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I think the fact that there are videos devoted to the fault tells us a lot! It is a design fault. Having had a 5-hour 300 mile journey with child and elderly people in the car take me 13 hours, I wasn't prepared to take that risk again.

To Linni - Google the topic. Many DSGs fail well before that, especially models between 2019 and 2021.

I'm sorry to say that after this experience I lost confidence in the company, the vehicle and the repair carried out under the warranty - I sold it the day I collected it from the main dealer who repaired it. I had driven Skodas for twenty years but that didn't seem to matter at all. I replaced it with a RAV4, and it's a terrific car. I wouldn't go back, but it's still a shame.

Ootohere - this is simply socialism in action. The future looks awful, especially for people who love cars.

Many thanks, rbss, and strangely remarkable timing. This afternoon I've been told that the parts required are now on back-order - which means nobody knows when they will be available. I was given an explanation by the service receptionist on the phone that this is all to do will the Ukraine war, at which point I politely put the phone down, and sent an email. The service manager - it's a Skoda main dealer - did his job professionally called me back then and said he thought they might have the parts within a couple of weeks but obviously he couldn't etc etc... I agree the Kodiaq is a great car in many respects (I've had Skodas for many years) but I'm afraid I have lost confidence in the brand, especially as there is no certainty that DSG issues will reoccur on the next long journey. So I'm looking at RAV 4s and seriously thinking about changing brand after a lot of years.

A very interesting thread for me, having been relayed 220 miles home from Wales yesterday by the AA (brilliant service, by the way). The breakdown was the fault discussed in the thread - I was driving an L&K Tsi S 2 litre petrol Kodiaq, registered in December 2019. The car has still only done 28k, and was bought from a main dealer last March. My question - I'm not knowledgeable about cars, but have driven and liked Skodas for many years - is this. Are Skoda vehicles sold new still breaking down with this fault, or has it been addressed? If a new Mechatronic is fitted to my vehicle under the warranty, is it still equally liable to suffer the same fault? It seems incredible that such good cars have been sold with such known issue for so long.