DSG: Problems, Questions, Likes and Dislikes

[rageR]

This will be a bit tough to explain, byt let me try. This is not the rattle that happens at fast acceleration either, if you thought it is, I know about that one.

What happens is this - I drive 60-70 km/h in D7, rolling essentially. Then the road starts going uphill and the car is still in D7. The revs are about 1500 and when you'd expect it to jump to D6 or D5 it stays in D7 but starts stuttering, just like if you were driving manual car 20km/h in 5th gear and press accelerator all the way. Exactly the same.

Now I have to press accelerator half way or even more to kick into D6 or D5. This doesn't happen always, somethimes it goes nicely in D6, no problem at all. But my problem occurs at least 3-4 times a day.

I tried going into manual, slowing down to 40-50km/h in 7th and pressing accelerator. while you can feel the car is struggling to pull there is no stutter at all, just when in auto.

I notice that a very slight stuuter is also present when accelerating in other gears, sometimes is not noticeable but most of the time it's there, even ever so slight. Even my wife noticed it.

Also, when shifting gears in manual mode, sometimes it's instant sometimes it takes about 1-2 seconds to switch the gear, especially when downshifting, e.g. from 4th to 3rd.

When in heavy traffic the car now feels very jumpy going through D1/2/3, while it was always smooth as.

It's the 118 TSI, one years old, 26000km with new engine fitted at 15000. Yes, that software thing.

The fuel consumption is gone from 6.5 to 8.0 for exactly same daily trip, exactly same driving style and conditions. And I also noticed some rough idling, not only when cold (that's ok) but at all times.

Any deas, any experiences? Is my DSG cactus?

Engine, Air Con problems, now this ... ayyyyy ....

Sorry to hear mate.
Hope it gets fixed.
I had the same problem on my 118 tsi dsg.
Hence the change to a mk6 gti 6 speed manual.
So much more reliable.
Not planning on going back to dsg Till they fix all the problems.

[rs73]

haven't got any issues in mine but it's 6sp DSG...

[prise]

As described thats not normal - a 7spd DSG should be smooth and fast shifting once its rolling. Let us know what the dealer finds.

[REXman]

Hey guys, took the R outbfor another wrap last night, and had been cruising in a high gear like 5th or 6th for about 5 minutes straight at maybe 50-60km/h.. So very slow.

As I go over a speed bump, I go to (half-travel of the pedal) floor it, and it just revved out like it was in neutral. Once it nearly hit redline and I backed off, it then finally engaged.

Needless to say I didn't go straight home after that, so i went for a short strap but all seemed fine onwards from that. Tried LC twice and no problem. Shifted through a few gears and took a few corners just to "test" it and it seemed absolutely fine, now.

A little clunk etc is to be expected.. But a proper miss of gear? Is that normal ? It's only happened once I'm the 870kms.

Feedback welcome.

[blutopless2]

get it looked at... a little clunk when changing gears? no... should be smooth. mine used to be great when in "manual" mode and would change all the time really smooth but in auto it would clunk between gears when under about 50% throttle, hard throttle and it would be better.
missed gears is a concern... mine started to do it in first on hills. would rev but not engage the gear.
have had mine replaced since and its magnificent, super smooth changes that you struggle to detect even under moderate acceleration etc.

[thezoneR32]

Mine can be a little weird when its cold, but then sorts itself out after gaining some heat. Sometimes when enetering a really slow corner and then planting it the dsg will change down into first and scream like a bitch, which is really embarrasing.

[VW Central]

My car after all the modifications is mental and I noticed a little bit of slipping. So I upgraded to the 500HP SSP clutch pack and never looked back

[MkVIGTI]

I find that when you are rolling, the gears can be a little bit slow to engage when you push the accelerator. Thought it was just how it is like the slight delay on takeoff.

[VW Central]

Hey guys, took the R outbfor another wrap last night, and had been cruising in a high gear like 5th or 6th for about 5 minutes straight at maybe 50-60km/h.. So very slow.

As I go over a speed bump, I go to (half-travel of the pedal) floor it, and it just revved out like it was in neutral. Once it nearly hit redline and I backed off, it then finally engaged.

Needless to say I didn't go straight home after that, so i went for a short strap but all seemed fine onwards from that. Tried LC twice and no problem. Shifted through a few gears and took a few corners just to "test" it and it seemed absolutely fine, now.

A little clunk etc is to be expected.. But a proper miss of gear? Is that normal ? It's only happened once I'm the 870kms.

Feedback welcome.

Do you have a tune in your car or is it still stock?

[Prodigy]

Hey guys, took the R outbfor another wrap last night, and had been cruising in a high gear like 5th or 6th for about 5 minutes straight at maybe 50-60km/h.. So very slow.

As I go over a speed bump, I go to (half-travel of the pedal) floor it, and it just revved out like it was in neutral. Once it nearly hit redline and I backed off, it then finally engaged.

Needless to say I didn't go straight home after that, so i went for a short strap but all seemed fine onwards from that. Tried LC twice and no problem. Shifted through a few gears and took a few corners just to "test" it and it seemed absolutely fine, now.

A little clunk etc is to be expected.. But a proper miss of gear? Is that normal ? It's only happened once I'm the 870kms.

Feedback welcome.

Mine did a similar thing the other night but mine was from cold, went around a left hand corner and as i went to accelerate tacho just flew around towards redline as if it had gone into neutral, as you did, i quickly backed off and it went into gear. Thankfully hasn't happened again since.