I got this from the YETI forum.

Volkswagen recalls 53,300 new vehicles, announces service program to address DSG complaints|autoinsane

Looks like the DSG woes in the US are getting worse and worse. Yet another recall for DSG owners.

Anybody got any views about the possible spin off for us here in the UK?

Getting scared, my new Octy (DSG) will be deliverd to me in a few weeks..

Well I haven't seen anything on here as in a member of this forum suffering this fault, as yet.

I'm waiting to see what happens, I've got a 1,8 Elegance Octavia with DSG coming at the end of November, if there's a known problem then I suspect it will be addressed at the factory.

The only DSG problems I've heard of here or on SCN are DMF failures, which manuals suffer too.

I read of some pretty nightmareish issues for Audi TT owners on their forum whilst researching the DSG. Lots of mechnatronic failures. But that was on cars built during early 00s so I assumed they had been ironed out. Having said all that, I ordered a DSG last month! I say buy the car for what it offers rather than what can go wrong. If you did that then no one would by Alfas or Renaults lol.

ive done 50k in a vw dsg, faultless and now have a dsg vrs.. stop worrying and enjoy!

Anybody got any views about the possible spin off for us here in the UK?

The dealer I went to 'sort of' warned me off them. I didn't press him for a reason, although I was curious, I prefer manuals.

AFAICT it's a faulty temperature sensor telling the main computer it's overheated and selects neutral. If I'd ordered or a got a DSG recently I'd be asking the dealer about that faulty sensor and make sure it wasn't on my car.

Scaremongering, as far as I can tell.

If there was a genuine issue none of the motoring press would rave over the DSG like they do.

I've yet to read a negative road test of a DSG-boxed car.

But then I'm biased

264,000kms on DSG 2.0tdi, remapped from new...............................enough said !

Look how many people have derv issues, yet people still buy them. I'd be more concerned of that, but then again I went for a petrol!

53,000 cars is about a weeks production for VW worldwide so it's hardly a serious recall...

Scaremongering, as far as I can tell.

If there was a genuine issue none of the motoring press would rave over the DSG like they do.

I've yet to read a negative road test of a DSG-boxed car.

But then I'm biased

Me too. DSG isn't perfect, and there have been failures, but every component in a car can fail.

264,000kms on DSG 2.0tdi, remapped from new...............................enough said !

That's impressive.

53,000 cars is about a weeks production for VW worldwide so it's hardly a serious recall...

And there's a lot of DSG cars out there.

could it possibly be to do with a different set-up for the US market that might be causing a problem? As said if it was a big problem over here I'm sure the motoring press would have been all over it bu now.

How many times have peugeot been pulled up about issues and thats often without a recall.

Every car has it problems or possible problems.

It's also a different climate over there too.

Whereas the climate in the UK & EU is quite temperate by comparison, over there they get a great range of temperatures & levels of humidity.

264,000kms on DSG 2.0tdi, remapped from new...............................enough said !

When I first saw this thread, your very impressive record immediately came to mind. If that's not enough to quell all the DSG 'worry guts' on here, then goodness knows what would.

could it possibly be to do with a different set-up for the US market that might be causing a problem? As said if it was a big problem over here I'm sure the motoring press would have been all over it bu now.[/Quote]

Well, there's probably more DSGs than manuals over there. The US likes auto. Also, they tend to be good at making a lot of noise about problems.

i wonder if they make the boxes over in the US for that market. I have a mazda6, lots of woes about the US mazda6, but they are not made in Japan, unlike the UK and Ozzy Mazda6.

Have any one any knowlage if this s.k problem is with the DSG6 gear or the DSG7 gear boxes..?

And if the problem was know since last year and the recall is for cars produced sinces august last year to august this year..

Like i mentioned earlier in this post, im getting scared that the problem is not resolved for my comming Octy (DSG) delivery in 3-4 weeks..

