Hi all,

 

Skoda Fabia SE-L 2016.

6 speed 1.2 TSI manual gearbox.

 

I noticed that shifting into sixth gear wasn't feeling as sharp and well defined as all the other gears some time back but apart from that I can still shift gears when going at a leisurely speed/low revs.

Took it to my local garage who were not able to diagnose a problem.

 

I've now noticed that if I'm at high revs (5k+) and trying to shift up into a higher gear then the shift fails, even if I fully push down on the clutch and try to shift again, until the revs drop back down to like 3k or so.

This is quite pronounced when I'm at high revs in 3rd gear (i.e. overtaking a slow moving vehicle) and try to shift directly into 5th or 6th gear from there, the shift fails and I have to wait till the revs drop to get it into gear.

 

I'm taking it back to a skoda dealer this Friday, anything you recommend I ask them to check specifically/any ideas what the issue could be?

 

 

Edited 22 February, 20224 yr by ohnoes

I noticed this when I had a 1.2 with the 6 speed: to go 3rd to 6th without nasty noises I had to slow down the shift to spend a brief moment 'visiting' neutral (which is often regarded as a good sympathy habit anyway), though going via 5th worked fine on mine. Maybe the synchroniser rings are struggling on 5th and 6th to slow down the clutch's driven side through such a ratio?

Well I took it to Skoda dealer who couldn't care less and told me:

 

1. Can't find an issue

2. If the issue exists it needs a gearbox teardown

 

Took it to a good local garage who diagnosed it as a bent selector arm, all fixed and back to normal now. Happy days.

20 minutes ago, ohnoes said:

Well I took it to Skoda dealer who couldn't care less and told me:

 

1. Can't find an issue

2. If the issue exists it needs a gearbox teardown

 

Took it to a good local garage who diagnosed it as a bent selector arm, all fixed and back to normal now. Happy days.

Remember dealers are just fitters. 

On 11/04/2022 at 17:26, JGrindel said:

Remember dealers are just fitters. 

More like Bulls*****rs !