Can anyone offer advice on an occasional problem I have with selecting reverse gear. In particular if anyone is aware of this being a known problem and whether I ought to ask VW to investigate.
Over the last few weeks I occasionally have difficulty selecting reverse gear. It only ever happens first thing in the morning, particularly on cold days.
My morning routine involves reversing out of the garage, then declutching and selecting neutral while I wait for my daughter to jump in the passenger seat. Curiously, the problem never occurs when I first select reverse to pull out of the garage. It happens when I select reverse again while on the driveway. There is a slight downward slope away from my garage.
On a few occasions, I can eventually select reverse by engaging first, then declutching and with a bit of persuasion can select reverse. This morning, it was more severe- reverse wouldn't engage, I put the clutch in, found first, declutched, tried again-it would not go into reverse at all. In the end I just rolled backwards off the drive.
The box works beautifully in all other gears and at all other times.
Would appreciate any thoughts.