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For people who have had gearboxes fail
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 12:43 am
by Bryony84
Can anyone give me a rough timescale on how quickly they deteriorate. Mine has recently gone from making a faint grinding noise to a louder grinding noise and most recently a loud whine in low gears. Is it likely to fail before I have the chance to find someone to rebuild it/buy a rebuilt box!?
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:23 am
by tomo87
my first one went on for a couple of weeks making noises but my 2nd only lasted 4days from the first noise!!
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:58 am
by Luke'sGti
there is no real timescale that you can put on it bryony from what i have been told. It can go after 2 miles or in my case approx 4000 miles
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 11:15 am
by garnier
Mine started howling about 5000 miles ago and it still appears ok. No crunching yet, but the howling is getting worse. I drive it pretty gently, I don't know if that's why it's lasting for so many miles. I did thrash the hell out of it a few weeks ago and the noises got instantly worse!
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 11:32 am
by Bryony84
Yeh, i wasn't very nice to it on the way to santa pod last wkend, think that was when it got worse.
Going to ring around a few places at lunch - anyone know whether new box or rebuild of my current one would be cheaper?
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 12:01 pm
by Luke'sGti
i was told that a refurb of your box is better and make sure that they replace the bearings. If you got a new box all it would be is a re-conditioned one anyway - vw dont make them anymore - or thats what i was told.
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 12:50 pm
by Bryony84
I wouldn't go to VW anyway, its between rebuilding mine or a new one from ace gearboxes!
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 2:28 pm
by alexperkins
Mine is on the verge of destruction - ive lost 2nd and 5th gears, and most gears crunch. Its going into VW next week for a new box.
Thank god for warranty repairs
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 3:14 pm
by ticki
alexperkins wrote:Mine is on the verge of destruction - ive lost 2nd and 5th gears, and most gears crunch. Its going into VW next week for a new box.
Thank god for warranty repairs
Is it really a BRAND NEW gearbox?
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 3:33 pm
by alexperkins
Oh yes. My VW dealership is very difficult- the staff dont wanna know half the time.
I put my foot down as, quite frankly, I am sick of them giving me excuses that there is nothing wrong. What they fail to understand is they aren't driving it every day of the week
After a month battle, I finally have a brand spanking new box going in
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 7:10 pm
by Dee-vub
i think mines only lasted a few days before totally going.....Started a really low whyne, especially when accelerating or decellerating, then got louder, then a sorta clicky knocking noise. Then lost 2nd gear. Got it sorted the next day, blew a whole in the dif casing or something
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 7:13 pm
by Bryony84
Eek, mines booked in for a rebuild next wednesday, going to be driving it pretty carefully until then I think! If its only the bearings that need replacing, I've been told it will cost about £320
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:05 pm
by garnier
that seems like a decent price, does that include labour as well?
I called warranty direct and they wont replace my dodgy box until it totally fails. If the re-con only costs that much, I might just pay to get it done.
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:13 pm
by Bryony84
Yup, its all in, although this was after and hour of phoning around til i find someone who knew about the problems with the GTI gearbox and had rebuilt one before.
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 10:27 am
by mk4 glx 1.6
May I ask which garage it is going to then Bryony?