Mechantronics issues...DSG Cars....POLL. ALL DSG OWNERS ....Amended Version

[Richn83]

05 with no replacement.

However I'm not sure all is well. (So if you fancy having a go in mine Steve, I'm in Southampton.)

When you put it into drive at the lights, for example, you have to wait a second or two before pulling away or you get a clunk that I wouldn't expect. I have an Audi TTS with the same box which doesn't do it, maybe it's a VW feature!

Incidentally, if you've bought secondhand your local dealer will tell you if your car had a replacement before you bought it.

TonyZ

Mine did this Tony before service, and I also did a basic setting reset as per Ross wiki and that helped the situation alot.  Also do you put into drive while still on the brake and then accelerate or switch to drive while coming off the brake? 

[Robert74]

Hi Steve,

I have had problems but mine was the gearbox computer not the mechantronics. How should I vote or not vote?

Robert

[RedRobin]

Hi Steve,

I have had problems but mine was the gearbox computer not the mechantronics. How should I vote or not vote?

Robert

....My understanding is that the gearbox 'computer' IS the Mechatronics Module.

[bacillus]

RR is correct!   

No issues here with my 06 dsg box. 

[Robert74]

Hi Steve,

I have had problems but mine was the gearbox computer not the mechantronics. How should I vote or not vote?

Robert

....My understanding is that the gearbox 'computer' IS the Mechatronics Module.

I thought that but when I enquired with VW I was told it is an ecu for the gearbox not the mechantronics that was changed on my car.

[vRS Carl]

Voted now. 08 No issues. 74k miles

I am going to get it checked though when it's next in the garage just to see what they say as i've never had DSG before so could be driving round thinking it's normal  

You have a dsg Octavia Carl ??  

Or have you bought a new chariot?

Yup I have the Blue Bullet Petrol vRS which is manual and the Silver Slingshot Diseasel which is a DSG. Same box (02E?) as the VW ones

[RedRobin]

Hi Steve,

I have had problems but mine was the gearbox computer not the mechantronics. How should I vote or not vote?

Robert

....My understanding is that the gearbox 'computer' IS the Mechatronics Module.

I thought that but when I enquired with VW I was told it is an ecu for the gearbox not the mechantronics that was changed on my car.

....You were told by your VW dealer or VW UK?

I still interpret them as the same - It's all one unit, see the pic in the link below -  But I stand to be corrected:

http://www.volkswagen.com/vwcms/master_public/virtualmaster/en2/experience/innovation/powertrain/dsg6/mechatronics.html

[Matt23]

No issues with my 07 reg GTI DSG, 27,000 miles. My vote added

Matt

[Robert74]

Hi Steve,

I have had problems but mine was the gearbox computer not the mechantronics. How should I vote or not vote?

Robert

....My understanding is that the gearbox 'computer' IS the Mechatronics Module.

I thought that but when I enquired with VW I was told it is an ecu for the gearbox not the mechantronics that was changed on my car.

....You were told by your VW dealer or VW UK?

I still interpret them as the same - It's all one unit, see the pic in the link below -  But I stand to be corrected:

http://www.volkswagen.com/vwcms/master_public/virtualmaster/en2/experience/innovation/powertrain/dsg6/mechatronics.html

I was told by VW UK. My car is still covered by a genuine VW extended warranty which it came with when I bought from a VW dealer.

[Beddie]

2008 57 reg ED30 here, jerky when setting off and in reverse plus stalling in 'D' intermittently, new mechatronic fitted at 27K, on 43K now and all is still well..

[Saint Steve]

Keep up the votes guys, interesting so far, and perhaps this could be stickied somewhere mods for the time being?

[no golf clubs at all]

 

Much better! now all we need is a statistically valid number of entries.

[AlanEdition30]

Not sure what to put for my 07 dsg, as it did lurch every now and again and has done it to me once reversing up an incline, but most of the symptoms have gone at present, perhaps mines a self healer  

[Saint Steve]

Interesting so far to see, thats theres a spike in the 57/08 GTi's with mech's replacements ,and very little failures from 55/06/56/07 plates.


Keep the results coming in, the more the better.

Might be lucky and get this stickied if ever we reach over 1000 votes

[RedRobin]

Interesting so far to see, thats theres a spike in the 57/08 GTi's with mech's replacements ,and very little failures from 55/06/56/07 plates.

Keep the results coming in, the more the better.

....Definitely the more votes the more indicative the poll results. But unfortunately, even though this is a very popular forum with a significant membership, it still only represents a relatively small percentage of the UK's DSG owners, so the results can only be a snapshot. It's still interesting and worth doing though