Car died last night had to be recovered

[Das Auto]

As the title says my MK6 GTI died last night. I was driving and noticed that the dsg box was stuck in 2nd gear i couldnt change up or down and the display on the dash didnt recognise it was in gear I pulled up and then there was a horrible churning noise and when i accelerated the car churned asif something was grinding in the gear box untill the point it would not move in neutral or drive !!! horrible experience ??

Any ideas ??

[Snoopy]

mechatronics control unit maybe?

[Das Auto]

possibly it sounded a mechanical problem like something had fallen off car not even a year old and this happens VW have gone way down in my estimation

[am1w]

Were you not going to buy a used M3?

[Das Auto]

i test drove one and it didnt do it for me decided to hang on to money and keep the gti and now this happens

[am1w]

i test drove one and it didnt do it for me decided to hang on to money and keep the gti and now this happens

So sorry to hear this but you must never two-time a lover or a car. You young 'turks' are too, too much!
Hope it gets sorted to your satisfaction.

[GolfTi]

Ouch.  Any updates??

I think yours may have been the first mk6 GTI to die like this.

[Horney]

Sounds like the box could well have shat it's pants. Still it's under warranty so only an inconvenience not a disaster.

I love the way people are surprised when cars break. Modern cars are massively complicated and no amount of testing and quality control can completely eliminate failure. You've just been unlucky but at least it happened in the warranty period. Things like this will write off modern cars when they're over 5 years old for people like me. I could afford a 5 year old DSG GTI but I couldn't afford to repair it if the box died.

I wish your GTI a speedy recovery and remember, it could be worse. You could own a MKIII

Nick

[Wayne]

Sounds like the box could well have shat it's pants. Still it's under warranty so only an inconvenience not a disaster.

I love the way people are surprised when cars break. Modern cars are massively complicated and no amount of testing and quality control can completely eliminate failure. You've just been unlucky but at least it happened in the warranty period. Things like this will write off modern cars when they're over 5 years old for people like me. I could afford a 5 year old DSG GTI but I couldn't afford to repair it if the box died.
I wish your GTI a speedy recovery and remember, it could be worse. You could own a MKIII

Nick

+1 cars were simple once.

[Das Auto]

Just an update for y'all my car needs a whole new gear box and mech unit total cost for vw 6900 pounds should have the car back this Friday