Afternoon

 

I have a 2013 Fabia VRS, with a DSG gearbox.  I heard a bang which seemed to have come from the gearbox area, but the car drove ok.  Yesterday it decided it didn't want select any gear and then the "gearbox overheating" light came on with the very strong smell of burning clutch.  I've never had this happen before and wanted to know if this is the sign that one or both of the clutches had failed?

 

How much to would be to get repaired?

Does it have to be done a the dealer?

 

Thank you for your time

It absolutely does not have to be done at the dealer but you will need an independent specialist, Mr Clutch will not do under any circumstances.

 

You don't mention vehicle mileage which is much more useful than age when determining if parts are worn out.

4 minutes ago, sepulchrave said:

It absolutely does not have to be done at the dealer but you will need an independent specialist, Mr Clutch will not do under any circumstances.

 

You don't mention vehicle mileage which is much more useful than age when determining if parts are worn out.

Thanks for the reply

 

The car has done 55,000 miles

24 minutes ago, Smoggo said:

Thanks for the reply

 

The car has done 55,000 miles

 

Seems early for clutch wear, however a mechanical failure seems most likely, in any event the gearbox will have to come out and be repaired and probably at least one of the clutch packs will need replacing as well.

Not a common fault but a couple of other people have had it, Usually is either the car's been hammered for a good bit or your sitting in traffic for a long while or the box has a dodgy flash/remap. Firstly get it scanned for any codes it might have left behind. The bang is worrying but it could be as simple as re programming the gearbox, I presume you let it cool down and it drove fine? Clutch issues would immediately or should throw up the spanner on the dash if it couldn't select a gear however I wouldn't discard that.

 

Get it plugged in as its pretty much needle in haystack stuff until then, The PCB in the mechatronic has been known to melt if the original mech oil wasn't changed.

 

And as said above it doesn't have to be done by a dealer or specialist, its nit much different from fitting any other clutch apart form there's 2 cutch plates and it needs adapted in by VAGCOM/ODIS.