Multitronic gearbox advice needed please

[Mr Tidy]

Hi Guys

Just looking for a bit of advice on my car. It is in fact a 2012 seat exeo 2.0tdi which as we know is the B7.

cars done 78000miles and has had 1 owner the whole time since new, serviced by the same SEAT garage at the recommended times, for everything its ever needed in its life so far.
I noticed in the history book that the gearbox oil has never been touched, so today called them and spoke to a technician at the dealer. They said my box is a lifelong unit and does not get serviced other than checking the oil at the service times.
I should say at this point that the gearbox is working fine, and I have only just become worried after being informed about multitronic issues from other members.

anyway ive moved house now and contacted my new local dealer this morning and explained the same concerns to them. They said that some units are lifelong and others are not, they would need to check, but according to Seat's service schedule that they work to, oil should be changed at 40,000 miles on serviceable boxes or topped up if a non serviceable box.

So who do I believe?? 1 dealers telling me no don't change it and one saying it should be changed..

Whats peoples thoughts on here?

 

[desertstorm]

If your box has lifelong oil then it is classed as non serviceable . The serviceable gearboxes at 40K miles I would of thought would be DSG gearboxes which yours is not. And these most certainly do need the oil changing at those kind of intervals.
Personally if you were thinking of keeping the car for several years I would look into changing the oil particularly if you plan on doing anything like towing with the car. Just because Audi says gearbox oil is for life doesn't mean it can't be changed and that changing it won't improve the car.

 

[Mr Tidy]

If your box has lifelong oil then it is classed as non serviceable . The serviceable gearboxes at 40K miles I would of thought would be DSG gearboxes which yours is not. And these most certainly do need the oil changing at those kind of intervals.
Personally if you were thinking of keeping the car for several years I would look into changing the oil particularly if you plan on doing anything like towing with the car. Just because Audi says gearbox oil is for life doesn't mean it can't be changed and that changing it won't improve the car.

Yeah, i plan on keeping the car at least 2 or 3 years, but not towing. Im just a bit worried now after reading posts on the multitronic issues... were they possibly resolved when it was used on the SEAT? My local dealer said in hi s 20 years service theyve had very few issues with multitronic boxes

 

[Mr Tidy]

If your box has lifelong oil then it is classed as non serviceable . The serviceable gearboxes at 40K miles I would of thought would be DSG gearboxes which yours is not. And these most certainly do need the oil changing at those kind of intervals.
Personally if you were thinking of keeping the car for several years I would look into changing the oil particularly if you plan on doing anything like towing with the car. Just because Audi says gearbox oil is for life doesn't mean it can't be changed and that changing it won't improve the car.

Well, cars back after transmission oil change, so not sealed for life, not sure it feels any different to be honest, total cost £135.00
leaves me a bit confused as to why the car has had a full service history by SEAT and they have not changed the oil at 40k miles previously or at any other time,
what is even more confusing is all the chat on the forums regarding this issue about it being such a big deal...unless im missing something.​

 

[Mike B]

Never heard of a sealed box on an Audi although the Tiptronic is not supposed to need servicing.Still got mine done though its not a lot to pay and I couldn't see how the ATF would last forever.I think most would look for regular changes on a multitronic as a must