Gary R M

Picked car up to day after finally having the DSG gearbox replaced, so far so good it seems like a new car, might even wash it this week.

Yes but what do you think this has this actually cost Skoda, as thwere must be some mark up on the cost of the parts for retail?

Thanks for the info a couple of very good points

i think I am with jrw and may extend the warranty.

The Mechatronic has already been replaced so I don't know if they will have to fit another one. So with 2k for the mechatronic, 5k for the new DSG there was probably not a lot of profit for Skoda in my car. Will I get a new 3 year warrenty on the gearbox?

I had the chance to test drive another 1.8 TSI DSG which confirmed that there is definitely a problem with my gearbox. I am now booked in next week for a complete new gearbox, god knows how much this will cost, and I really hope that this fixes the problem, its a shame that this will be the 10th visit to the dealer. I have asked about the possibility of compensation, so it will be interesting to see what is offered. Fingers crossed

I guess that it is understandable why Skoda will try to save on replacement costs, I just hope that they don't do an Alfa on me and say that its unfortunate but it is a 'characteristic of the gear box'. Skoda customer services did seem to be very understanding and was surprised at how polite I was at the prospect of a 7th visit to the garage but asked me to go through with this especially when it is to take some readings which probably should have been taken the first time although from the nature of the fault I am not surprised that they didn't find anything. I did mention the word compensation and they have promised that they will come up with something once (if) the problem has been sorted.

No faults showed up with the readings that were taken, and visit No.8 is another test drive, this time with the after sales manager, although they are coming to me this time.

Unfortunately my Octy is now going back to the dealer for the 7th time due to the judder when puilling away in 2nd gear. 1. Test drive to demonstrate fault 2. Car left for 1 day to check of oil levels & various settings etc. 3. Car left for 2 days for mechatronic unit to be replaced, but the old unit could not be removed so car was returned 4. Car left for 1 day to replace mechatronic unit which was completed, however the problem was not fixed 5. Second test drive to show that fault was still present 6. Car left for 2 days to re-programme new mechatronic 7. Car required for another set of readings to be taken 8. ??? 9. Will this ever end? I have now written to Skoda UK Customer Service as this is starting to get rather frustrating I will let you know how this goes.

Apart from the judder in 2nd which has led to the need to replace the mechatronic I have had none of the problemsa that people above have been talking about, maybe the 7speed DSG is a big improvement over the 6-speed or maybe I have just been lucky. Also the gear change ios so smooth that even if it can't make its mind up which one to be in you don't notice the changes, but if it does annoy you then just push the stick over and drive manually, it will still change down if the revs drop to low but you can control when it changes back up.

I only have the problem in 2nd gear so hopefully the clutch i okay

I took the car in last week for the mechatronic to be replaced but it hasn't gone well. Day 2 'Sorry you need to keep the loan car for another day, we have never seen one of these gearboxes before and we haven't got the tool we need' Day 3 'Yes you can collect the car today but we haven't actually replaced the mechatronic as we couldn't get it off the gear box, so we need to replace the gearbox as well' And I am still waiting for the next date. At lest the car is still drivable.

I just hope I will get lucky as I would like to keep this car, and apart from this niggle the DSG gives a fantastic ride, although an extended warranty may be necessary. Maybe one day all cars will be DSG!!

Thanks for the advice but I guess that as it is a warranty job they will still insist on doing it a bit at a time just in case they get lucky. I looked at a picture of a DSG-7 mechatronic it looks like something from the space shuttle!