yeti_jeff

Judder, sometimes very violent, on change from first to second.

As I understand it the sequence of events were, change clutch, change gearbox, change mechatronic, change clutch, change gearbox, change mechatronic. Two lots of transmission before problem apparently resolved. Changes from 1 to 2 now seem to be delayed resulting in change at higher revs probably resulting in less slip. I have been told that this was the first time in 10 years that Skoda Spain had a problem like this! Probably explains why they took so long to fix it, nobody knew what they were doing. If the dealer from whom I purchased the car had not tried to fiddle his sales figures by registering my car with Skoda three months before they delivered it. By way of recompense Skoda extended my warranty by six months and the transmission failed 3 weeks before the extended warranty ran out. Now wondering what to replace the car with.

After the past three weeks I could never recommend a VW vehicle with a DSG box. The dealer and Skoda customer service have both been abysmal. I live 140 miles away from where it broke down. At first Skoda would not supply a replacement vehicle until the parts had arrived. After much waiting (5 hours) and arguing a hire car was agreed for 4 days Friday to Monday. The repair was promised to be completed by Monday. So after a 280 mile round trip I return to the dealer to find that the car was not ready. Skoda would not extend the car hire so I paid for an extra day. Luckily I could stay with friends in the area. The following day the car was not ready. Again after much arguing and waiting (another 5 hours at the dealership) Skoda agreed to hire another car. They would send a taxi to pick me up to take me to the hire place. The dealership wanted to close so I waited outside for the taxi. An hour later I get a phone call from Skoda to say that a taxi would not be coming but I could still go and collect the hire car myself. Unfortunately it was 50 miles away. Quite a long way on foot. The following day more time was spent at the dealership. Eventually a taxi arrived and I collected a hire car. The repairs took a further two weeks, quite why a transmission fault takes so long remains a mystery but apparently two lots of replacement parts were also faulty. During the two weeks I was promised on two occasions that the car would be ready. Fortunately I did not believe them and was proved right. The final insult is that the repairs, normally guaranteed for 2 years will only be guaranteed for 6 months as I have not had to pay for the repair. What about the 10 year warranties given in China and the USA? Skoda "simply clever" no " SIMPLY AWFUL"

Neither is mine. Now two weeks in workshop. Nobody seems to know when it will be repaired. At least I am getting to appreciate the lovely BMW that they have loaned me.

I like the box as well but like you not enough to own one without insurance. In a 4/5 year old car a failure would mean the repair would cost more than the car is worth. That is the trouble with modern technology, fine whilst it is working, but when it stops !!!

My Yeti is still very sick. New box, new clutch pack, new mechatronic, new drive shafts, same problem of clutch judder. Skoda have hired me a BMW. Luckily warranty does not run out for another 2 weeks and this is only because Skoda extended the warranty by 6 months because of earlier cockups. When (if) it is repaired if there is no new warranty to back it up I feel that the potential financial risk is too great and the car must go. Only problem is what to get. 500,000 recalled Chinese versions indicate serious problems with this technology.

I can understand that parts are vehicle specific. But can software programming only be done at the factory? Anyway the dealer update is that the part should arrive today or tomorrow so the specially made tale does appear to be a porkie. Meanwhile I am 150 miles from home and Skoda refuse to supply a substitute car. Because of their manana approach (this is Spain) I have been reluctant to hire my own car because I am always being promised fixed by tomorrow. Luckily I can stay with friends, I was only visiting for a fews days during which time the fault appeared. Thank goodness it did not happen elsewhere. I will never buy another car with DSG nor will I buy from VWAG.

My Yeti has been in the workshop forll 9 days with a DSG clutch judder problem. I am now told that it needs a new Mechatronic box. Apparently each box is unique to a vehicle and has to be manufactured specially. I am told that it will take 7 to 10 days to get. Is this true or am I being told porkies.

All automatics creep so you do have to keep your foot on the brake. I have never found this to be a problem. The brake hold for a few seconds is very useful when doing hill starts. I have never experienced the hunting of gears that you refer to. I can, howver, replicate it if I am heavy on the throttle whilst trying to maintain a steady speed. My Yeti has just had its first service since new (now almost 2 years old) and has performed faultlessly and is reasonably economic at around 39mpg on average. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

The agressive approach does work but the downside is tyre wear. 300 metres of twin black lines up the hill is quite costly and the smell upsets the neighbours a bit.

Strangely you get more wheelspin in reverse however light on the throttle. Could be something to do with the gearing. A friend tried reversing up in a manual Fiesta and almost burnt the clutch out trying to slip it to reduce spin.

Thanks Austin 7 for your input. I think that your reasonings are probably correct. The exit from the lower driveway (where the car shade is) is as you describe and can only be exited at fairly high speed after a run up. As you straighten up you lose all momentum due to wheel spin. You then have to reverse and straighten up and start again. In the dry you can set off (with ASR off) with only occasional spin, in the wet it is a different matter. My neighbours all drive Dacia's, Susuki's or Mitsubishi's. I am loath to take a big hit on the Yeti (its only 13 months old) but the only solution may be to trade in for one of the afore mentioned.

In Spain during the winter. About one hour inland from Malaga.

The plumber is probably right. The width of the tyres looks impressive but are probably not helping with traction. My previous car was a 1.6 Roomster on 15 inch wheels. Equivalent power through a 6 speed auto box and never a wheelspin in similar conditions. Although I live 600 meters up in the spanish mountains we don't have very low temperatures in winter, maybe minus 2 or 3 at night but still 10 to 20C during the day. Winter tyres may be an overkill. The Annapurna's look good but I may have to change to a smaller rim.

Thanks for all the replies. The tyres have done 19000km and are about 50% worn, despite very gentle throttle the 'problem' still exists and is made worse if the wheels are not 'dead ahead'. Today it is raining quite hard and it was almost impossible to get up the hill. On the highway the car drives superbly and feels very stable and secure. There is almost zero road noise from the tyres. Can anyone suggest a replacement that would not degrade the main road performance?