DSG knocked out of gear...?

[kingbilly]

Was in a supermarket car park this morning doing a bit of shopping...on driving off I was in manual mode (DSG) in 1st gear and doing about 5mph...didn't quite take a corner right and clipped it with my rear wheel (didn't damage the monza...phew...!!!)...straightened up and started to accelerate...but had no drive at all as if car was in neutral.

Wouldn't have thought you could knock the car out of gear...and certainly not by a slight knock on a rear wheel.

Took the car for a spirited run after that with plenty of gear-changing and all was well.

Comments / thoughts most welcome.

Thank you,
Billy

[Steve30]

Sounds like the mecatronic unit is over heating , its known problem with DSG's. There have been many threads on this issue, do a search on DSG problems. Its called loss of drive , ive had it on my ed30 when pulling out of JCT, yes its bit scary when you see a car coming at  you with no drive!! Hope you get it sorted soon 

[kingbilly]

Steve,

What do you mean by overheating...?

I had been out driving earlier for about 10 minutes...engine then switched of for 10 minutes...and then a 5 minute drive to the supermarket...walk round the shop for 15 minutes...started car up again...and then fault occurred.

Thank you,
Billy

[TagnuT]

Sounds like the mecatronic unit is over heating , its known problem with DSG's. There have been many threads on this issue, do a search on DSG problems. Its called loss of drive , ive had it on my ed30 when pulling out of JCT, yes its bit scary when you see a car coming at  you with no drive!! Hope you get it sorted soon 

Was yours a one off occurrence or did it need fixing?

[Steve30]

My Ed30 only did it every blue moon, I bought the car from new did 12k miles and it started doing it from about 5k miles. I did make the service manger aware of it and he offered to replace the unit (big Job) or new gear box, but I just lived with it TBH then sold the car back to them and got 18k aginst a new Mk6 GTD. In the states VW issued a re -call on some DSG box's!! Its in the forum somwhere GTI james sufferd the same problems!! 

[Saint Steve]

Signs of faulty mech's units, normally start with bad 1st gear pull off, not smooth gear changes and slow take up in reverse.

As per other reply on OP's heading, doubt its the Mech unit.

Did the dashboard gears flash all at once when it failed??

[TagnuT]

My Ed30 only did it every blue moon, I bought the car from new did 12k miles and it started doing it from about 5k miles. I did make the service manger aware of it and he offered to replace the unit (big Job) or new gear box, but I just lived with it TBH then sold the car back to them and got 18k aginst a new Mk6 GTD. In the states VW issued a re -call on some DSG box's!! Its in the forum somwhere GTI james sufferd the same problems!! 

I remember now. Didn't they extend the warranty on the DSG boxes in the states?

[Steve30]

Yes they did, I think box's were faulty from 2005 onwards don't qoute me on that though. Even now there are still problems with them on the MK5's. My GTD seems to be working well touch wood!! I know this much I would only ever have DSG its a fantastic piece of engineering, just amazes me every day 

[johnford60]

My gear changes are jerky when cold when using manual, also when i put it into reverse i have to wait ages for reverse to engage, if i dont and touch the throttle it clonks into gear. Sometimes when pulling out of junction it takes ages to fully engage clutch, almost liek clutch slip.... My VW warranty has just ran out too

Should i extened and claim??

[Steve30]

My gear changes are jerky when cold when using manual, also when i put it into reverse i have to wait ages for reverse to engage, if i dont and touch the throttle it clonks into gear. Sometimes when pulling out of junction it takes ages to fully engage clutch, almost liek clutch slip.... My VW warranty has just ran out too

Should i extened and claim??

Yes I would if I was you mate, your talking a lot money for DSG box's