Seat Leon DSG Question

[adamloader]

Hi guys
I’ve got a Seat Leon xcellence lux 1.5 eTSI DSG estate (2021 plate), I’ve noticed that sometimes the DSG can what feels like ‘bouncing’ if you give it a good amount of throttle from standstill/creep. It’s like the revs are going up and down and are being controlled almost. Pull away is consistent/not in line with throttle input
I don’t know whether the box just is slow to react or whether this is something afoot having not experienced a slipping DSG before.
I hope this isn’t the case.
Has anyone experienced this and can say it’s expected behaviour or not?
Cheers
Adam

 

[Tell]

Thats a DQ200. Best not to pump the throttle on DSQ else they get confused as to what gear they should be in. It depends. Mine is a DQ380 on a 2 litre TDI that doesnt suffer from the effect of my old Altea where it use to get a bit confused about engine power and gears. They think a bit faster now but sudden changes in throttle getting away can cause hesitation as its working out what you mean.

The DQ200 on the Arona 1.0 TSI 3 cylinder is perfect . I do chime dont pump it.

1.5 TSI engine has that close down 4 cylinder / 3 cylinder business which a 3 cylinder obviously hasn't got. So any mismanagement in that could give you an interesting DSG experience. I dont have any experience of that engine although it had an early reputation.

Chipping any engine on a DSG I wouldn't advise. The DQ200 is suppose to be at the limits when matched to a 1.5 litre engine so those that embark on that are asking for trouble. Any previous owner might have tuned the engine...

Steady foot driving on a DSG gives you the best experience. Sometimes getting away you put your foot down, take it off then wait a short period before the power and revs, gear are matched again. Probably my my 21 years of driving a DSG. Elements of launch control, then foot off. Don't use the paddles, never have.

 

[adamloader]

Thats a DQ200. Best not to pump the throttle on DSQ else they get confused as to what gear they should be in. It depends. Mine is a DQ380 on a 2 litre TDI that doesnt suffer from the effect of my old Altea where it use to get a bit confused about engine power and gears. They think a bit faster now but sudden changes in throttle getting away can cause hesitation as its working out what you mean.

The DQ200 on the Arona 1.0 TSI 3 cylinder is perfect . I do chime dont pump it.

1.5 TSI engine has that close down 4 cylinder / 3 cylinder business which a 3 cylinder obviously hasn't got. So any mismanagement in that could give you an interesting DSG experience. I dont have any experience of that engine although it had an early reputation.

Chipping any engine on a DSG I wouldn't advise. The DQ200 is suppose to be at the limits when matched to a 1.5 litre engine so those that embark on that are asking for trouble. Any previous owner might have tuned the engine...

Steady foot driving on a DSG gives you the best experience. Sometimes getting away you put your foot down, take it off then wait a short period before the power and revs, gear are matched again. Probably my my 21 years of driving a DSG. Elements of launch control, then foot off. Don't use the paddles, never have.

Thanks for the feedback.
I’ve been trying to understand if it’s something that happens when cold or better in ‘sport’ mode but haven’t been out much lately.
It is fine if driven gently. But sometimes you can’t be gentle and need a swift getaway that’s all.
Yes it is an eTSI so is doing the cylinder shutoff stuff. Unfortunately they don’t offer a ‘normal’ TSI or at least I thought not. Everything seems eTSI or plug in.
If there’s a way to disable the cylinder shutoff that would be interesting. Nothing in the user interface for it, would be a VCDS hack.

 

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I have disable stop start since that doesnt help when trying to get away at roundabouts and junctions. Aggressive driving and the gear box has to guess what you want to do. That guessing period has been reduced these days. It's other traffic messing about which causes the false starts which then can take a time with the gear box to sort itself out. Generally when I go at round abouts with heavy traffic I just go. The turbo bit of the TDI then keep you going a bit longer and foot off till back at the speed you want.