transmission and a/c

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1997 vw jetta gl, 2.0L. i bought my car over a year ago and it is a very good car. i have 96,000 miles on it and recently my transmission will hesitate. when i stop at a red light my car will jerk it self into 1st, really hard and sometime into 2nd as well. my tranny is an automatic so i took it to the dealer and they said my tranny fluid was low so they drained the fluid and put new fluid into it. it worked fine for a few days then it started again. i looked under my car to see if it is leaking but i can't find anything wet. i do have mechanical skills, im a heavy equipment mech. in the marine corps. but i dont want to break something on my car and have to spend more money to fix it!! one more hing is my A/C leaks watter out of the vents and my carpet keeps getting wet, also my vents will smoke a little bit when i turn it on. any suggestions would help me out right now. thanks
Jan 15, 2007 at 2:05 AM
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[quote:8ea40aa3e8="stafman"]1997 vw jetta gl, 2.0L. i bought my car over a year ago and it is a very good car. i have 96,000 miles on it and recently my transmission will hesitate. when i stop at a red light my car will jerk it self into 1st, really hard and sometime into 2nd as well. my tranny is an automatic so i took it to the dealer and they said my tranny fluid was low so they drained the fluid and put new fluid into it. it worked fine for a few days then it started again. i looked under my car to see if it is leaking but i can't find anything wet. i do have mechanical skills, im a heavy equipment mech. in the marine corps. but i dont want to break something on my car and have to spend more money to fix it!! one more hing is my A/C leaks watter out of the vents and my carpet keeps getting wet, also my vents will smoke a little bit when i turn it on. any suggestions would help me out right now. thanks[/quote:8ea40aa3e8]

Hey staf
When you took it to the dealer, did they scan the car for any codes? Did they do a complete tranny flush? Or just a filter/fluid replace?
Your other issue sounds like it could be either the drain for the heater core/ac core assy is clogged or the heater caore is leaking. Let us know!

Chris
Jan 15, 2007 at 4:54 AM
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chris,
the dealership just did a filter/fluid change. would it help if they did a complete tranny flush? they did scan for code and all i had to have replaced was my mass air flow sensor. after they replaced that i don't think i had the engine scaned again. where would i find the clog at?
Jan 15, 2007 at 1:44 PM
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