Auto transmission faulty?

alexpb22

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Aug 26, 2014
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I’m hoping some of you may have some ideas of this or even have had it happen yourselves.

My 2004 1.9tdi auto Alhambra has trouble shifting up gears for around the first 10/15minutes of driving. Eventually it settles down and sometimes I don’t get it at all.

It will basically stay in first gear and over rev around the 3 or 4 revs mark when trying to go above 20mph. Eventually it will suddenly jolt into the next gear up but I can literally have the acceleration peddle flat on the floor and get no power.

After driving for a while it settles down and operates as normal with no further problems.

Any ideas what this could be?

I wondered whether the fluid was low but there isn’t a dipstick that I can see and the garage said it was quite a major job having to remove the engine and stuff to be able to check it/top it up. Does this sound right as I would have thought accessing the transmission fluid should be fairly straightforward?
 
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