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Offline Rollsey

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My car feels as though its going to stall but has a DSG box
« on: 14 November 2013, 22:24 »
I know there is a lot to read on the net but I have not found anyone talking about this problem of the car feeling like it wants to stall.

I am new to DSG boxes and I could possibly be looking for problems that aren't there but when I let the car pull me along in 2nd gear in slow moving traffic the rev counter needle drops and the car feels as though it will stall but in a split second it picks back up again.

Also I have been looking out for the juddering or kangarooing that some have been talking about and the only sign of this is when slowing down to a stop when the box selects 2nd gear and lurches very slightly, I mean it is hardly noticeable but it is there.

The car has done 88,700k and the DSG box has just had the oil and filter changed.

I have 3 months warranty with the dealer I bought it from so want to iron out all the possible defects before this is up.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

Rollsey
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Re: My car feels as though its going to stall but has a DSG box
« Reply #1 on: 16 November 2013, 10:01 »
Is it dropping revs below 700rpm? If so could be a range of breather problems affect the boxes ability to gauge gear selection?  Does it drop immediately to 1st once it realises that 2nd is too low on revs?
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Re: My car feels as though its going to stall but has a DSG box
« Reply #2 on: 19 November 2013, 17:47 »
Hello and thanks for the reply   :smiley:

I was in slow moving traffic for a while this morning so got a chance to have a good look at what was happening with my revs, when they drop they go to 6 and a half thousand and sometimes five, I feel a jolt as though the car could stall and then they immediately pick up to 7 thousand again. when I was driving through slow moving traffic this morning the car was on a hill and this fault occurred almost every time I slowed to a crawl. It happened when crawling in 2nd gear and also when the car changed down to 1st at a stop. I noticed it doesn't happen so often when crawling along on a a flat road but does still occur intermittently.
If this could be breather problems do you think this could be the reason for the slight juddering I am experiencing when the car pulls away in second gear.

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Rollsey
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