Tried resetting the dsg settings mate? There's a thread somewhere on here explaining it. The dsg then learns from scratch and erases everything it has picked up :-) Possibly forgetting its own bad habbits?

Mike

I know the way these boxes behave and drive accordingly.

I normally leave it in D, and yes it will keep in 2nd until VERY low speed, when nudging along in a queue of traffic etc BUT when you need a split second reaction acceleration ( and no I'm not talking bouncing off the limiter) it shouldn't just flip out and not do f**k all! My beef is that the car put me into a possible hazardous si****ion. People need to be aware of si****ions like this as it isn't my driving...name me another car ANY car that would put you in a si****ion like that??

Bottom line is...the DSG f**ed up. Off to the dealers on the way home from work now. I doubt they will find anything

Oh i have reset the DSG previously as I had er issues with hesitation...sigh but thats another story...resetting for me worked, well actually I leave an oil tankers gap before attempting a roundabout entry

Tried resetting the dsg settings mate? There's a thread somewhere on here explaining it. The dsg then learns from scratch and erases everything it has picked up :-) Possibly forgetting its own bad habbits?

Mike

This "resetting DSG" technique, (at least the DIY version, maybe its possible at the dealers) is probably a great placebo as mentioned elsewhere on Scirocco forums. There is absolutely no indication of the DSG actually resetting anything. I've tried it myself and in the beginning really felt like "something was different" but after a few miles, all usual behaviours returned. Of course If everybody's telling it's doing something it's hard to convince yourself otherwise.

This has happened to my car twice within the 2 months. The dsg just gets confused if you are changing down manually and it is trying to do it automatically. Once it happens once then you know what to do and its not so bad. Just into neutral and back to drive. Its a bit hairy the first time tho.

Actually, once it's happened you know what to NOT do, which is either make up your mind for the upcoming driving conditions and shift down early enough, or leave it on its own. Changing mind middle way and pulling that paddle yourself once it's started down-shifting is generally a bad idea If you're around 2nd - 3rd gear.

But maybe it just happens that we're all having faulty boxes as somebody suggested, except from him lol...

Oh i have reset the DSG previously as I had er issues with hesitation...sigh but thats another story...resetting for me worked, well actually I leave an oil tankers gap before attempting a roundabout entry

As I said "resetting" did nothing for me actually, but for the hesitation issue I believe there is a solution and that's using manual, at least all hesitation in mine disappears when in manual or sport. I hope otherwise but your dealer's visit is most probably fuel spent for nothing regarding this one...

Edited 19 June, 201214 yr by newbie69

I think you just confused it as others said, but it should still not stop dead thinking 'hmm, what gear does he want'

Just been out for another play,

Car well warmed up, 19 degrees celcius ambiant and the tyres hot, good rough surface so no spinning.

Standing start in 1st, screams its self to over 7000 revs and gets to 30mph

& i cant get the shift to second & 3rd in quick enough to get anyplace fast..

Same spot on the road and a standing start in D or S with TC on, and i am at 5th in D or 4th in S and at over 60mph at the same place as i got the shift to 2nd in at from the manual change and 30mph.

Cant see the point of doing a down shift to 1st manually, without going back to auto to get off the line or into traffic even if the box was not liable to cause the sort of embarresment from this morning.

but then i am an ar5e.

george

Edited 19 June, 201214 yr by sk4gw

George...It doesn't matter if it makes no sense to you if I downshifted to first or not. Maybe it is a characteristic of DSG, my driving style sucks, I caught it out on a slope, too slow a speed for the gear selected...the car literally died on me, in the middle of a roundabout. Would you accept that is NOT a great place to be!!

PS On the way to the garage I can change down to 1st, 2000revs and about 15-18mph...NOTE: on downshifts the box behaves differently. That is not outside the bounds of the how I would expect the car to perform??

Car booked in next Monday...

George...It doesn't matter if it makes no sense to you if I downshifted to first or not. Maybe it is a characteristic of DSG, my driving style sucks, I caught it out on a slope, too slow a speed for the gear selected...the car literally died on me, in the middle of a roundabout. Would you accept that is NOT a great place to be!!

PS On the way to the garage I can change down to 1st, 2000revs and about 15-18mph...NOTE: on downshifts the box behaves differently. That is not outside the bounds of the how I would expect the car to perform??

Car booked in next Monday...

Very interested to know If they actually have something on this... And most importantly in case they do, if this actually cures it. Although its not so easy to reproduce it...

I tried changing to 1st on the way home first time slowing uphill and the next time slowing downhill to a stop. both times it went into 1st no problems and I changed down as the revs were dropping so no engine "screaming". All fine

I have a 2012 skoda fabia 1.2 tsi dsg estate and it has just started not stopping still in drive what i mean is when you put it in drive it just wants to be off and when you apply the brake it just stalls as though the clutch is not engaging when you get going its fine and works as it should but when you come to a junction you take your life in your hands because it won't stop i have to stall it and then wait for a gap start it quick and its off like a bat out of hell i have to keep flicking it into neutral to calm it down but in reverse its fine i am hoping this is a software problem and nothing else anyone got any ideas ??

I would call Skoda Assist ASAP.

& get them to get a courtesy car dropped off at you when the arrange for yours to be uplifted.

I would not drive it again untill the fault is repaired.

good luck.

george

The dsg box learns so maybe before hand it was doing gentel gear changes and you confused it slightly by all of a sudden wanting fast crisp changes but being in s it should change fast anyway