Hi everyone, I have just brought a 2020 VRS 2.TSI Challenge edition DSG and the paperwork says it had a FInal Drive service at 47k and Gearbox service at 99k. I'm trying to work out if they are one and the same or if it's a different service with different fluid. Chat GPT thinks it's the same but another search says it's different. Any advice would be greatly received. Thanks

I’m on my phone so I will be brief.

They are NOT the same thing. In VAG documentation, the VAQ LSD service is referred to as “final drive oil”. The recommended service interval is every 30,000 miles or 3 years, with some sources saying that the MQB Evo cars (2020 ono) want this done every 20,000 miles or 2 years. At this service, you need to replace the oil, and clean the pump screen/gauze. It’s the same principle as the Haldex AWD system (most VAQs are made of Haldex bits, although newer ones are… Borg Warner… @Cairus?)

Perhaps @Evolution13 can find the thread from a few months ago where there was a big fight about updated intervals on the Mk4.

The DQ381 service is advised to be done every 80,000 miles. This involves new fluid and a replacement filter. That said, every DSG box has an interval at 40k, aside from the 381 (80k) and 200 (sealed…).

Most don’t trust this and, myself included, choose to get it done sooner. I have recently done mine at 40k, and will be doing it again when it hits 80k.

Hi, thanks for the reply and very helpful. I'll get the final drive done asap then and keep on top of it now I'm the owner. Appreciate your help 👍🏻

Do make sure the above service items are adhered to - no dealer acknowledges that the DSG has a replaceable filter, for example.

It would be interesting to see/hear about the condition of the fluid in the diff. While 50k without a service isn’t good, I wouldn’t be overly concerned just yet. You don’t know what sort of use the car has had, so it may be absolutely fine.

I would go to a decent indie however, rather than a dealer. Whereabouts are you based?