.. My guess is that it's the DSG as it felt like when I'm driving manual and it doesn't have enough fuel and "lugs" the engine. It seemed to be better about it since the DSG update, but now I'm not sure!
Note that we've only noticed it going slow around a corner, I guess.
My DSG (tdi '09) definitely, how to say, bucks/jerks/roughshifts, when engaging 3rd gear in D mode (before Gen 1 fix).. under two different (unrelated?) scenarios.
1 Entering 3rd
quickly,
ie after being off some hours ie >6hrs, and accelerating stopped through 2nd gear in under 5 seconds. I should add below a secondary shifting misbehaviour when in 2nd and reducing pressure a lot:
a really slow rise through 2nd results in the upshift having a doiiing sound. Scary! Wonder if something is broken. Very hard to reproduce, especially for a dealership to take seriously. My only memories of 'the doiing' are leaving my mom's laneway, and taking like 6+ seconds in 2nd.
2 (like your last line) going slowly around a corner
If Im coasting toward a fresh green light where I intend to turn right (happens daily many times) but am in 3rd when I enter the intersection. Ill begin turning wheel right, still in 3rd. Mid turn, my DSG decides randomly to disengage 3rd for some reason. Roughly at the half way into turn, but when still in 3rd, Ive slowed down enough to think about regaining speed, so I increase pressure on peddle. for some reason, the slightest pressure change will coincide/trigger the shift down to 2nd. Often the pressure I use slight, but still high enough to correspond to an rpm too high for the D-mode 2nd gear ceiling, then 3rd is engaged again with a buck/jerk.
Ive noticed the slight pressure that triggers this rough shifting can be massaged into a smoother turn if, as soon as I apply pressure I quickly ease off a lot and hold it fixed as low as I think I did the last time. Somewhere in the chaos of 3-2-3 is what sounds like a rev-matching issue. Hope someone can point me in the right direction on this.
best ive come up with for remedies
allow a minimum of 5 seconds in each gear (or at least first 3 gears) after being off 6+ hours.
when making turns slowly (ie slowing down in 3rd intending to turn right) use the Slightest pressure when regaining speed mid-turn
Very hard to understand what is going on, even when reading other posts, what the risks are, what my options are for moving forward.
bought preowned w 134k kms from whitby owasco dealership.
Had all the above issues from day 1. sadly didnt know how to describe comprehensively enough at the visits to the dealership during warranty period, as to be easily reproduced by dealer tech test drives,.
Didnt help either that the DSG fluid was warm by the drive there (#1 is irreproducible).
New to posting. Ill likely trim down this message
