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Offline TurboTrev

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Q for DSG Owners
« on: July 13, 2011, 09:40:41 am »
My wife's just bought a DSG Polo GTI and I'm suprised that you can move the "gear" lever from D to N and vice versa while the car is moving without holding the button in.  It will also move from S to D to N, then back to D (but not back to S) without the holding the button in?  Is all of this normal, or is something broken?  Thanks.
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Re: Q for DSG Owners
« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2011, 09:49:07 am »
Thats normal. I think that it should be locked between D and N, easy to knock it out of gear.  :scared:
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Re: Q for DSG Owners
« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2011, 09:51:36 am »
It's normal  :happy2: don't worry! I thought the same thing lol
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Re: Q for DSG Owners
« Reply #3 on: July 13, 2011, 10:32:03 am »
I thought the brake pedal has to be pressed to move it?

Haven't actually tried to move it to N while driving :scared:
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Re: Q for DSG Owners
« Reply #4 on: July 13, 2011, 10:32:30 am »
Sounds normal to me  :grin:
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Re: Q for DSG Owners
« Reply #5 on: July 13, 2011, 10:45:10 am »
That is all correct Trev, you just have to be careful not to knock it into neutral on the move. I seem to remember sunglasses Ron having a incident were his passenger knocked it into neutral at 70mph. The incident seemed very strange as his passenger was allegedly leaning over toward him at the time.   :wink:  :evilgrin:
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Re: Q for DSG Owners
« Reply #6 on: July 13, 2011, 11:25:39 am »
^^^^ Thanks for all your responses.  Very odd that you can do that - seems like a safety design fault to me.
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Re: Q for DSG Owners
« Reply #7 on: July 13, 2011, 12:26:40 pm »
No worse than a manual car - that can be moved into neutral too whilst driving   :laugh: the worst thing that can happen is . . . . . You slow down
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Re: Q for DSG Owners
« Reply #8 on: July 13, 2011, 01:04:09 pm »
Although on a dsg, if you go into neutral when moving you can irreversibly damage the box as the oil circulation stops!
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Re: Q for DSG Owners
« Reply #9 on: July 13, 2011, 01:05:27 pm »
Quote from: alexperkins on July 13, 2011, 01:04:09 pm
Although on a dsg, if you go into neutral when moving you can irreversibly damage the box as the oil circulation stops!

If that is the case then even more reason for a lock between D and N. I have put it in N whilst driving before by accident thinking i was in Manual...  :scared:
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Re: Q for DSG Owners
« Reply #10 on: July 13, 2011, 01:08:33 pm »
Yeah only ever time I use n is when I'm stationary in traffic for ages
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Re: Q for DSG Owners
« Reply #11 on: July 14, 2011, 08:00:37 pm »
perfectly normal....but the part about shifting from drive to neutral and therefore cutting the oil circulation, is very true!!
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