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Originally Posted by Hersbird
The Touraeg is one VW that doesn't use a DSG. It has an Aisin 8 speed (at least my year 2012 did). I believe it's the identical transmission they use in the Cayenne Turbo with 500+hp and 0-60 under 4 sec. I had asked the service department because the dealership throws in a lifetime powertrain warranty on their used cars as long as you follow the service schedule. I asked him when we need to do the transmission and he said never. I was like, "as long as you guys are paying for it when it dies OK."
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I know the Touraeg has a traditional automatic. That doesn't stop VW from calling all their automatics DSG.
Just doing what the VW dealer says is often a bad idea - especially for diesels. That is why I asked what the actual VW service schedule says. Hopefully you have a statement in writing from your dealership that the transmission fluid never needs to be checked or changed.
(The first VW dealer I visited just used the regular gasoline spec engine oil in the TDIs and said to change it every 5K miles instead of 10K.)
Service schedules are sometime hard to find online, but this one from VW says check the transmission fluid every 40K miles.
https://pics.tdiclub.com/data/516/2010_Touareg.pdf
This one says change it every 40K miles
https://www.normreevesvw.com/volkswa...ule-irvine-ca/
It is your transmission. I don't trust anything a VW dealers says and after my experience with the dieselgate and CPO warranty I don't trust VW will actually honor their warranty terms.