In November 2019 I bought a new Octavia, 1.5, SE L, DSG to replace my 3 1/2 year old one. Is it correct that the gear ratios have been changed as I find that starting off has more of a 'woosh' that the old one, to the extent that it is very easy to skid on my gravel drive?

 

 Next, I find to my dismay that the DSG box defaults to 'Normal' mode whenever one switches the engine off.  I had occasion to deliver some 30 cards just before Christmas, thus stopping and starting the Octavia a couple of dozen times within two hours or so.  Imagine the nuisance of having to re-set the DSG every time.  Well, as you can imagine, I gave up in the end and left it in its default 'Normal' mode.

 

If I forget to alter the mode before starting the car, (quite easy for me!) I either have to stop the vehicle or alter it on the move – with the possible lack of concentration involving a) either pressing the ‘Mode’ Button four times or b) pressing it once and looking for the ‘Mode’ icon on the screen and pressing the said icon.  This is clearly nonsensical and potentially dangerous.  

 

Why should I have to do this because of some thoughtless soft-ware engineer’s decision in the factory, changing a perfectly acceptable arrangement as on my previous car, to one of complexity and potential danger?  Why does my Climate Control system not default to the factory set-up?  Why don’t the radio stations yet, default to zero so that I have to retune them every time I start the car?  Why do my lights program not default? Why does the DSG not default when the ‘Stop-Start’ system actuates? I could go on. If I want to drive in ‘Eco’ mode, I want the car to remain in ‘Eco’ until I chose to alter it to ‘Sport’ or ‘Normal’ or whatever.  I note that the new Superb boasts of its default to 'Eco' and that my daughter's Karoq remains in the set mode until specifically changed.

 

Needless to say that complaining to the service department leaves one in the 'you've bought the car and now you can live with it' mode! 

 

 

Some 1.5TSI / DSG and Manuals just before your car needed and waited long enough to give them some go from the off and finally got updates, 

your car will have arrived supposed ready to go. All fixed by whatever means VW Group could come up with.

 

The Engine Management and DSG Software was designed to get the cars WLTP / RDE & now RDE2 results not to actually drive well or to suit owners / drivers.

 

You have a GPF now, Cylinder Deactivation and Stop / Start.   All that was needed was that any random car entering a country as an Import could replicate the WLTP if retested on arrival at which ever country.

Edited 24 February, 20206 yr by Roottootemblowinootsoot