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DSG box - is yours awful too?

Kodiak-Red
in Skoda Kodiaq MK1 (2017-2023)

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1 minute ago, silver1011 said:

Would that be a conventional torque converter gearbox, designed and manufactured by ZF?

 

They're the future. Oh hang on, they're actually the past too!

 

 

I was going to say the DSG in my Skoda reminds me of the old torque converter Chrysler Torqueflite in my Jensen Interceptor....

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  • Kenny R
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    I certainly don’t have any of the gearbox or throttle response problems mentioned on my 2018 2.0 TSI DQ500 DSG. Must be the  emissions control on the newer engines and the different DQ381 DSG gearbox,

  • J.R.
    J.R.

    Emissions related?   Way back around 2003 ish I drove a small Peugeot diesel hatchback, the throttle pedal had a sort of nydraulic damper to prevent you from opening the throttle too quickly

  • Winston_Wolf
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    Personally I find the 7 speed DSG (DQ381) in my Kodiaq TDI 150 to be very responsive on take-off. In this regard it's appreciably better than the 6-speed DSG in my last car (a VW Sharan TDI 140) and i

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Yes fellas it was Autocar. 

 

My weekend smoker is a Boxster S so we're all comparing apples to oranges...

 

I like the look of the RaceChip device though 👍. I still wonder if it is a turbo spooling - up issue then surely it's gas flow related, not fuel map related? I know if i literally stamp on the throttle (not nice but just for testing purposes) the car still mulls it over like Corbyn considering Brexit before responding.

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Yes fellas it was Autocar. 

 

My weekend smoker is a 2005 Boxster S so we're all comparing apples to oranges...

1 minute ago, Kodiak-Red said:

Yes fellas it was Autocar. 

 

My weekend smoker is a Boxster S so we're all comparing apples to oranges...

 

I like the look of the RaceChip device though 👍. I still wonder if it is a turbo spooling - up issue then surely it's gas flow related, not fuel map related? I know if i literally stamp on the throttle (not nice but just for testing purposes) the car still mulls it over like Corbyn considering Brexit before responding.

Oh btw the Boxster doesn't smoke - unless it's been stood for a week or 2 ☁☁

 

2 hours ago, Kodiak-Red said:

I still wonder if it is a turbo spooling - up issue then surely it's gas flow related, not fuel map related?

 

It is purely intentional to meet new fuel regulations - sleepy acceleration produces less emissions.

And it is just sofware based - you can change the behaviour of throttle pedal with diagnostics tool.

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I had DTUK box on my Superb and I was very happy with it.

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Thanks linni 👍🏻

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