Hi,

 

The 1.5 TSI is rated with the torque at 250 Nm, which is just about the limit that the DQ200 DSG box was designed for. The DQ250 can take 350 !

 

Should I be worried that I am driving on the limit of the box?

The DQ200 box is used for engines up to 250NM but the Volkswagen engineers will have built in some extra capacity.

I wouldn't be worried about it if they aren't.

28 minutes ago, TheRoq said:

The DQ200 box is used for engines up to 250NM but the Volkswagen engineers will have built in some extra capacity.

I wouldn't be worried about it if they aren't.

 

They weren't worried about emissions either until they got caught out.

I would not buy a car with dq200. Sorry...

What gearbox is in the 2.0 tdi 4x4 dsg 150bhp Karoq?

4 minutes ago, Vectis said:

What gearbox is in the 2.0 tdi 4x4 dsg 150bhp Karoq?

You've got the stronger wet clutch gearbox.

Only the 1.0 and 1.5 petrols use the dry clutch version as far as I know.

There have been problems with them in the past but I thought they were all sorted out now.

Of the thousands of gearboxes installed I wonder what the failure rate is, anyone know?

I have no idea of the failure rate... I just know that there keep coming comments in the national vag-forum about the dQ200 problems. The topic/subject in the forum started in 2016 (3-4 years after the first media coverage regarding the DQ200). Now it is on 91 pages...

 

Back in 2013 VW denmark told that 96.3% of the DQ200 transmissions worked fine.... 

96.3% is not that good is it? And most of them had driven less than 3-4 years? (dsq7 dry clutch was introduced in 2008).

 

The real issue is that VAG will not really recognise it is as a problem.... Still they keep testing and changing clutches.... 1 guy got 4 new set of clutches in 2 years..... totally run 74.000km..... But it would also be very expensive to recognise it is as a problem, when they don't have a solution for it. 10 years after it was introduced....

 

Don't understand why they keep putting it in the cars. They must be so much cheaper than the DQ250/DQ500/DQ380.....

 

 

 

 

 

I believe the DQ200 was recalled in the Far East, Australia and New Zealand.  VW’s answer why this did not happen in Europe was that the box was programmed differently in these countries than in Eroupe. I’ve not ever owned one but I’ve driven it in load cars and it feels very nice to drive my last two Yeti had the wet 6 speed (Diesel engines). If I had a choice I’d probably opt for the wet box but we punters have to buy what’s offered in the package and VW seem to have stuck to the DQ200 so must, one assumes, be happy that there should not be problems.

i think i gave up believing skoda/vag a long time ago,if their lips move..............they are lying.

Surely Skoda have a bit of an idea which DSG to use.....

 

The DQ200 used on the 2015 on VW Polo GTI 192 PS 250Nm was the 250 Nm one,

the manual VW Polo GTI 192 ps is supposedly 320 Nm.

Odd they are given the same perfomance times.

 

The DQ200 was used in the 132-136kw Fabia Twinchargers, and the Polo GTI, SEAT Ibiza Cupra & Audi A1 185 ps, 

and people Remapped to 205-220 ps and 320 Nm and had no issues.

 

Sadly plenty with standard cars did and are still having DQ200 Issues, even Mk3 Fabia with all of 110ps. Clutch packs issues.  Vorsprung Durch Technik,  Not!

But there are 2,200 DQ200 produced by Skoda and DQ200 used in 48 different applications.

ŠKODA AUTO produces two-millionth DQ 200 dual-clutch transmission at Vrchlabí plant - ŠKODA Storyboard.mhtml

PS 

 

Autocar & VW should be ashamed, Autocar / What Car for not asking VW why do you get VOSA (DVSA) to let you off without doing Recalls because they are dangerous so Safety Related.

Autocar never asks that much of VW Group, but then Haymarket Media Group the owners and Michael Heseltines company do have VW Group as one of their biggest customers.

 

VOSA allowed a Service Campaign in the UK, and let Skoda off with thousands of cars never having Field Actions carried out, and cars from 2012 supposedly not requiring the changes, now some of these never done are failing. Owners get nothing from VW / Skoda / SEAT / Audi.

http://autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/vw-uk-why-we-dont-need-dsg-recall 

 

There was a World Wide recall, just Europe was not in the world. Climates can be the same as New Zealand, Humidity & Climate, heat cold, moisture, and the software was the same, the sulphur and corrosion just the same.

So Europe had a Service Campaign Skoda UK started May 2014,  '34F7' on DSG 2009-2013,

Synthetic Oil changed to Mineral and a software update for some.

 

Then 2013-2015 there was issues with leaks, pressure, heat, and denial, so eventually Service Campaign for some 2013-2015 boxes, 

some DSG replaced. '34h5', software update.

 

So sorted. 

Dohhhh, no, 

Now 2017/18 issues with Slipping Clutch Packs, so TPI's on them 2015-2017.

Vorsprung Durch Technik,  Discontinue the DQ200 sometime, but first see just how bad it gets and how long you can just rubber owners and say 

'cant find any faults',  we make millions, only a few have any failures.   & they are out of Warranty so bog off.,

 

http://skoda.co.nz/news/dsg-service-campaign 

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VW Polo _ Vento DSG_ Gearbox Jerking Issue! EDIT_ now resolved! - Page 3 - Team-BHP.mhtml

Edited 21 May, 20188 yr by Offski