Mikey89

I think they knew as they tested the mec unit first and they found out the pressure to be fine. But the cost to repair the gearbox inside much cheaper than £3500 and that's why they tried with mec unit + clutch because is a lot of work and the price wouldn't be the same. Trust me I come from a country (Romania) where everything was possible and why it can't be here in UK also where the people don't look at the bills when they pay for something and the majority don't have knowledge about it? I just called the garage and explain them the situation and of course they denied everything I've told them and made me look like I'm crazy, telling me that the mec unit pressure could fluctuate in their tests. Yes I pulled myself the gearbox apart and with the help of YouTube I have managed to fix it. I have lost my trust in these fake mechanics and I wanted to be convinced that they acted right with me but it wasn't the case. My belief is that they knew and when they've seen I ask questions(not an usual customer as they've had) they provided me that fake pressure tests. Thanks for your time and your advice it really helped me to reflect at the entire situation I've been. Maybe will help someone in the future!

I just finally found the problem. The mec unit was ok the problem was inside the gearbox with the output shaft speed sensor wheel G502 faulty. It was spinning around the shaft and I believe that the mec unit took wrong readings from the sensor and that's why slipped gears. I believe the garage knew the problem as the results provided telling me that the mec unit has low pressure was fake but it was more time consuming and the fix a lot cheaper for them so that's why they told me the cost will be £3500+.I have managed to weld that sensor in place and now the gearbox is working again.

Update. So after they replaced the clutch nothing changed with the car so the same symptoms gear disengagement in 2-4-6 gears (especially when coasting) and lost of reverse gear until stop. The reason why I accepted the clutch replacement was because I thought the car would be like before with no errors but it will wear the clutch in time due to mec unit being not able to keep it in gear. The garage told me that the pressure on k2 clutch is too low and this will cause the gears slipping of. I have attached the photos with the tests done by the garage. The funny thing is I took myself the mec unit out and send it to ECU Testing and they couldn't find anything wrong with the unit. I just explained them the situation and what the garage told me and they accepted to retest it so I'm waiting for further news from them. I'm in a very strange situation as I don't know what to believe. Maybe it was a mechanical problem inside the gearbox and the garage wanted to rip me off, maybe is something wrong with the mec unit so I'm totally confused.

Yes the transmission is out now at them for repair that's why I accepted the repair because they told me it's just about the clutch from the start. Yes you're right it did 30k without fault codes i have checked it after I have purchased the car. The fault codes came up just after entered into emergency mode. Didn't had any sign everything perfect, smooth gear changes no issues at all. I will check the fault codes again it right after I take the car from them. They didn't gave me any technical information about the clutch ald level of wear just told me that's worn.

To be honest I don't know what to think. They knew from the start it gonna be both because I've told them that the clutch has been replaced. They gave me the price for the clutch plus an extra £150 for mec unit diagnosis so they knew from the start it can't be one. They're told me the clutch packs are damaged by the mec unit for not applying enough pressure when changing the gears and if i choose to replace just the clutch probably will going to end up in the same situation later and they won't guarantee for the clutch. This make me think the previous owner was in the same situation choosing to replace just the clutch and get rid of the car after 5k miles Also they stated that Skoda will charge £6k for this type of repair that makes me think again that they want to rip me off. The fault codes has been cleared before so the dates are not accurate. I was thinking to change the clutch because they removed the gearbox anyway drive it at home and try myself to remove mec unit and send it to someone to diagnose it again. As they said that they tried to fix the mec unit but it's not repairable (witch I don't think).

This is the report they gave me. There are no fault codes for mec unit.

They pretend it's brand new and that price is for the clutch plus mec unit. I have told them to replace the clutch and leave the mec unit like that as i can’t afford fixing both at that price. The only way is to find a second hand one but I don’t know if it’s worth. I don’t know what to do in this situation. Any suggestions?

I've been told by the garage that it's a mechatronik fault when doesn't have enough pressure and will wear the clutch prematurely. The cost approx £3500 so i don't know if it worth the repair.

This is the invoice from the service history of the car with what has been done. This happened in 2021 and I haven't tried to contact the garage as I don't think I have any chance to find out after two years since has been replaced.

After further investigation done by some DSG specialists they concluded that the clutch is the problem and needs replacement. My question how is the clutch done if 35k miles ago has been replaced? I don’t really know why the previous owner changed the clutch. It may be something else that wears out the clutch prematurely? Has anyone experienced this before?

Checked and these two codes came.

I don't really know why.The previous owner replaced the clutch. I haven't checked for the fault codes yet but I'm going to do it later today.

It's at 140k miles now so the oil has been changed with the clutch 35k ago at around 105k. The last 30k I used the car for uber so daily driving I done 30k miles in 9 months.

Hello everyone. Today during a motorway drive the car suddenly came off gear and this error occurred. The error disappeared after I stopped the engine and turned it on but it will come again only in the 6th gear I've noticed. Also when the car is in the 4th or 6th gear and I take off the foot from acceleration it feels like the car is sluggish and the rpm indicator is going up and down. So seems like only the 6th gear trigger that error. The car pulls and change the gears as normal so no noises or something. The clutch was replaced 35k ago so I'm thinking to change the oil hopefully this will solve it. Anyone experienced these symptoms?

The problems started after replacing the dogbone(lower mount) the car started to vibrate very hard at braking/accelerating and when idle. After the dogbone was replaced I started to feel other knocking noise, checked and replaced the gearbox left mount(which was very bad), folowed by control arms and ball joints on both sides, the car is still sluggish when braking and accelerating and I hear a knocking noise when steering/turning around specially when I press the brake. The car drives very good over bumps not any noise at all. The only problem is this when turning around back/forward and the knocking is comes when applying the brake and accelerating. Any help what could be? I was thinking maybe the subframe bushing could be the cause but not sure as it looks ok to me I hear a steel knocking and I know they are rubber bushings. I have to mention both front shocks and coil springs have been replaced so they're excluded. Many thanks!