vinkodex.MPS6i PowerShift: stripped spline connection, limp mode
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expensive
severity
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mileage
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The fault
How you spot it
The weak point is the spline connection of the even-gear hub: repeated abrupt starts can strip the splines, and the gearbox goes into limp mode, holding only one or two gears.
The remaining faults come from clutch wear and contamination of the mechatronic unit, and clutch wear is accelerated by oil seeping past the seal. The dual-mass flywheel has a short life, sometimes under 150,000 km.
Which model
Who it affects
The card opens the generation, the engine or the transmission.
Engines and transmissions
Transmission
MPS6I
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MPS6i PowerShift: stripped spline connection, limp mode
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How we know
Information, not an expert opinion
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