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Have I got a problem with my gearbox or is it me?
Hi guys,
I've owned for the past three years a 2005 model t5 transporter 128Kw with the 6 speed auto in it. Its currently done 89000 k's. My problem is that the gear box doesn't seem to recognize hills or refused to change down a gear unless I press my foot right down on the accelerator to do so. My wife car ( Toyota Corolla) is much lighter under foot when going up a hill and changes back at the slightest drop in speed. I find with mine that if I go up a steep hill or any hill for that matter, the auto will change up into a higher gear than it should for the hill, and then labour along, making the van feel heavy under foot and gutless. I find the best way for me to go up any hill smoothly is to put the van into manual mode and change back a gear when there is any sign of a change of speed downwards. On the open road I adopt the same method of putting the van into manual mode when a hill comes along and then tip it into 5th to maintain speed and flow with the rest of the traffic. If I didn't do this the van would happily sit there in 6th dropping speed all the while and feeling heavy under foot.
Is this normal, as I've forgotten what it was like when I bought it, or is something wrong, or am I doing something wrong? Every one I talk to about VW say the auto is extremely expensive to fix. If its just a pressure valve or something I can't imagine it being that much to fix, but if its an overhaul of the gearbox, its goodbye VW, hello Hyundai iLoad.
Any thoughts on the subject would be appreciated.
cheers
Tewbacca ( Gary)
I've owned for the past three years a 2005 model t5 transporter 128Kw with the 6 speed auto in it. Its currently done 89000 k's. My problem is that the gear box doesn't seem to recognize hills or refused to change down a gear unless I press my foot right down on the accelerator to do so. My wife car ( Toyota Corolla) is much lighter under foot when going up a hill and changes back at the slightest drop in speed. I find with mine that if I go up a steep hill or any hill for that matter, the auto will change up into a higher gear than it should for the hill, and then labour along, making the van feel heavy under foot and gutless. I find the best way for me to go up any hill smoothly is to put the van into manual mode and change back a gear when there is any sign of a change of speed downwards. On the open road I adopt the same method of putting the van into manual mode when a hill comes along and then tip it into 5th to maintain speed and flow with the rest of the traffic. If I didn't do this the van would happily sit there in 6th dropping speed all the while and feeling heavy under foot.
Is this normal, as I've forgotten what it was like when I bought it, or is something wrong, or am I doing something wrong? Every one I talk to about VW say the auto is extremely expensive to fix. If its just a pressure valve or something I can't imagine it being that much to fix, but if its an overhaul of the gearbox, its goodbye VW, hello Hyundai iLoad.
Any thoughts on the subject would be appreciated.
cheers
Tewbacca ( Gary)
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