DSG: Problems, Questions, Likes and Dislikes

[MkVIGTI]

I haven't experienced any slippage of the box or it shifting into neutral yet. One thing I noticed is that when you coast in D, the trip computer will read 0L/100km. But if you coast in N, the trip computer will not be 0L/100km. They must be using different calculating methods.

[Corey_R]

I haven't experienced any slippage of the box or it shifting into neutral yet. One thing I noticed is that when you coast in D, the trip computer will read 0L/100km. But if you coast in N, the trip computer will not be 0L/100km. They must be using different calculating methods.

Hey MkVIGTI. Firstly, don't coast in N with a DSG, because the gearbox won't be getting lubricated properly and may overheat (this is documented in the owners manual).

But next, the behavour you describe is true of any (most?) manual cars - but not (most?) auto's. Keep in mind that the DSG whilst categorised as an "auto" is really just two manual gearboxes strapped together with an automated clutch/shifting operation.

In a manual gear, when you are coasting in gear, as long as the revs are high enough, the motion of the car back through the wheels and drivetrain is enough to turn over the engine without any fuel being supplied. Therefore the fuel consumption is 0 - or 0L/100km. However, as soon as you take the car out of gear and place it in Neutral, or put your foot on the clutch whilst it's in gear, you're then disconnecting the gearbox and wheels from the engine. This means the car needs to supply fuel to the engine to keep it idling.

[hooba]

There is a good reason why truck drivers refer to neutral as "Angel Gear"...

[MkVIGTI]

Just learnt something new today then, thanks Corey

[ian]

I had my GT Golf serviced at Camden GTI yesterday and Bea found a heap of fault codes for the DSG He cleared them but they came back
He refereed me to Barlow's at Five dock ,and he even rang the Service Foreman explaining the faults so its booked in for next Tuesday ,
I'll let you all know the out come .

[Fixxxer]

I like everything about the DSG, except:
1. Having to stop at the bottom of my driveway (to make sure 1st gear is selected) before driving up (it's a steep driveway). Unless 1st gear is selected, 2nd gear just slipppppppps the whole way up. AND:
2. Stop start traffic, if you don't stop the car completely (for it to go into 1st gear) then accelerating in 2nd gear sometimes slippppppppps most of the way from say 5km/h to 25km/h before changing to 3rd at about 30km/h. Very weird!

Fixxxer

[Corey_R]

1. Having to stop at the bottom of my driveway (to make sure 1st gear is selected) before driving up (it's a steep driveway). Unless 1st gear is selected, 2nd gear just slipppppppps the whole way up.

You don't have to stop. Just push the DSG lever to the left (i.e. into M) and it'll automatically swap from 2nd to 1st and stay there. Then you can pull it back to the right after you're on the street/flat. I do that as well as I've got a 3m+ raise in around 8m! (it's a stupid driveway, I don't know how the council let them build it that steep... even the council inspectors have fallen down it whilst WALKING).

2. Stop start traffic, if you don't stop the car completely (for it to go into 1st gear) then accelerating in 2nd gear sometimes slippppppppps most of the way from say 5km/h to 25km/h before changing to 3rd at about 30km/h. Very weird!

Don't be too concerned about that. Since you have a 6 speed DSG like me, our clutches are bathed in oil. This keeps them from overheating.

[wooduck]

On the subject of the DSG hillholder, there seems to be long delay before it releases the brake and you can move. Can it be adjusted or is that it.

[AdamD]

On the subject of the DSG hillholder, there seems to be long delay before it releases the brake and you can move. Can it be adjusted or is that it.

You don't have to wait till it releases; just apply throttle and the brake will release as you pull away (there is some minor hesitation before the brakes release). Waiting till the hill hold feature times out is defeating the purpose of the feature.

[HPSOV]

The hill holder is terrible. Mine will hold for its set time (seems about 2 seconds) regardless of my attempts to accelerate. The car just pulls against the brakes revving and going nowhere. Then all of a sudden it releases and you head off with a jolt. Others have mentioned the same thing.
I have found 2 ways round it. One is to use the handbrake and take your foot off the brake, then do a normal manual hill start with the handbrake. The other is to go from the brake to the accelerator VERY quickly, the hill holder then lets go straight away. You have to wait for the car infront to have started moving to do this, but this works well for me and is how I always drive off on hills.