DSG Question

[sVWatt]

1.2tsi DSG. No roll back ever. Period. DSG sometime slower to change down a gear at lower rpm, but on the money at middle to upper revs. No judder ever. Period.

Judder, rolling backwards, strange noises .... Take it back. If it doesn't do what it says on the packet, you might have a Friday 4.55pm lemon.

[Hail22]

Roll back was never an issue, also for a weird reason if you depress the brake really hard and release guess what? your car shouldn't roll forward thats what my car does xD

[piston broke]

I've had my GTi for about a week now, and I have a query about some experiences I've had with the DSG box. I have mainly been running the box in manual mode only. I also try to avoid activating the hill assist by slowly pulling to a stop and not putting to much pressure on the brake pedal the car seems to operate in a more conventional "auto" mode which is what I am more familiar with. There have been two instances that when I have gone to pull away there has been no drive on a slight incline where the car just continues to roll back. I blip the throttle trying to get the drive engaged but no luck. First time I shifted back to D (drive) and the car again had forward drive. The second time, this did not work, and when blipping the throttle the engine was just dying and no drive even in D. I shifted to R to try and get the transmission to respond and eventually it did, shifting back into D and finally getting moving.
My query is, does this appear to be an "operator error" and I need to get used to the box and should I use the hill assist and get the DSG to do its thing. Or does this appear to be a fault. I've only experienced this in manual mode not D or S mode.

Any ideas?

[markwid]

I also try to avoid activating the hill assist by slowly pulling to a stop and not putting to much pressure on the brake pedal

^ Don't do this.

You need to press brake pedal firm, then DSG knows what to do, whether there is need for hill assist on incline or just 1st gear for normal takeoff.

[RoknRob]

I agree with Markwid. I had a similar experience to you, piston broke. Almost rolled into the car behind me. Has never happened since I've followed the advice above.

[PoloDave]

also, when pressing the brake pedal too lightly will cause the clutch to slip all the time and possibly overheat

[wai]

also, when pressing the brake pedal too lightly will cause the clutch to slip all the time and possibly overheat

..........Actually the disengaging of the clutches is not based on brake pressure, but a brake pedal switch.

[PoloDave]

same effect. releasing brake pressure while still holding the car in place can result in the switch not being activated and having the clutch re-engage and slip

I know mine does

[piston broke]

Cheers all,

Looks like I need more practice with the DSG.

[funtastic]

I find my DSG gears down quite a bit when i am breaking to maintain speed down steep hills. Usually it drops as low as 3rd doing 60 - 70km/h causing the engine to rev quite a bit. I would have expected it to gear down maybe 1 or 2 gears but this seems a bit extreme to me. Normally I avoid this by switching to manual mode when approaching the hill.

I would appreciate other peoples opinions on whether this is to be expected or not.