MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: TurboTrev on July 13, 2011, 09:40:41 am
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My wife's just bought a DSG Polo GTI and I'm suprised that you can move the "gear" lever from D to N and vice versa while the car is moving without holding the button in. It will also move from S to D to N, then back to D (but not back to S) without the holding the button in? Is all of this normal, or is something broken? Thanks.
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Thats normal. I think that it should be locked between D and N, easy to knock it out of gear. :scared:
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It's normal :happy2: don't worry! I thought the same thing lol
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I thought the brake pedal has to be pressed to move it?
Haven't actually tried to move it to N while driving :scared:
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Sounds normal to me :grin:
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That is all correct Trev, you just have to be careful not to knock it into neutral on the move. I seem to remember sunglasses Ron having a incident were his passenger knocked it into neutral at 70mph. The incident seemed very strange as his passenger was allegedly leaning over toward him at the time. :wink: :evilgrin:
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^^^^ Thanks for all your responses. Very odd that you can do that - seems like a safety design fault to me.
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No worse than a manual car - that can be moved into neutral too whilst driving :laugh: the worst thing that can happen is . . . . . You slow down
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Although on a dsg, if you go into neutral when moving you can irreversibly damage the box as the oil circulation stops!
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Although on a dsg, if you go into neutral when moving you can irreversibly damage the box as the oil circulation stops!
If that is the case then even more reason for a lock between D and N. I have put it in N whilst driving before by accident thinking i was in Manual... :scared:
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Yeah only ever time I use n is when I'm stationary in traffic for ages
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perfectly normal....but the part about shifting from drive to neutral and therefore cutting the oil circulation, is very true!!