. You need to know your speed, otherwise you may get pulled over for speeding. After reading your post, I realized I needed to replace the G68 sensor.
Did an error code scan on Saturday, and got this: ------------ 00281 G68 Sporadic Defective ------------ I cleared it after writing it down, and it's not come back. I went back to the dealer and had this conversation:Me: There are 3 sensors. Thanks for this thread, wudn't have known wat to do if it wudn't for this thread. A simple sensor going bad after ten years is no big deal. There should be 6-10 of them, on many cars they are under the battery.
Re: My cars shifting again Well for anyone who sees this, since i ran the car with the transmission sensor unplugged it put it in limp mode on my 99. . They are available for the following Volkswagen Beetle years: 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 06, 05, 04, 03, 02, 01, 00, 99, 98. You don't need to get it out of the car, just move it aside so you can get to the speed sensor. By continuing to browse our site you agree to our use of data and cookies. A lot of smaller shops even have them.
After that I could slide the mounting bracket just to the side giving me full access to the sensor. These are identified in the wiring diagram as G22, G38, and G68. I have inspected the wiring harness from stem to stern. I test drove the car and everything seems to be fine so far. . I already bought the sensor but when the old was replace we realized that I got the wrong part.
Bentley makes the replacement of G68 sound terrible. What in the world could be causing this no signal from the g68? Discard used stretch bolts when reinstalling transmission mount in favor of the new bolts. This will then communicate to the dashboard so you always know what speed you're going. Thanks I'm posting this because I had no luck at finding information in the forum to assist in solving the problem of our Jetta being in transmission Limp Mode. One of two sensors, this sensor specifically interacts with the transmission control module to determine shift points. G68 sensor hidden under left transmission mount was then replaced per advice of this forum. Repeatedly cleared codes and kept driving for a few days.
I've done some searching on forums and through the Skoda manual, and all I can find about the G68 is that it's located on top of an automatic gearbox!! All content is viewed and used at your own risk. I drove back and using the scanner found the code to be P0722 and P0722 pd. I have a 96 Vw Jetta. There you can find helpful folks in your area to scan your car, usually for nominal amounts of beer or pizza. I replaced the g38 in my jetta and P0715 vanished and has not returned, I have driven over sixty 60 miles and have started and shut off my car many times.
It started giving me problems like massive amount of vibration not picking up speed on full throttle and when i'm going over 100 the speed is not accurate and just stays at 100 iv checked with my gps, it says 100 but was really at 140 but I know how to control it by rpm so im good there but will fix that either way and a weird smell, she does this when ever she wants to and it pisses me off. On the oppposite rear side of the transmission is the Multi Function switch with about 6 wires coming out of it. I am calling it a success. Check your numbers; the parts guy said there was a G68 number change on later models. The gear shifting is also smooth! But they did return as expected. I want to clean the plug before simply replacing the sensor. Do I even have one?! We do not warrant the accuracy or reliability of any of the information.
The sensor can be tested with a scanner and multimeter and compared to specifications. With the 4 bolts out, lower the transmission about 2 inches to make room to move the support bracket aside. If the transmission falls out, I'll be sure to post it. Anyways, you can always google the information about it since the car parts are pretty well scattered on the net. I am getting an intermittent signal fault from the speed sensor. Once the problem has been fixed, the mechanic will reset the error codes.
I would park and once I was on my way again, the transmission would go back in to limp mode because the sensor was indeed bad. No codes thrown for a month now. I do not notice any errors in the speedometer, but the auto transmission acts up due to this. The driven gear is in mesh with the drive gear located on the output shaft at all times. As soon as pressure is applied to the gas pedal to speed up, it slips out of 4th gear, kinda like it won't downshift to 3rd.