The Official Mk6 Golf DSG Clutch / Shudder / Squeal Issues Thread

[hentaiboy]

Seems like a lot of you are having this problem with the clutch pack. My suggestion is to refer to your dealer's service center

Booked in for Wednesday. Let's see what they come up with

[Jonny 5]

118 TSI DSG Clutch Shudder

I am also experiencing the clutch shudder in my Golf 118 TSI 7 speed DSG. It appears to happen in second gear when in ‘D’ mode, seems ok in ’S’ mode. I took it back to VW who did lots of tests. The outcome is that they agreed to change the clutch. However since they had it ‘D’ mode is much more aggressive than before and the gear changes are quite rough. I guess the gearbox is configurable. I hope they set it back to its usual smoothness when they change the clutch

[Jonny 5]

Hi Nick
Ive had mine 18 months and only noticed the shudder last months. Its been silky smooth until then.

[dood]

shudder on passat DSG?

This morning I experienced the dreaded violent shudder in D2 whilst accelerating gently uphill. The engine was cold and i was the only person in the car. This was on my new passat 118 with DSG7. it has done 5000kms.

Has anyone experienced this on a Passat? is the DSG the same as in the golf?

I'll keep a lookout for recurrences and may have to take it in!

[Jonny 5]

I believe that they are the same gearbox in the Passat. The behaviour described by dood is the exact same thing that happened in my Golf. I would say there is defiantly an issue with the clutch in the 7 speed gearbox.

I read that the 7 speed DSG is new. The 6 Speed DSG has been around for a while. The main difference is that the 6 speed has a wet clutch whilst the 7 speed has a dry clutch. The 7 speed is designed to be used on engines with lower torque. Hence the TDI, GTI & R models use the 6 speed box.

I get mine back from the VW garage tomorrow. The service technician was a bit vague about the issue when I took the car in. He mentioned that they would be fitting modified clutch.

[Lams]

do you guys notice it slips the clutch a bit into the next gear? mine does that... but only for either set of gears (even or odd) but never both
I wonder why it does that... I can't imagine it being any good for the clutches

[Ryan_R]

Yep, sometimes/often slips in the even gears.

[regu]

Only 118 TSI problem

Hi Guys,

I have the same symptoms but on a 90TSI. I think all posters here are 118TSI owners and I could not find a threat related to my model.

I will make an appointment with VW Bill Buckle in Brookvale and see how I go.

Nice to realise that I am not alone with this as my wife usually say's "I hear the grass grow" (German expression).

Cheers
regu

[buzuki]

I spoke to soon! I now need a new "clutch pump" I think they called it!
Like I said in previous post. New clutch put in at about 30k now at about 45k with no sign of shudder. Now every once and a while ( becoming more frequent- about every 2/3 time I go for a drive) when coming off coasting and applying mild acceleration, I get a tic tic tic tic slight loos of power and a puff of black smoke out the back. Service guys contacted vw service line, apparently it's a first. They think the new pump will fix it. Spewin my car is the guinea pig. Love the golf 90% of the time. 10% I feel like I've got a lemon.

Dont be alarmed, the 'clutch pump' will be the replacement of the mechatronics. The newer box mechatronics has a pump inside and its own oil.

[Alok]

Hi Guys,

I have the same symptoms but on a 90TSI. I think all posters here are 118TSI owners and I could not find a threat related to my model.

I will make an appointment with VW Bill Buckle in Brookvale and see how I go.

Nice to realise that I am not alone with this as my wife usually say's "I hear the grass grow" (German expression).

Cheers
regu

Mine is a 90TSI, as mentioned earlier in this post, a new clutch pack has been ordered and will be fitted in about 2 weeks.

The problem seems to be with any model fitted with 7 speed DSG. 118TSI just happen to be the most popular 7 speed DSG VW's

[buzuki]

Yeah i also had a customer with a 118 tsi jetta. Shuddering under mild load in 2nd. Will most likely be getting a clutch pack.

[cme2c]

Mine's at the dealer today. Was a (mild) attempt to fob me off, but soon demonstrated the fault to a mechanic. The car did have the "software update" applied earlier in the year, but the problem persists. We'll see what they say when I pick it up.

[Alok]

I got mine back from the dealer 2 days ago with a new clutch pack. Seems to have solved the problem, hopefully it doesn't come back as my warranty runs out in a few months.

[Ryan_R]

The problem that I have is that the car has been behaving itself for a few weeks now (the fault count in VCDS is probably still going up, but nothing noticeably as bad as before), so can't really take it to the dealers to demonstrate the fault. Still got ~1 year left though, so we'll see what happens.


[+] nevermind, it happened again today.

[Bel]

Dropping my car off at VW Wangara tomorrow after work for them to have further look at the shudder issue - they have already reset the DSG a month or so ago at the 15k service. Will find out Tuesday what the verdict is. As with everyone else the problem doesn't happen all of the time in fact it went a whole week without an issue but then bang, yesterday, it plays up almost all day.