Notchy gears

[lee1101]

So I have had my ds3 for two days now and I love it!

All apart from one thing. When I'm changing down into second or putting it into reverse it's very notchy. Sometimes I have to lift my foot off the clutch and try again to get it into gear. It's kind of annoying as its taking some of the fun out of driving it

Is this normal? It's a Thp by the way

Cheers

[theoc]

Mine was a bit ropey, difficult even, for the first few hundred miles, seems fine now though.

[nufc_ds3]

give it a while to bed in, it wil be fine.

[gar074]

My THP gearbox is fine. I can't recall it being widely reported as a problem on here.

[beck_4ever]

Can't say I have had that problem with my THP

[WTF]

Just an excuse to drive it more Reverse was a bit of a pain at first for mine (120 vti)

Anyone that feels your not happy with your gear selection (notchy) changing the gearbox oil to a gearbox oil that contains nanotechnology will improve the feel and transition movement when selecting gears.

Source: Notchy Gearbox

[lee1101]

My test drive was perfect and there wasn't any grinding and crunching. Ill pop down to the dealer and see what they say

[WTF]

Test drive in a car that has already covered x amount of miles?

[Bigfeet]

Give it a chance to settle in first, put at least a few hundred miles under it's belt. As it a new car the linkage may just be a little stiff and just needs to loosen first.

[lee1101]

Test drive in a car that has already covered x amount of miles?

It had only done 400 miles so not much

[lee1101]

Give it a chance to settle in first, put at least a few hundred miles under it's belt. As it a new car the linkage may just be a little stiff and just needs to loosen first.

I have covered a few hundred miles already. May give it a few weeks then and see how it goes

[nufc_ds3]

I have covered a few hundred miles already. May give it a few weeks then and see how it goes

At the end of the day its you driving it, and only you know the true extent of the issue, so its your call on leaving it a while of taking it to the dealers, even if its just for a piece of mind. You have a fair sum of money, and if you are nto happy with something you are well with in your rights to have it looked at.

[lfcrule1972]

Never had that with mine (eHDI 110 DSport+) so if it's bugging you that much then ask the dealer to take a look at it as suggested above

[PlymTom]

lol people are saying give it a few hundred miles... mines on 13000 miles and still does this occasionally going into reverse. Maybe there is something wrong |:

[nufc_ds3]

my golf is on 90k and i still struggle to get reverse first time :-)