the surfer
03-03-2008, 01:46 PM
Could anyone help me with this?
Whenever I drive my car from cold, 2nd gear never engages smoothly until about 10 mins into the journey when the engines warmed up. It doesn't 'crunch' as such, it's hard to explain, it's like you can actually feel the gears moving. For a modern car built to a high standard (supposedly) I'm inclined to think this really shouldn't happen! A few people have said this could be down to the transmission fluid, others have said it's a common fault in a lot of VAG cars and others have said it's common among all diesel powered vehicles! I can't imagine it's the gearbox oil as the car is on a 55 plate and covered only 28k and I got it at 18k and it was doing this then. I don't believe it's common in all diesels as I frequently drive Honda CRV and Civic diesels and this never seems to be an issue. The one I'm more leaning towards is the 'common VAG gearbox fault' as I've owned both MK3 & MK4 Golfs previously, both with this same problem; although the MK3's second gear was crunchy all the time, even when the engine was at running temp! I can live with the few less than smooth gear changes, no problem, the thing I'm worried about is possible damage being caused to the transmission over time.
Once the engines warmish (+20 degrees C), the gearbox is probably the smoothest I've ever driven in any car, and I've driven hundreds of cars, from old to brand new off the factory floor!
If anyone could shed some light on this it would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Whenever I drive my car from cold, 2nd gear never engages smoothly until about 10 mins into the journey when the engines warmed up. It doesn't 'crunch' as such, it's hard to explain, it's like you can actually feel the gears moving. For a modern car built to a high standard (supposedly) I'm inclined to think this really shouldn't happen! A few people have said this could be down to the transmission fluid, others have said it's a common fault in a lot of VAG cars and others have said it's common among all diesel powered vehicles! I can't imagine it's the gearbox oil as the car is on a 55 plate and covered only 28k and I got it at 18k and it was doing this then. I don't believe it's common in all diesels as I frequently drive Honda CRV and Civic diesels and this never seems to be an issue. The one I'm more leaning towards is the 'common VAG gearbox fault' as I've owned both MK3 & MK4 Golfs previously, both with this same problem; although the MK3's second gear was crunchy all the time, even when the engine was at running temp! I can live with the few less than smooth gear changes, no problem, the thing I'm worried about is possible damage being caused to the transmission over time.
Once the engines warmish (+20 degrees C), the gearbox is probably the smoothest I've ever driven in any car, and I've driven hundreds of cars, from old to brand new off the factory floor!
If anyone could shed some light on this it would be much appreciated.
Thanks