GardRail
Veteran Member
The title pretty much says it all... The poor company car's transmission gave up the ghost, sheering off portions of spring, or other unknown metallic innards with such force to pierce multiple holes out the 1/4" cast aluminum housing.
The bits and pieces were evident when the plastic shield was removed from the bottom of the car. There were numerous bits of spring consisting of larger gauge metal, a few smaller spring bits along with an unhealthy pile of shredded metal which may be a combination of aluminum and iron...
Being that this is a company car - the dealership is the place I take it just so that all is properly documented. Cost of parts ~ 7500.00 for a new DSG so far... It is unknown if the engine block has any damage.
As you guys probably know - i'm far from an expert; I wouldn't even call myself a shade-tree mechanic... But based on my understanding of a transmission... once the factory bolts it on - it aint coming off unless something needs to be fixed - ie replacing the transmission or engine. The Dual Mass Flywheel on that car shouldn't have exploded at 96k miles! Can this be considered a manufacturers defect?
is there any way this tidbit mentioned on myturbodiesel.com can help: http://www.myturbodiesel.com/images/pdf/VW-DSG-recall-warranty-extension.pdf
The total parts & labor for the car so far (without finding anything else wrong) is upwards to around 9,500.00....
The bits and pieces were evident when the plastic shield was removed from the bottom of the car. There were numerous bits of spring consisting of larger gauge metal, a few smaller spring bits along with an unhealthy pile of shredded metal which may be a combination of aluminum and iron...
Being that this is a company car - the dealership is the place I take it just so that all is properly documented. Cost of parts ~ 7500.00 for a new DSG so far... It is unknown if the engine block has any damage.
As you guys probably know - i'm far from an expert; I wouldn't even call myself a shade-tree mechanic... But based on my understanding of a transmission... once the factory bolts it on - it aint coming off unless something needs to be fixed - ie replacing the transmission or engine. The Dual Mass Flywheel on that car shouldn't have exploded at 96k miles! Can this be considered a manufacturers defect?
is there any way this tidbit mentioned on myturbodiesel.com can help: http://www.myturbodiesel.com/images/pdf/VW-DSG-recall-warranty-extension.pdf
The total parts & labor for the car so far (without finding anything else wrong) is upwards to around 9,500.00....