DSG: Problems, Questions, Likes and Dislikes

[Capercat]

hmmm I'm curious about this comment on their site
"The DSG computer will no longer initiate steps to shed engine torque when the factory 350nm limit is reached"

I thought that was an old wives tale??? Even a mild ecu reflash on an R would exceed 350nm I'd expect so a dsg retune would almost be a neccessity?

Good question, I haven't really looked into it as I'm a manual guy, but having driven an R DSG I concur with some of the concerns. I only know of two guys with the DSG flash, but they're MKV's. Phone up City & ask some questions.

[REXman]

So I explained in the DSG thread, my situation about my, at the time, first occurrence of DSG slippage.

For those that missed it, I was traveling very slowly over a speed hump, as I finished the short descent from the ramp bit, I went to press half throttle and it just redlined on me. I backed off the accelerator and let the revs drop, and then once the revs dropped low enough the DSG grabbed a gear and I was good.

Well, unfortunately today, I went through a roundabout and as I drove out of it, I went to accelerate and it redlined again.. so I let the revs drop I went to accelerate and it redlined again.. I let the revs drop again, I went to accelerate and it redlined again.. This time though it wasn't just a quick snap to redline.. It was about half the speed, and felt like a loose slip of the gears.

4 times all up today, and then finally, it went into gear.

I hate to say it but it might be time for a service center visit. I don't feel like I could lend my car to anyone close to me at the moment.

Still loving my car, anyone else have any further experiences?

[Corey_R]

I've only had it happen the once (as per my previous post a few pages back)

I think that when it happens you need to wait until it has changed gear before accelerating again. So by accelerating and taking it to the redline it was staying in this "fail safe" mode or whatever the reason this new "idiosyncrasy" has appeared for. That is at least how I remember it when it happened for me.

In one of the threads that this was mentioned, someone said that they had reported it to their service centre and they were told that VW are aware of the problem. But since you've had this happen several times, I'd give them a call and discuss it.

[REXman]

Hey Corey you reckon maybe time for a separate thread just for the slipping of the DSG? Not sure if the GTI has copped it as well?

But this DSG thread is for absolutely anything likes etc, and at 35 pages I feel my problem might get left a bit behind.

[weewilly]

I've had slippage a couple of times. haven't been concerned because it feels exactly like a miss gear in manuel tranny. I don't hear any gears crunching or heavy metal on metal thuds. Besides its fully covered with my 5 year warranty.

[dave_r]

But this DSG thread is for absolutely anything likes etc, and at 35 pages I feel my problem might get left a bit behind.

Fair point, I only looked cos I saw your "moved" topic.

Don't remember where I posted it but a couple times I've had it bounce off the limiter for a second or 2 going from 1st to 2nd. From memory it happened at the same time as being full lock turning so traction control might have been trying to step in and everything getting a bit confused.

Haven't seen anything like what you have Rex and I've been driving the car pretty hard now. Done about 2500kms and it feels like its all loosening up nicely.

[Corey_R]

Hey Corey you reckon maybe time for a separate thread just for the slipping of the DSG? Not sure if the GTI has copped it as well?

But this DSG thread is for absolutely anything likes etc, and at 35 pages I feel my problem might get left a bit behind.

Not at this stage, cause this is really the only actual "DSG problem" at the moment (anything else seems to be just new VW owner's unfamiliarity with the box or people not liking the eco-ness of the D mode). So if there is enough conversation to keep the topic on the 1st page, people will look...

Let us know what the service guys say. I would really be interested in whether it has been reported up the chain to VW and whether there will be a DSG software update or something coming...

[brisgtimkv]

So I explained in the DSG thread, my situation about my, at the time, first occurrence of DSG slippage.

For those that missed it, I was traveling very slowly over a speed hump, as I finished the short descent from the ramp bit, I went to press half throttle and it just redlined on me. I backed off the accelerator and let the revs drop, and then once the revs dropped low enough the DSG grabbed a gear and I was good.

Well, unfortunately today, I went through a roundabout and as I drove out of it, I went to accelerate and it redlined again.. so I let the revs drop I went to accelerate and it redlined again.. I let the revs drop again, I went to accelerate and it redlined again.. This time though it wasn't just a quick snap to redline.. It was about half the speed, and felt like a loose slip of the gears.

4 times all up today, and then finally, it went into gear.

I hate to say it but it might be time for a service center visit. I don't feel like I could lend my car to anyone close to me at the moment.

Still loving my car, anyone else have any further experiences?

that is not normal and i don't know if it's 'slippage'. were you in manual or d and did you get to see what gears you were in? does it happen if you creep slowly up a hill and then accelerate?

[Danny]

Just typed "DSG Slipping" Into Google, and there seems to be threads from all sorts of VW Fanboy forums. Seems like a common issue here and there. Be interesting to see what the cause is.

[brisgtimkv]

probably the usual 98% driver error and 2% genuine problem conflated into a gigantic internet sh*t pie. hesitation, jerkiness, a demented desire to slam my car into trees etc. all phenomena i'm yet to encounter over 2 dsg boxes and heaps of test drives over 4 years.