dugawug
Veteran Member
I just bought an '02 Golf GLS and was a little disappointed to hear about the tranny. I saw my sticker and it said FDB, so I understand that's an 01m which has a fairly high failure rate around the 100k+ mark.
So while the car just now has only 18K on it, what should I do to best prevent any problems with the 01m down the road?
I did some reading here, and am already doing little things like putting on the parking brake before putting it in park, taking it easy while it warms up, not switching gears until the car has totally stopped, etc.
But what else? What about changing the oil/filter? How often should I do that or should I just leave it alone altogether?
(On my old Benz 240D, I was told the best thing to do for it's transmission was to leave it alone...something about breaking the seals once would mean inevitable leaks and potential problems from then on)
So while the car just now has only 18K on it, what should I do to best prevent any problems with the 01m down the road?
I did some reading here, and am already doing little things like putting on the parking brake before putting it in park, taking it easy while it warms up, not switching gears until the car has totally stopped, etc.
But what else? What about changing the oil/filter? How often should I do that or should I just leave it alone altogether?
(On my old Benz 240D, I was told the best thing to do for it's transmission was to leave it alone...something about breaking the seals once would mean inevitable leaks and potential problems from then on)