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Sorry, I forgot to say I own a Seat and not a Skoda, but reading here and in other forums slipping problems are more or less the same... When they replaced clutches they said me they mounted last type of clutches with the last software updates, I wrote official letters to the support (my car has also extended warranty until march 2019) but they say the behavior is normal, it works into "operating ranges"... the last possibility for me is to go to a lawyer, but it will cost me a lot of money...

I would report my experience. DQ200 on 1.6 TDI 105cv 250nm, car production 01/2015, purchased it at 17000km without slipping. At 25,000km started to slip in 3 and 5 gear. After several inspections by the dealer and inspectors, even if they were skeptical, at 40000 km he decided to change the clutches. They have also changed gear ratios, this has radically changed the behavior of the gears (the gears change more slowly, the gears change rpm down, it really looks like another type of gearbox - unfortunately worse. For about 1000 km after the changes to the clutches, everything was fine. So he started again. Now they are at 60000 km and the problem also occurs in 4 marches. Symptoms range from small notches of around 100 rpm a constant, to slips of 300-400 rpm and the car leaping forward, with constant pressure of the gas ... even when a low number of turns in 3 and 5 by pressing the gas firmly but not enough to kick-down ... In the worst conditions (typically uphill) the slips have become vibrations because the clutch is not able to handle the slip. I think that having a manual gearbox and making it slip in this way voluntarily, the change would last only a few months, feel that vibration is a bad feeling, everyone would say "something is not working well, something will break soon". All except the WV group inspectors. And notice that when I say "slip away", it does not go away completely, there are some situations where it happens slightly. I did a lot of tests alone and I noticed that: - slipping usually goes away after about 50-60km of my typical trip (a bit of wide road and city streets, with some stops) - I usually go to work at 9:00 ... if I take the car to go home at 18:00, slip is there ..... while if I take the car at 11-12AM the slide is less evident - the slippage is heavier in winter, the amount of km needed to stop is greater in winter - slippage also occurs in tiptronic mode (manual) - If I voluntarily play in tiptronic mode making a large number of unnecessary gear changes, the slipping stops before 50-60km needed normally In my case it seems definitely something related to temperature, or at least something in which temperature has a primary role in determining the bad behavior of something else. No relationship with the engine oil or the water temperature, they become hot after a few minutes even in winter, but the sliding continues for an increasing number of kilometers. It's really frustrating.

Unfortunately not at the moment. But in the last weeks I made some empiric diagnostic, and I found that: - in summer the slip was less noticeable, since temperatures are <10°C it became more noticeable - if I drive for 10-15 minutes playing a bit with the gearbox in tiptronic mode and changing gear several times also when not necessary, if then I try to simulate the slip, it's less noticeable - the behavior of the previous point causes also the engine to be a bit hotter, so I can't understand if it's less noticeable due to hot engine or to hot gearbox or something else - the slip happens only with half accelerator pedal pressed. If I press it gently or if I ask for maximum torque and power, it doesn't happen

No, I have never heard any rattle...

Hi Krigl, I'd like to congrat with you for your success! I have the same problem on a 2015 1.6 TDI 105cv with DQ200, I have less rpm jumps than you but more strong (200-300 rpm each time) and they're more noticeable in 3° and 5° gear. More then one year going from one dealer to another and another, one clutch pack replaced with no luck, software update done several times with sort of "workaround" applied (slowed gear change from 3 to 4 and from 4 to 5), so the problem is not solved and general gearbox behavior is really worse than before. The last time they said me "we've seen the problem, at the momento there's no solution, we will investigate"... but I already know there will never be solution. My question is: do you think you solution will work also for my engine? Is there any advice you can give me and to 1.6 TDI owners? I tried to understand in which conditions the slip happens but I couldn't find a pattern, except for temperatures, in summer is less noticeable. However, also in winter sometimes I can drive an entire morning without the problem happening, and every time I'm thinking it was solved by itself but it's not true unfortunately... Thank you