Auto Shifter Issues on 2009 TDi

[carmoda]

Hi,


I just inherited my wife's old ride - a 2009 Tiguan 2.0 TDi 4motion auto. I am using it to keep the miles down on my Landcruiser however I do like the little Gal as she is very quiet and fuel efficient (the car, not the wife).


What am i here? Well I have a few problems that nobody (mechanics) have been able to help with so i am hoping someone here might be able to shine some light on.


I am having difficultly getting the shifter to select the vanilla 'drive; mode. It is slipping straight into 'manual' mode. my only choice is to pop it further in 'sport' mode. Not ideal. Interestingly we had a problem recently with the reverse lights not coming on and both the dealer (austral vw) and the local VW expert wanted upwards of $4000 to take out the transmission to fix. oddly, the reverse lights started to work when this new problem started. it's looking like a linkage issue, however I would have thought they would be mostly electronic.

[Umai Naa!!]

Either the cable is out of adjustment, or there's an issue with the shifter mechanism under the centre console.

[carmoda]

Umai,

what level of effort is involved getting access to the shifter mechanism / linkage? do you know of a dismantle guide anywhere online? I ask my wife and i have made a decision not to invest in repairs to the car. ..that and two places (mechanics) have had a shot and we have wasted circa $1600 in labor thus far.