Hi folks
I know there are alot of you out there with some sort of gearbox problems, and Ithink VW is well aware of some of the problems that is going about ie. the valve chest and hard shifting and so on.
Now VW said that their auto boxes are filled for life and that the oil should be checked at certain services - for obvious reasons. If your touareg's gearbox starts to play up from 35k-40k up wards and 4years and older ,Would you be happy if VW turn around and say - Right change the auto box oil at 40k/4 years for V10 only and 60k/4 years for all other models. That will reduce the chances of your gearbox playing up and costing the owner ?1000 + when the car is out of warrenty .
The reason I bring this up is the valve chests i have open so far is pretty covered in soot and that alone doesn't help.
At the end of the day its up to you as owner whether you would like the oil changed at ?70 - ?110 (what ever the price of the ATF) as part of a service, at set intervals.
Its a big grey area, I know .
Some thing to think about.
D
I know there are alot of you out there with some sort of gearbox problems, and Ithink VW is well aware of some of the problems that is going about ie. the valve chest and hard shifting and so on.
Now VW said that their auto boxes are filled for life and that the oil should be checked at certain services - for obvious reasons. If your touareg's gearbox starts to play up from 35k-40k up wards and 4years and older ,Would you be happy if VW turn around and say - Right change the auto box oil at 40k/4 years for V10 only and 60k/4 years for all other models. That will reduce the chances of your gearbox playing up and costing the owner ?1000 + when the car is out of warrenty .
The reason I bring this up is the valve chests i have open so far is pretty covered in soot and that alone doesn't help.
At the end of the day its up to you as owner whether you would like the oil changed at ?70 - ?110 (what ever the price of the ATF) as part of a service, at set intervals.
Its a big grey area, I know .
Some thing to think about.
D