re: Yet another DQ200 gearbox failure - VW Polo GT TSI Greetings,
First off, I've been a long time lurker on Teambhp, never thought I'd have to start my debut thread like this but anyway..
Looks like the infamous DQ200 tantrums have started after a smooth run for 2years.
I picked up a Polo GT DSG ( the last of its kind, MY Dec 2019) with 14k on the ODO. The car is under extended warranty until Jan 2025.
It's been a reliable workhorse without any hiccups until the last 2 months or so when it started to develop a judder in D2. It only occurs in D2 when sitting in traffic for a bit or after a highway drive. It is even more pronounced when going over an incline or slope. The more it sits in traffic, the worse the judder is. It's all back to normal when the car is cold but the cycle repeats.
An easier way to explain this: The judder/shudder we experience when slipping the clutch in a manual when going over a speed bump or incline in the wrong gear.
I checked the car into VW service but they're in denial that any such issue persists. They almost every time reset the Clutch adaptions and give it back but the problem is obviously still there.
Now, if I keep the car in Manual or S, it downshifts to 1 and there's no judder. It's only D that keeps it in D2, shudders because it's slipping the clutch instead of going in to D1.
Is there anything else that I could do to solve this issue? VW wants me to pay to replace the clutch pack and related items which is a bit of a set back for me. Especially on an automatic which less than 40,000 km.
I've also been religiously putting the car in N at stops to prevent all this but the judder always come back.
The car also has a strong vibration at 3000rpm in any gear which briefly led them to believe it to be a faulty flywheel but they deny all that now. I did write a mail to VW, but they end up just making the dealer call me.
Any advice is highly appreciated.
Last edited by KarthikK : 10th July 2024 at 15:33.
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