DSG too hot issues

[DrFr5]

Evening all I am after a bit of advice.

First some background. My car is a 59 plate Ibiza FR with the 1.4TSI engine and 59000 miles. It was serviced by JCT600 Seat 2 weeks ago to the day. It underwent the full service and an aircon cleanse. It has been fine since April when I bought it and fine since the service. It also had the DSG recall and oil change a few months ago with no problems.

This morning I had a bulb failure warning pop up but no bulbs have gone? On the way home from work this evening the car was fine. I made 2 stops (Halfords and Morissons) and the car was running for maybe 10-15 mins between each trip. After the last stop the car was running fine upon leaving the carpark but 2 minutes later I got TRANSMISSION TOO HOT. STOP! on the dashboard. The car wouldn't shift out of 1st gear and kept beeping. I put it into Neutral and coasted into a layby. I let the car cool down for 15 mins and tried to restart it but the error was still there. I checked the oil level and it was fine. I also touched the top the gearbox and it wasn't even warm!

I locked the car up and walked home. I'm thinking (more hoping) its an electrical glitch caused by the cold weather and a weak battery? Could this be a reasonable assumption or is there something more sinister afoot? If anyone has any advice it would be greatly appreciated.

I will be going back to the car in a few hours to find out if the error is still there.

Thanks in advance.

 

[troupy]

all these issues all seem to happen when the dsg box oil is changed its totally putting me off getting mine changed even thow I really want to but this is all I see....

take it was fine before hand?

 

[queen]

A weak battery can cause all sorts of problems, especially with DSG that uses a lot of electricity.

 

[DrFr5]

It was fine before. The oil was changed in June/July. I thought battery at first due to the random bulb warning popping up.
The car has been recovered now to my local Seat dealer. They can't look at it until Tuesday at the earliest due to being very busy.
I have done some research and found that vw recalled the gearboxes in Germany and USA due to similar issues. There is a problem with the clutch temperature sensor and it cuts the clutch at random moments. I've told the dealer about this but they say it doesn't apply to my car. I've since emailed head office and just waiting on a reply.


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[rawcpoppa]

The recall in the us applies to the 6 speed dsg and is from years ago. That's why the dealer says it doesn't apply here as you have the 7 speed dsg.

 

[Leejonm]

Fantastic..my Ibiza fr won't move as seems to think the dsg is overheating even though it hasn't moved for 6 hours
Anyone had an similar ordeal

 

[rawcpoppa]

Probably a faulty temperature sensor. I can't remember where it's located but most likely its in the mechatronic unit. You may have to change the mechatronic unit as a result as dealers don't open it under any circumstances.

 

[Leejonm]

Garage just rung me to say it's blowing the dsg fuse and they think it's the metetronic unit.
Funny as this is what the dsg recall was meant to prevent this happening which I had done 6 months ago.
And checked a vw forum and quite a few dsgs that worked ok before the recall are now failing just like mine so I'd think twice before going in for it. . Ps had a quote of £900 to fit a recon unit

 

[Sidkay]

Evening all I am after a bit of advice.

First some background. My car is a 59 plate Ibiza FR with the 1.4TSI engine and 59000 miles. It was serviced by JCT600 Seat 2 weeks ago to the day. It underwent the full service and an aircon cleanse. It has been fine since April when I bought it and fine since the service. It also had the DSG recall and oil change a few months ago with no problems.

This morning I had a bulb failure warning pop up but no bulbs have gone? On the way home from work this evening the car was fine. I made 2 stops (Halfords and Morissons) and the car was running for maybe 10-15 mins between each trip. After the last stop the car was running fine upon leaving the carpark but 2 minutes later I got TRANSMISSION TOO HOT. STOP! on the dashboard. The car wouldn't shift out of 1st gear and kept beeping. I put it into Neutral and coasted into a layby. I let the car cool down for 15 mins and tried to restart it but the error was still there. I checked the oil level and it was fine. I also touched the top the gearbox and it wasn't even warm!

I locked the car up and walked home. I'm thinking (more hoping) its an electrical glitch caused by the cold weather and a weak battery? Could this be a reasonable assumption or is there something more sinister afoot? If anyone has any advice it would be greatly appreciated.

I will be going back to the car in a few hours to find out if the error is still there.

Thanks in advance.

Hi did you managed to find out and fixed the issue? Because this exactly happen to me today bulb failure popped up when all the bulbs where fine and right after 30m got a notification saying "STOP TRANSMISSION TO HOT and car wont move at all
Im taking it to the mechanic tomorrow just wanted to know what was the issue with your car thanks