A friend of mine i Norway have a Octavia 2008 1,9TDI DSG and the DSG failed after 6 months. I testet the car and found the DSG to be very brute upont start. I thought it was suposed to be like that and order my car without DSG. Later someone else testet it and found it to be faulty. At the shop they couldn't calibrate the steering and had to replace the electronics. Hopefully this was one time.. (Sorry for any misspelling)

Have any one any knowlage if this s.k problem is with the DSG6 gear or the DSG7 gear boxes..?

And if the problem was know since last year and the recall is for cars produced sinces august last year to august this year..

Like i mentioned earlier in this post, im getting scared that the problem is not resolved for my comming Octy (DSG) delivery in 3-4 weeks..

Q - Has anyone anywhere in the UK been made aware of ANY recall from Skoda, at ANY time, regarding the DSG gearbox ?

A - I certainly haven't

Q - Have all posts on Briskoda regarding potential recall been confined to a report in the USA ?

A - As far as I know, yes

As I stated earlier, I'm sure if Skoda UK had announced such a recall in the UK all of the motoring journals would have made an issue of it, and wouldn't be so full of praise for the DSG gearbox.

Moral of the story - DON'T PANIC

Q - Has anyone anywhere in the UK been made aware of ANY recall from Skoda, at ANY time, regarding the DSG gearbox ?

A - I certainly haven't

Q - Have all posts on Briskoda regarding potential recall been confined to a report in the USA ?

A - As far as I know, yes

As I stated earlier, I'm sure if Skoda UK had announced such a recall in the UK all of the motoring journals would have made an issue of it, and wouldn't be so full of praise for the DSG gearbox.

Moral of the story - DON'T PANIC

Im not panicing, just concerned..

But surely the problem must have been adressed by VW,AUDI and Skoda ages ago.

Cant belive that they whould just keep producing faulty cars just to make a few bucks :eek:

Have any one any knowlage if this s.k problem is with the DSG6 gear or the DSG7 gear boxes..?

The 6. The 7 speed hasn't been about for long enough.

Hi:

I initiated this post because I was curious.

I have a DSG (I must have an auto due to arthritis in my spine) and am happy with it despite its quirks which have been covered more than once in other threads on this forum. I knew about these before I bought an Octavia and did road tests before purchasing. However I do have residual concerns about its reliability over the longer term, despite claims on this forum of impressive mileages with a DSG box. But it is very very complicated system and I suspect that bigger mileages might prove to be the exception rather than the norm. I personally have doubts that at this stage of its development it is anywhere near as reliable (or as relatively cheap to fix) as the old Borg Warner torque convertor and box. Having said that I accept that the old style Borg Warner auto is probably a dead duck due to the current emissions regime.

In the end I took comfort from the 3 year warranty – I can bale out at 2 years if I’m proved right (and I really hope that I am not).

But nobody has yet explained to me why they are having these recalls in the US but not here in the UK. Are they making different cars over there, or are they worried about something because of their stricter product liability laws? For VW to offer a 10 year 100,000 miles warranty on repaired DSG boxes is either very brave, very confident or trying to put the finger in the dyke. Its certainly almost unheard of.

I’m afraid I don’t buy the “different climate” answer. Its just not plausible. Also note that there are 2 very different and separate recalls here – its not just down to a temperature sensor as implied by some in their replies.

So again I ask the question, why are they experiencing this in the US? Is it just them (if so why?) or is it a more widespread VAG problem, in which care I may have cause for concern?

:orb_sleep

I say again, up until such time as I hear that there is a problem in the UK, I'm not going to worry myself with what the difference is between the US and the UK - I've personally got other things to worry about.

Not sure either where you are coming from with the 'at this stage of it's development' comment. DSG has been around for a few years now, and for it to fitted to such high volume mainstream cars must have gone through a rigorous development process. I can't imagine for a moment that an organisation like VAG would do anything else.

So no answers then?

Edited 12 October, 200916 yr by Minimoke
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