DSG: Problems, Questions, Likes and Dislikes

[flappa]

Still Handy to know though, thanks

[Pepe]

First off, I love the DSG. Had always been a manual driver, but now living in Sydney and dealing with traffic... just wouldn't want to do it with a manual. Love the smoothness when driving (not the stop-start stuff) and Sport mode, oooooh yeah Be even better with those S2TPP paddles in.

But... 2 things in the last week have occurred that I haven't been real happy about.

Firstly, my car lives in an underground garage in my apartment block, not exposed to the elements at all. Jumped in one morning last week, let it warm up a min or two before driving off. Put it in D and there was a VERY loud thump/bang before I'd applied any acceleration. The whole car shook from it. Hasn't done it again, but whatever it was, repeatedly doing that is going to break something for sure. Had to get out to make sure nothing was in a smoking heap underneath the car.

Secondly, driving north over the lovely Harbour bridge here in Sydney, just on the southern approach slightly up hill, a gear change (again, in D) that went nowhere. Must have been a 3rd to 4th shift I think, but it missed a gear! It very quickly revved itself to the redline before I had a chance to take my foot off the accelerator, at which point, it re-engaged 3rd and I had drive again.

[airbusa380]

Drive a MkV Gti... always was a manual driver before, but with sydney traffic and my age.... i thought a DSG would be easier.

love the smoothness for normal driving....

when u need to downshift, sometimes it hesitates.... especially going into 4th gear....

lately, i've noticed that in going from 3rd to 2nd, on certain occasions, there;s also a clunk that i can hear.

one thing which bothers me is the hesitation...in D to R.... it thinks.... and then engages....

prob one thing i can't work out is, why the engine drinks so much oil! it's a great gearbox, but i hope the Mk6 is better than the MkV......

[mfl]

prob one thing i can't work out is, why the engine drinks so much oil! it's a great gearbox, but i hope the Mk6 is better than the MkV......

I just added 250ml of oil after 14,000km and that was with mainly city driving, how much oil have you used ?.

the last oil guzzler I owned was VS Holden Berlina, which used 1.5l every 5,000kms. !

[Corey_R]

My MKV GTI used lots of oil too! Sounds as though it may have something to do with how the car was run in (my MKV was not run in by me unfortunately). If the engine is "babied" too much, and doesn't get enough load and revs during the (early part especially of the) break-in period, the rings don't bed/seal against the cylinder walls properly, leading to increased oil blow by.

[cameronp]

Did you get the basic VCDS dongle which only works with Golfs? Or the proper one which is only $100 more but works with every single VW/Audi model there is?

I'm getting just the basic one - couldn't really see the point in the expensive one when the cheaper one works with my car just fine and I don't know anyone with a VAG car that isn't a Mk5/Mk6 Golf.

Having said that I do not believe I am seeing or measuring the delay that scares people. I think this is something different and (I have a hunch) the additional torque available via the tune ameliorates this issue. Will keep looking. Will also do some timing from brake release to movement by holding accelerator against brake, to see if that is any quicker.

Thinking about this some more: After the first 100-200km or so (when I guess the DSG was still self-adjusting itself), I've only ever seen "scary" delays when trying to take off quickly from a near-standstill or walking pace, not from when actually stopped.

[skeep]

I've had the mk6 GTI for about 7000km now. Been pretty happy with the DSG.

It's had a few funny moments, or rather this driver has had a few funny moments with the gearbox. Generally I've got used to the manual shift, but occasionally i forget the orientation of the gear up and down. Makes more sense that you push forward to drop a gear and pull back to go up a gear, has led to an embarrassing 1st gear redline oppps.

Tested out launch control at 3,500 rpm for the first time about 2 weeks ago. Holy heck it was moving and thats with 3 people in the car. Nice smell of burnt rubber. Still love the down shift blips and the upshift farts.

Keep thinking I should get this thing chipped to stage 1, but living half way between syd and bris is a pain.

[rs73]

What I found is in a stop-start traffic crawl just before the car comes to a standstill, with DSG in first gear (e.g. D1) and I can feel the engine vibrates a little bit as the rev goes down to stall point before the clutch engages...

Not sure if that is normal operation or not... so far engine has never stalled but its the same feeling you get when driving a manual car and you didn't clutch in when you almost come to a stop, causing the engine to go near stall...

[Corey_R]

It's had a few funny moments, or rather this driver has had a few funny moments with the gearbox. Generally I've got used to the manual shift, but occasionally i forget the orientation of the gear up and down. Makes more sense that you push forward to drop a gear and pull back to go up a gear, has led to an embarrassing 1st gear redline oppps.

Yeah, it's frustratingly the wrong way around in Volkswagen cars

[Ryan_R]

Yeah, it stops me using the tiptronic since I know that as soon as I stop concentrating on the gear changes, I'll go back to instinct and shift the wrong way. Makes me want to get the paddles fitted to the car.