Gearbox Types

[marinabrid]

hi all

pal of mine about to by an 04 galaxy or sharan alhambra

the boy at car people told him that the galaxy still has a weak gearbox selector that can shear, however the sharan and seat had a different gearbox which didnt shear the bolt inside.

anyone confirm this ?

i thought the ford was the same engine gearbox and drive train as the vw seat . its a tdi 115 hes after.

thanks all.

[tiny]

First i've heard, and if it was a problem, it would have been on here by now!

[JohnR]

TDi 115 does have the Ford 6-speed box. Generally ok, but mine is starting to lose the synchro on 3rd gear (crashes if you change too quickly) after 120,000 miles. Just have to wait a few milliseconds longer when changing up in order to match revs. As Tiny says, we haven't seen significant numbers of problems reported here so think the story could be a red herring. Edited March 8, 2008 by JohnR

[gregers]

me thinks maybe the vw has been hanging round the showroom a bit too long hence the comment?

[Stevoo]

TDi 115 does have the Ford 6-speed box. Generally ok, but mine is starting to lose the synchro on 3rd gear (crashes if you change too quickly) after 120,000 miles. Just have to wait a few milliseconds longer when changing up in order to match revs. As Tiny says, we haven't seen significant numbers of problems reported here so think the story could be a red herring.

 

 

You tried changing your gearbox oil?

[marinabrid]

think i explained wrong

on the forum there are a lot of items where the driver cant select 3 or 4 gear, sometimes the cables have become loose form the coupling but i thought id read that on a lot , a bolt in the gearbox has sheared and the selector wont move. i think this is what im on about

[mk2vr6]

but i thought id read that on a lot , a bolt in the gearbox has sheared and the selector wont move. i think this is what im on about

 

your correct there have been a few cases of the bolt on the selector shaft failing and dropping into the box! if your lucky the bolt will fall to the bottom of the box and do no damage! but worse case! it gets chewed up on the way down and totals the box!