Hey all,

driving home yesterday, turning left "with care" at a steepish set of lights, downshift and put the foot down because why not and immediately feel as if i've put it into 5th instead of 3rd. The whole car's stuttering and shaking. Check the gear, it's right, the RPMs are high 3.5-4k o it should be fine but it's still shaking just at a higher frequency. The CEL started to blink within a minute

Tried again this morning and it was idling roughly when cold (ok when warmed up). Took it for a 10 min drive to try to flush anything out but it made no difference. It feels like it's two gears too high and it doesnt go away at higher revs, just becomes less annoying. I definitely feel a loss of power.

I put it in neutral when going about 80ks downhill once it was warmed up and revved the engine, sounded fine didn't feel the stutter so it was only happening when under load/clutch engaged. It was still stuttering if i put it in 5th and let it coast downhill


'06 Polo gti manual
about 150K on the clock


anyone had a similar experience?