How To Change VOLKSWAGEN JETTA Transmission Fluid And Filter! 

Go ahead and triple check the fluid on a level surface with the engine up to operating temperature. Make sure the fluid is right in the range, make sure it’s not too low, or too high. After that, you’re going to want to get the car scanned with either a good scanner, or preferably VCDS. If the fluid was too low for too long, that’s very bad for the transmission and may have cause an issue internally. So I would definitely just triple check your fluid level, make sure at operating temp there’s just a small drip coming from the plug on the bottom when you remove it, and after that, get the car scanned and see what codes it is throwing. If the fluid level is okay, VCDS is going to be vital in diagnosing the transmission, where you can look at the parameters and monitor what exactly the transmission is doing while driving. The 01M has a decent amount of valve body issues, the car I serviced in this video, I replaced the valve body on due to a hard shift condition into 3rd gear. You would have to rev to about 3500-4k RPM’s in order to get it to go into gear.

@ChaseBuiltBikes yes if it's not in limp mode it's running 3.5 rpms at 45 mph I put card board under it last night and it's still leaking from some where possibly the bottom gaskets of the coolant box. I couldn't get to those when changing the top ones tday or I didn't get a good seal when I changed the filter all of which I'm about to check. Thanks so much for your help. As a women learning the ropes of working on her own car you've been a Godsend

You’re welcome! I’m glad this helped you out, gotta miss the days of the transmission dipstick and fill tubes.

I just did a pan drop, didn’t flush the fluid so there was still some in the converter

@@ChaseBuiltBikes can you please tell me the difference in procedure for the flush?

@@ChaseBuiltBikes and what are the benefits and set backs or issues for both

Read the description, in the second line I say it’s servicing an 01M transmission. In the first sentence of the video I say it’s a 2000 VW Jetta with the 01M transmission and 1.8T.

It could be low on fluid, there may also be an issue with the valve body, possibly a sticking solenoid (Common failure point on the 01M Transmission), and lastly the transmission internals could be worn aswell. I would definitely inspect the fluid, and if that’s okay my most likely guess would be a valve body issue. It would be best to get a VAG COM cable and use VCDS to look further into the transmission.

@@ChaseBuiltBikes thank you so much for your help 🥰

@fraihhaddad8089 you’re welcome!

Thank you very much and I'm glad you enjoyed!

It depends on how long your transmission was overheated for. Changing out the fluid and filter will help, I would also inspect your transmission cooler, and make sure everything there is good. If your level was low, there wouldn’t be enough fluid to cool the unit which could lead to an overheat.

Thanks for the video. I changed my Jetta 2002 TDI automatic Trans fluid have the car level(on jacks) proper now it won't turn the wheels over?? Any thoughts?? Thanks, at a loss

Proper fluid level I might add.

@timothypeterson5847 I would just triple check your fluid level is correct, make sure that your tube is in the pan and it’s not just the plug in there, when you pull the plug you’ll see another Allen in the hole and that’s the check tube, make sure that’s in there. If the fluid level is good there possibly could be an issue with the filter, possibly it got plugged. It could also be that something got unplugged while removing the pan. I would check all connections near the transmission and on the valve body as well

@ChaseBuiltBikes thanks, it's a new filter but, stranger things have happened. It's in my (cold) garage. Maybe filter was frozen when I but it in?? Not sure. Will triple check fluid level. Many Thanks It sat for two days with the fluid out of it in my cold garage. I warmed car up to operating temp but still no go in running it trough the gears 1,2,3, D and R.

Are you looking for torque spec for reservoir or the oil cooler? The one mounted on top of the transmission? And good for you for taking action! We need more people like that.

I didn't use a fluid transfer pump while changing the fluid and the filter for the transmission I originally had a leak from the coolant box I was able to change those gaskets and stop the leak change the filter and replace the fluid but I didn't do it with a pump does that matter because now the car won't even go into gear at all I'm thinking it may be because the pump somehow pressurizes the transmission any suggestions

I was looking for the specs but I got them and we were able to get the bolts tight enough that the leak has stopped

@@sabrinafelix2511 there’s two things I would check right off the bat, one would be to double check your fluid level with the car level and the transmission warm, make sure you’re getting a ready stream out of the check hole, and two, if you just replaced the gaskets on the cooler that’s mounted on top of the transmission, check that the wire harness that runs under that cooler didn’t get pinched during installation. That’s the main harness for the transmission and it runs directly under the cooler mounted directly un top of the transmission, and if that is pinched it can cause a whole bunch of issues, including no shifting.

OK and how would I go about fixing that? Just loosen the bolts again, and what exactly am I looking for. I am a women and as I'm not your average chick I am new to working on my own shit at this level.

I’m glad to help! 😂😂😂😂