I joined this group after researching threads on 'Mechtronic Units'. Apologies if I am covering old ground.

Driving up the Pacific Highway on Monday morning (peak hour) my GTI suddenly popped out of gear and no matter what I did I could not get it back into gear. The car slowly rolled to a halt. The engine was still running but it would not go into Drive/S/R/Anything?

I went to push the car off the road but found it was somehow stuck? Almost like it was still in gear? 4 hours later, tow truck arrives, 2 days later my mechanic gives me the bad news - Mechtronic Unit is dead. He has quoted me $4800 to replace it.

I am resolved to the fact I need a new Unit but I guess I want to know a couple of things. 1) Do I have a case with VW - my 2007 model has 72000Ks. Unfortunately out of warranty. 2) In other peoples replacement examples, how long does it take for the part to arrive? I have a new baby and my wife really needs a car at the moment.

Would appreciate any advice and suggestions.