I posted this in the Fabia forum, but it may also be of interest to Karoq owners with the DQ200 dry clutch DSG gearbox, basically the 1.0 TSI, 1.5 TSI (2wd) and possibly the 1.6 TDI (2wd) - the 4x4 use a DQ 381 as do the more powerful 2.0 engines.

Until today I thought that any issues with the DSG gearbox always required either a clutch pack or mechatronics unit to fix them, I wasn't aware that the clutch biting point could be reset.

The Fabia is a 2015 model 1.2 TSI 110 bhp that has only done 20,000 miles

DSG DQ200 clutch reset and adpation - Skoda Fabia Mk3 (2014-2021) - BRISKODA

Interesting. Ours is intermittantly jerky, more of a judder, really - can't reliably replicate it, then, when I'm not thinking about it, it'll judder from rest.

Had DQ500 before and DQ200 is definitely more "edgy".

Try a reset and see how it goes

@Rory jerkiness was the best I could do in terms of a single word description. What it would do, and I couldn’t identify any common situations or predict when it happen, sometimes it wouldn’t move forwards on the level after releasing the foot brake, pressing throttle it would engage clutches and start to move, but then it would could disengage clutch's revs would rise, foot off throttle and try again, sometimes it would move off smoothly other time clutches would engage with a jump forward. Made driving into the garage and getting up to the back wall tricky. I screwed large blocks of wood to the garage floor to act as wheel stops. After STA reset things it moved away from rest smoothly everytime creeping on tickover which was impossible before.

Are we really still talking about possible issues with that gearbox after all this time?

Yes I had the juddering early in my ownership of the DSG 1200cc Yeti, bought in 2011. It's done 45,000 (careful) miles now and remains OK but if I were to change the car the 1500cc Karoq would be an option ...... but after all this time I still see loads of references to the possible problems that could arise with the dry clutch DSG.

Skoda still only offer three years warranty. As opposed to Toyota, Hyundai and Kia for example.

If it was a minor repair that we were talking about then you could overlook the matter but it's not.

The showroom directly opposite the VW/Skoda one in Newton Abbot sells KIa (the cars with 7 years warranty). And I still haven't forgotten the VW Service advisor ringing me to tell me that my Yeti (which they had in for servicing about 12 years ago) needed new front brakes. And those same front brakes are STILL on the car.

I don't need to replace the Yeti as we speak. And it doesn't go to that same dealer. I shall try to keep it with me as long as possible, despite fancying something like a new Karoq.