22/08/2009 @ 00:33:44: Neptune: DSG failure?
ABC News report on DSG (Direct Shift Gearbox) failures in VW and Audi.
What is Direct Shift? I thought VW and Audi had Tiptroinc? I guess DSG replaced Tiptronic. I’m confused.
http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=8380548
I read some posts on YouTube and some people are saying that the "Mechatronic" units that control the transmissions are failing, that concerns me some as my vehicle uses a Mechatronic system. I guess electronics will be the death of cars.
22/08/2009 @ 05:17:52: qwerty_86: DSG failure?
DSG are dual clutch manual trans where the computer controls the shifts and clutches.
23/08/2009 @ 02:09:07: Neptune: DSG failure?
Thanks, I had some time, so I looked it up and read-up on it. It’s kind of weird, a manual transmission without an actual clutch pedal, just accelerator and brake pedals like a automatic transmission. How they say it works is really neat, too bad they are having problems with it.
I hope Volkswagen can work out the gremlins.
23/08/2009 @ 17:43:09: CarChasesFanatic: DSG failure?
It's still an automatic transmission, you can chose to put it in full auto and dont have to change the gears yourself.
23/08/2009 @ 21:09:14: Neptune: DSG failure?
I thought it was an automatic transmission too, but it does not have the parts associated with a automatic transmission, including a torque converter. With it being manual, it doesn’t need all the parts a automatic needs.
Wiki has a page for it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct-Shift_Gearbox24/08/2009 @ 08:48:12: CarChasesFanatic: DSG failure?
Well you might be right but it still does the work for you, it may work in a different way than others but I for sure wouldn't say I have a car with a manual transmission if someone asked me about it, it works like an auto for the driver, the person doesn't need to change gears himself if he doesn't want to.
25/08/2009 @ 03:10:53: qwerty_86: DSG failure?
It's an automatic manual transmission.
