mechatronic replacement (in/out of warranty) DSG

[levendi001]

Hi all have a r36 with the mechatronic playing up. (Car is out of warranty)Took back to dealer and it's confirmed by them. They have applied to volkswagon Australia as a goodwill warranty. Do you think it will be covered 100% Maybe 50/50? They said its all assed on a individual basis.... Really scared if not covered as the unit alone is around 4500 plus labour (900.00). Really considering my options if not covered. What do you think i should do if not covered? its also a known issue with dsg! Can any one please shed some more detailed info if this has ever happened to them with there outcomes. Thanks everyone

[R36 DSG]

How far out of warranty is it, there is talk out there that VW is offering 5 year warranty on DSG's.

[levendi001]

mechatronic replacement (in/out of warranty) DSG

Only 5months out of warranty

[Mchap]

My mk vi Golf Mechatronics packed it in last Nov, 8 months out of warranty and only 30k on the odometer. VW replaced it for free as a goodwill gesture, much appreciated and I have sent them a letter of praise. Hope you are as lucky, we also had a Tiguan at the time and a new Alltrack on order, that may have helped.

[levendi001]

mechatronic replacement (in/out of warranty) DSG

Cheers for the reply, just got a phone call from dealer and it's going to be all covered (parts and labour). How did u find the new mechatronic once installed? Smooth on take off? Thanks

[levendi001]

mechatronic replacement (in/out of warranty) DSG

Who did u address letter of thanks too? (Dealer or Volkswagen Australia) ?

[blutopless2]

Depends upon what symptoms your car is showing as to what might be wrong.
I had a jetta that was sluggish on take off and could almost never get a smooth take off. Clunked between gear changes at times as well.
Reset the gearbox. Clunking went away for a few weeks then came back. Take off issue no change.
Had the mechatronics unit replaced. Clunking went away for a few weeks then came back. Take off issue was better but not fixed.
Reset the gearbox. Faults remained.
Gearbox and mechatronics replaced (believe they come as a unit not the gearbox seperately). Issues fixed. Smooth take off all the time and smooth gear changes all the time. It was such a different car to drive after this fix.
Hope it goes well for you.

[Mchap]

No real change to be honest. Forgot to mention, they also threw in 2 yrs warranty on the new unit.

[levendi001]

mechatronic replacement (in/out of warranty) DSG

Thanks for all the replies guys. Ill post again with how the car performs once new mechatronics is installed.

[levendi001]

mechatronic replacement (in/out of warranty) DSG

Blutopless lets I don't go down the track of a new gearbox lol. Mechatronics should fix

[levendi001]

mechatronic replacement (in/out of warranty) DSG

Meant lets hope I don't lol

[blutopless2]

hope you dont have to either... but with mine it had to be done as the mechatronics did not fix the problem.. only made it go away for a short period of time. But thankfully the dealer was pretty good about it and i didn't have to argue or fight with them... i came to pick up the car after another day of fault diagnosis and they told me the date etc to bring the car back in so they could replace the gearbox. They had it for a day and it was such a different car after it was fixed... to be honest we disliked driving the car as it was such an awful drive and would both go for the other cars we had at the time unless we "had" to use the jetta. lol..

[dubstyle]

From experience VW will pay 100% up to 12 months out of warranty. As long as you havent been smashing the crap out of the launch control and the car has got good service histroy. They can see everything on the VAS system.

[booba]

What if you get a quality service from a non VW garage? Too bad?

From experience VW will pay 100% up to 12 months out of warranty. As long as you havent been smashing the crap out of the launch control and the car has got good service histroy. They can see everything on the VAS system.

[Candyman]

mechatronic replacement (in/out of warranty) DSG

From experience VW will pay 100% up to 12 months out of warranty. As long as you havent been smashing the crap out of the launch control and the car has got good service histroy. They can see everything on the VAS system.

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