Whilst my daughter was driving to the VW Nationals today she had an experience of the car jumping out of first gear when taking off and accellerating.
I drove it after the show finished and I found that it did it also, as well, it feels as thought the gear lever is moving forward and back when subjected to acceleration and decelleration...could this be a loose or broken engine or gearbox mount?
Bizarre ·
My guess is it is the front mount
This happened to mine
The box effectivelt rocks on the rear mounts and this moves your gear stick back and forth
I replaced the front mount with the motor and box in place
Bit of a pain
Anyway - useless as the new one failed in a matter of months
I solved the problem once and for all by putting a semi solid mount on the gear box
Gear stick if firm - no rocking at all
Still have the dead/torn/failed 2nd front mount in there
Down side is a fair bit of engine "noise & vibration" is transmitted into the car