The gearbox is always changing up way to early like at 30mph it’s in 6th gear
I deliberately checked this in my 2017 Golf 2.0 TDI 7-speed DSG this evening. It changes to 4th at about 28mph and then on to 5th at about 36mph. 6th doesn’t get selected until above 40mph. At all times it kept revs above 1250rpm. 6th @ 30mph would require sub-1000rpm revs, which just wouldn’t happen unless you have a fault.
It is the 1.6 tdi mk7 110ps and no paddle shift either, i use acc alot (which is awesome) set at 33mph around town. seems once it cruises at 33mph or i cruising along it’s in 6th, then say i put acc up to 45mph it stays in 6th and i watch the mpg usage go right down. So now i put into manual mode and put it into 5th and off we go then i put it back to auto. Maybe the 2.0 tdi is more suited to the 7 speed box because of that extra bit of grunt and torque. We can both be right.. thats the problem with cars some combo’s work better together than others.
It just recently had an update to the engine software some recall, they did it when it was in for it’s mot (took 3 hours for the update) and imo it’s way worse than it ever was, like it’s set for eco or in limp mode. driving it in normal under certain perimeters… Sometimes i can only drive it in sport mode, if i need to actually drive alot. Which more to do with me and my condition, in such that i have to press the gas peddle down less to make the car move. Also as the peddles alot lower than the brake is on my golf, to brake ya foot needs to not only move across but more towards yourself, which hurts me bad and when i’m really bad, i have to have the seat further back so i can press the gas only a little bit. So is hard to kick down. So paddles a must on my next car.
Maybe i gonna need adaptions soon.