Hi everyone,
First post and glad to be here.
Bit of a pickle - own a 2007 GTI DSG automatic and as I just bought a condo, I'm hanging on to it for a few more years. The issue is it's got a problem with the transmission. I had minor work done to it to see if it would solve anything but to no avail. The technician at the dealership advised one of two solutions - replace the mechatronic unit or get a new transmission. Both costly but with a $2k difference for the transmission.
The car stills functions quite well and once in a blue moon, the engine will buck really hard as if shifts into first gear. The other indicator is it will slip out of gear if I take a corner too hard and then it doesn't engage in any gear (all gears flashing on dash) until I stop and restart the car.
What I'm wondering is how likely is it that it's the mech unit alone. It would make sense to me that if it was the transmission, it wouldn't really drive? Not sure. Total uninformed answer. I ask because if I replace the mech unit and it doesn't solve anything, I then have to replace the transmission which already contains a mech unit. So, I'd be doubling up.
And I've looked at selling/trading it but this is the most cost-effective right now.
Car has 140000km on it. Problem has been around for about 10 months. Engine was chipped to stage 1 when I bought it used in 2011.
Thank you for any input anyone may have! Much appreciated.
First post and glad to be here.
Bit of a pickle - own a 2007 GTI DSG automatic and as I just bought a condo, I'm hanging on to it for a few more years. The issue is it's got a problem with the transmission. I had minor work done to it to see if it would solve anything but to no avail. The technician at the dealership advised one of two solutions - replace the mechatronic unit or get a new transmission. Both costly but with a $2k difference for the transmission.
The car stills functions quite well and once in a blue moon, the engine will buck really hard as if shifts into first gear. The other indicator is it will slip out of gear if I take a corner too hard and then it doesn't engage in any gear (all gears flashing on dash) until I stop and restart the car.
What I'm wondering is how likely is it that it's the mech unit alone. It would make sense to me that if it was the transmission, it wouldn't really drive? Not sure. Total uninformed answer. I ask because if I replace the mech unit and it doesn't solve anything, I then have to replace the transmission which already contains a mech unit. So, I'd be doubling up.
And I've looked at selling/trading it but this is the most cost-effective right now.
Car has 140000km on it. Problem has been around for about 10 months. Engine was chipped to stage 1 when I bought it used in 2011.
Thank you for any input anyone may have! Much appreciated.
