New gearbox

[SkodaCB]

Well after near 3 yrs of driving my octavia its has let me down and let me down big time :'( unfortunately what has happened is the differential has cracked the gearbox casing, how I honestly do not know, so having brought it down to my local skoda garage in Waterford, I cannot drive it, till the gearbox comes in, but the mechanic has said that a brand new gearbox will cost €2500, but skoda thankfully is going to cover 70% of the cost and the garage will take off some of the labour so €680 all in all....Is this a good or bad price??

[Spudhoolio]

Oh no, was it just out of warranty and >> 60k miles ?

Maybe a 70% rebate isn't too bad depending on your circumstances and wether you want to drag them through legal action.

Are they offering a new part or refurb ?

Good luck

[Hauptmann]

Unfortunately this seems to be a design fault with these gearboxes. There's more than a few owners had this happen, and if the case cracks then the old transmission is no longer acceptable as recon 'core' and the only solution is either a new or secondhand 'box.

[SkodaCB]

completely new gearbox needed, been out of warranty 12mths and only 48k on the clock, but €2500/£2100 for a 5speed gearbox my god that is alot,

[Hauptmann]

completely new gearbox needed, been out of warranty 12mths and only 48k on the clock, but €2500/£2100 for a 5speed gearbox my god that is alot,

Unfortunately that is a typical cost for a 'mainstream' car these days. You should see what something like a 6-speed BMW gearbox costs!

Really, you don't have a lot of choice in the matter. You current transmission is not suitable for a rebuild so the other option would be a used transmission from a salvage yard - which is unlikely to be much cheaper than your discounted price, and of unknown condition.

[vRS Bob]

Unfortunately that is a typical cost for a 'mainstream' car these days. You should see what something like a 6-speed BMW gearbox costs!

Really, you don't have a lot of choice in the matter. You current transmission is not suitable for a rebuild so the other option would be a used transmission from a salvage yard - which is unlikely to be much cheaper than your discounted price, and of unknown condition.

Unfortunately my Octavia vRS had to have a replacement gearbox at 9 months old and 20k miles - its a 6 speed manual. It didn't explode, but the synchro on 3rd went west. It was done under warranty but the service manager said when I picked it up he was billing Skoda UK for "several thousand"

Bob

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[Hauptmann]

Unfortunately my Octavia vRS had to have a replacement gearbox at 9 months old and 20k miles - its a 6 speed manual. It didn't explode, but the synchro on 3rd went west. It was done under warranty but the service manager said when I picked it up he was billing Skoda UK for "several thousand"

Bob

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Yes, but out of warranty you'd have been able to have a merit repair done on it. Probably a teardown and rebuild with new bearings and new 3rd synchro - done at a gearbox rebuilder for a few £100's. The OP has no such option.

[gsf600y]

just had same thing with my 2012 7 speed dsg. 83k on the clock.

garage paid half, dealer paid half.

I paid £815 labour!

feel like I've been ripped off..... why are so many failing and Skoda and dealers meeting the cost of parts?

Edited 10 November, 2016 by gsf600y

[samodenz]

just had same thing with my 2012 7 speed dsg. 83k on the clock.

garage paid half, dealer paid half.

I paid £815 labour!

feel like I've been ripped off..... why are so many failing and Skoda and dealers meeting the cost of parts?

but is the problem resolved?

i just posted a this

Skoda Octavia fault Codes: P189C, P17BF, P0841

I just got a 1.6 TDI DSG 7 speed gearbox.... The car runs perfectly, and the gear box changes gears perfectly ... But the gear indictor flashes with a spanner on the instrument cluster screen....

FAULT CODES:

VW 06079 GENERIC P17BF

VW 02113 GENERIC P0841

VW 06300 GENERIC P189C         

Any known solutions? Please HELP!!!!!!!

 

 

Are these the same fault?

[Ootohere]

Was your car involved in the Service Campaign for the DQ200 to change the Synthetic Oil to mineral and do a software update after the Skoda Technician checked your MCU.

Has any Skoda Technician checked the DSG for you?

http://master.skoda-auto.com/mini-apps/recall-actions

 

Maybe someone will answer the post you started if you give them time.

Edited 19 November, 2016 by Offski