You've got to be a complete stop to enter "sport" mode on any of the newer VW cars. It should be locked out the rest of the time.
There are a proven track record of many fixes. However the most popular and effective is wd40 in the shifter.
blowoff valve.Pressure when you shift blowsoff and makes that exploding sound
If you shift the gear stick to the right, it is on manual. Then by pushing it forward and releasing you shift up; by pulling backward and releasing you shift down.
The transmission on this car is tiptronic, which means you can drive in automatic or clutch-less manual modes. The 'M' stands for manual, and when you put the car in this gear you can shift up ('+') or down ('-') while you drive.
The shift knob should turn and loosen to the left. By turning this to the left it will loosen and come off, then put the new on and turning to the right until it's firm.
I have a 2001 passat, in that vehicle you pull the silver button out an hold it, then you can pull the shift knob off, it takes a bit of force but it will come off. Its probably the same for a 2003
Only the toe is adjustable in the front of any 2002 Passat. Caster and Camber are not adjustable, if one side is off the only thing you can do is shift the entire subframe. There are no adjustments in the rear of a front wheel drive Passat. All wheel drive (4Motion) Passats have toe adjustments in the rear as well. They may have rear camber adjustments.
if you have the tiptronic option, try using it to up-shift into 5th.. then the car might start doing it automatically.. otherwise, you might want to get it checked out. goodluck
If you don't wear your retainer, your teeth won't start to shift until about a week from when you stopped wearing it.
you may have to replace the transmission fluid and the screen but before that ask the technician to flush your transmission
only from a stopped position. Do not try and do it on the fly. Not designed to do that.
Someone can probably explain this better than I can, but it means "Manual". Your car is probably tiptronic which means it's automatic but you can put it in "m" and should be able to shift with the center console shifter or you might have paddle shifters on your steering wheel (probably not though). Either way, you can shift up or down by using no clutch. It's really fun. Try it out one day when you're not on the freeway or in traffic by lots of people. ;)