DSG microswitch replacement help

[ImOmii]

Car: 1.4 TSI Seat Leon DSG 2016

Hi all,

Been getting the dreaded "Error workshop: Only leave vehicle in position P" for awhile now, but its always appearing now rather than intermittent. Have plugged in diagnostic tool and get a "5116229 Gear selector lever park position lock switch" code... so doing some digging heard you can simply get a new microswitch which fixes this issue.

there are two parts a black and a white which i have found off KWJPerformance:

• 5Q0713128A - VW/Skoda/Seat/Audi - Black Unit
• 5Q0713128 - VW/Skoda/Seat/Audi - White Unit

Have gone to local VAG specialist but the parts provider can't match the part number to my car! Only matches Skodas and some VW models - now they don't want to buy it and find out it doesn't fit so will need to confirm this.

If anyone knows which part would be compatible to the DSG box of the 1.4 Leon?

Much Appreciated!

Thanks

 

[oli_d2003]

Cant help identify which of the 2 parts you need sorry. But I did look into doing this myself a while back when my 2016 1.8tsi was showing an error regularly. Annoying as hell. Its been okay recently and not been as frequent.
Is there a quick way of lifting the DSG stick cover to identify which part is needed?

youtube video of a fix on a Skoda black part

link in the video description to a Golf white part

 

[ImOmii]

Cant help identify which of the 2 parts you need sorry. But I did look into doing this myself a while back when my 2016 1.8tsi was showing an error regularly. Annoying as hell. Its been okay recently and not been as frequent.
Is there a quick way of lifting the DSG stick cover to identify which part is needed?

youtube video of a fix on a Skoda black part

link in the video description to a Golf white part

Yeah I have tried to identify it but no one has a clue! Only way is to open it up ‍ going down to mechanic next week hopefully get an idea what part it is, doesn’t seem too difficult to identify it would do it myself but don’t want to damage anything - hoping it ain’t the white coloured switch they’re so hard to come by did find one going for £110.
Mine used to be intermittent but it’s been constant for me!

 

[serdar_18fr]

Yeah I have tried to identify it but no one has a clue! Only way is to open it up ‍ going down to mechanic next week hopefully get an idea what part it is, doesn’t seem too difficult to identify it would do it myself but don’t want to damage anything - hoping it ain’t the white coloured switch they’re so hard to come by did find one going for £110.
Mine used to be intermittent but it’s been constant for me!

The original microswitch is placed inside the selector mechanism and it is not a serviceable part, so it doesn't have an entry in the parts catalog. Even if you have a new switch, you would need to disassemble the whole mechanism. When this fault started to occur, VAG engineers saw that it would be a huge job that takes too much time of a technician, just for a tiny switch, so they decided to develop an easier-to-apply workaround and came up with those white and black repair kits, depending on the mechanism type. Parts catalog lists those kits for Skoda and VW models only but of course the same mechanisms were used in Audis and SEATs, so documentation-wise this seems to be a half-done job. There seems to be two published TPIs about the situation, one numbered 2051832, the other 2056031. Maybe those documents specify which cars have which mechanism but I wouldn't be hopeful about that. I can take a look at those TPIs and get back here when I have access to Erwin sometime in next week. Anyway, removing the top cover part shouldn't be a difficult job for an experienced hand and that seems to be the only way to be sure for now.

 

[Antera]

Remove cover from dsg handle and see iff its white or Black below

 

[wr6warren]

Having this issue myself now. My car is a white top version, which sadly seems to be x2 the price of the black one.

Have found any number of guides on YouTube fitting them to Golfs and various Skodas, but no Leon. Im quite worried that the fix kit is going to foul on the big plastic overhang bit just behind the gear stick.

 

[emesee]

Not too sure on adding links, but if this works, have a look at this thread: Thread 'Move selector lever to position P - fixed'
https://www.seatcupra.net/forums/threads/move-selector-lever-to-position-p-fixed.470766/

 

[wr6warren]

Spectacular find!!

 

[Gaz9000]

I really should go back and update that with something that started happening again maybe a year later...the error came back. This time, the fix was to wrap a cable tie around the gearstick, cut the excess off and then the little nubbin-y bit engaged into the micro switch fine again.

It's almost like the new part slipped forward and the gearstick shaft couldn't engage into the little nook again. But it hadnt. No idea what happened tbh.

So it's on one new part and a bodge to keep it working. Never had the problem again tho

If I feel brave enough to unclip the surround I'll take a pic and add it in.

Glad you found it helpful though.
Cheers