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Wed Jul 23, 2014, 01:20 PM Jul 2014

Have a question to any car heads here, please.. [View all]

I am thinking of looking at a VW Passat. A family member, who is also an engineer, told me that the new VWs now have "robo gear." This means that while it is the same as automatic transmission for the driver, if it goes bad after the warranty expires, repairing it can cost a lot of money, around $10K and above.

Anyone knows anything?

Thanks

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Have a question to any car heads here, please.. [View all] question everything Jul 2014 OP
by "robo gear" did he mean CVTs? Also sometimes called multitronic transmissions. Electric Monk Jul 2014 #1
Thank you very much question everything Jul 2014 #2
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