2015 VW Golf Sportwagen manual fluid change

Luddite1811

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Joined
Feb 17, 2017
Location
Republic of Texas
TDI
2015 MK7 VW Golf Sportwagen TDI
I turn in my 2012 VW Golf TDI with DSG on July 28 for the buyback and already replaced it with an MK7 Golf Sportwagen TDI manual.

I'm used to doing a 40k interval for the DSG tranny on my MK6 so wondering if anyone can shed light on how often they change the fluid on their manual gearbox in the MK7's? Can't find anything online or in the service manual and "lifetime" seems a bit like BS if you ask me
 

turbobrick240

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Nov 18, 2014
Location
maine
TDI
2011 vw golf tdi(gone to greener pastures), 2001 ford f250 powerstroke
I changed mine at ~100k miles and it looked fine. I'll probably stick with that interval since it's easy to remember.
 

Ol'Rattler

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Jul 3, 2007
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PNA
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2006 BRM Jetta
Per VW, manual tranny fluid is "lifetime". Whose lifetime I'm not sure. Common wisdom is 100K miles or when you replace the clutch.
 

740GLE

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Aug 19, 2009
Location
NH
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2015 Passat SEL, 2017 Alltrack SE; BB 2010 Sedan Man; 2012 Passat,
I had stock fluid in the '10 jetta when it went back with 140K, while i did do the timing belt back in Dec '15 not knowing the fate of buy backs, i felt no reason to change the fluid, shifted fine no notchyness, but again i didn't really romp on the gear box too much.
 
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