jamesfoley
New Member
Picked up an approved used 2017 S3 Sportback last week from Audi. Great car overall but I am suffering from constant traction light flickering / front wheel spin / tramping which I suspect has something to do with the haldex not doing its thing. Car is due to go back to them next week to have it looked at so not overly worried right now.
My main reason for posting is to ask whether the DSG is supposed to be clunky / jerky when driving around town, or if its meant to be smooth?
Admittedly I wasn't able to get it to become noticeably jerky on the test drive I had, nor was another S3 I test drove, but I'm guessing that was down to not encountering usual traffic. After having the car for a week now and driving it around town the DSG comes across as very indecisive about gears. Sometimes it holds onto gears forever for no reason, other times it changes up the gears quite quickly. When pulling away it also randomly decides if it's going to suddenly engage a gear all the way giving you that neck jerk sensation. It just feels like it doesn't really know what gear it is supposed to be in and fumbles at the last second.
Is something wrong here? I've heard about potentially resetting the DSG, is that something I should have done?
My main reason for posting is to ask whether the DSG is supposed to be clunky / jerky when driving around town, or if its meant to be smooth?
Admittedly I wasn't able to get it to become noticeably jerky on the test drive I had, nor was another S3 I test drove, but I'm guessing that was down to not encountering usual traffic. After having the car for a week now and driving it around town the DSG comes across as very indecisive about gears. Sometimes it holds onto gears forever for no reason, other times it changes up the gears quite quickly. When pulling away it also randomly decides if it's going to suddenly engage a gear all the way giving you that neck jerk sensation. It just feels like it doesn't really know what gear it is supposed to be in and fumbles at the last second.
Is something wrong here? I've heard about potentially resetting the DSG, is that something I should have done?