Well see, I do that on my 96' Honda but all that stopped since my last 2 cars since 2008. I have never had to do that on the GTI so I know something is wrong.
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Hard Shifting Reverse and 1st gear!?
- Thread starter lamaface
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Yes it's at the dealer right now. Yeah i'm anxious to know also, once I know something from the dealer i'll post it here bro.
But if it's not working properly they should replace it right? I even got the extended warranty for things like this. Would the clutch disc be covered under warranty?
Thomason84
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It would not be the clutch disc. The disc is the friction material sandwiched between the pressure plate and the flywheel. There are only a few items that can cause this issue and usually it is these items: (listed in order from most common to least common)
1) Slave cylinder
2) Throw out bearing (doubtful given your testamony)
3) Low fluid in the slave cylinders' master cylinder
4) Master cylinder
ncampos976
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with how many clutches i have seen exploding, i wouldn't throw it out of the equation. usually they cover it under power train, due to all the clutches that have been failing.
Thomason84
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Agreed there seems to be a lot of people with clutch issues but, hard shifting can not be caused by the clutch plate.
Is it easy to check if the slave cylinder is working properly? Or do I have to get under the car for that? Also I believe I checked the brake reservoir last night and I could'nt really tell if the fluid was low or not because the plastic is really not that visible, but the fluid was at the lower part of the reservoir. Is it the same reservoir for the clutch? I would even like to check the shift cables if I have time.
Thomason84
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If 2nd through 6th is fine then I doubt its the linkage. And unfortunetly all you can do for the slave is have someone press your clutch several times and listen for air and watch for leaks.
ncampos976
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the slave cylinder is inside the transmission. so not much you get to see.
Dammit! I guess i'll have to check if I can listen for air or see any leaks. The pictures I saw did show that the slave cylinder was on the transmission but wasn't sure if you can see it somehow from the engine bay or not. Thanks for all the help guys! I'll keep you guys posted if anything else happens.
Thomason84
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Well thats good to know
ncampos976
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if there is any sort of leak, your brake fluid would be low and it could possibly be leaking out the tranny , you would have to look under your car to see it. there is a little hole and it could come out of there
I had the same issue started out with only first the progressively got worse to the point it happened from first to all the way to fourth. It was a bad slave cylinder seems to be pretty common with the mk6. I got the whole clutch replaced and I'm only at 19k. Hope this helps.
So you're driving the car now and its normal?