Harding Performance DSG Software & Hardware program

[Ricka]

Hi Guy,

What are your thoughts re this from Fairfax’s Drive on 24 August 2013:

“...the six-speeder that was fitted to many GTIs can also cause grief. Most VW dealers suggest a brand-new replacement transmission if the old one breaks, but there’s starting to emerge a group of specialist repairers who’ve been inside the DSG transmission and can rebuild existing ones.

The failures, apparently, involve a single bearing that was simply underdone from the design stage and which can fail at about 100,000km. That mileage is, of course, only an indication and the units can fail earlier or later depending on how the car has been driven and serviced. For that reason alone, a service record is essential. In any case, as the bearing begins to fail and the gearbox wears out generally, small metallic particles attach themselves to the (magnetic) speed sensors inside the transmission.

These sensors determine the unit’s shift points, so an early sign that all is not well is an erratic shift pattern.”

Thanks,

Rick