Hi All,
About 3 or 4 times now, on a downshift 4-3 (once for sure and likely the other times too) I heard what can only be described as a missed shift - a solid "gronk" and the tranny/car then lurched into gear and carried on...
The first event was a classic DSG WTF moment as I waffled on the throttle behind a Corolla in the fast lane at 20kph less than the speed limit and 'limited' space in the lane beside to pass - lots as it turned out (I didn't know the car was so fast back then).
Since then, I have experienced 2 for sure events and I think a 3rd (stereo was cranked so am not sure) of downshifts in manual mode under breaking (4-3) where I got the "gronk!" and a jolt as the car went into gear.
VW scanned the car and saw no codes, and the car behaved normally for the technician - of course; this IS how machines behave...
This doesn't happen regularly - I am at about 11000km so far, but it has me worried as I rarely missed shifts on my true manual cars - 3 or 4 over the life of the cars usually, and here I am at that tally by 6 months in!
Any similar experiences or thoughts?
As an extended question: Does the DSG have position sensors to determine if the gear is actually IN before swapping clutches, or does the mechatronics simply port pressure to the actuator and hope...?
I have also asked this on VROC with no overly similar responses... Here's hoping!
Cheers,
Eric
About 3 or 4 times now, on a downshift 4-3 (once for sure and likely the other times too) I heard what can only be described as a missed shift - a solid "gronk" and the tranny/car then lurched into gear and carried on...
The first event was a classic DSG WTF moment as I waffled on the throttle behind a Corolla in the fast lane at 20kph less than the speed limit and 'limited' space in the lane beside to pass - lots as it turned out (I didn't know the car was so fast back then).
Since then, I have experienced 2 for sure events and I think a 3rd (stereo was cranked so am not sure) of downshifts in manual mode under breaking (4-3) where I got the "gronk!" and a jolt as the car went into gear.
VW scanned the car and saw no codes, and the car behaved normally for the technician - of course; this IS how machines behave...
This doesn't happen regularly - I am at about 11000km so far, but it has me worried as I rarely missed shifts on my true manual cars - 3 or 4 over the life of the cars usually, and here I am at that tally by 6 months in!
Any similar experiences or thoughts?
As an extended question: Does the DSG have position sensors to determine if the gear is actually IN before swapping clutches, or does the mechatronics simply port pressure to the actuator and hope...?
I have also asked this on VROC with no overly similar responses... Here's hoping!
Cheers,
Eric
