Hi,

Buying a new 27 plate Skoda Karoq 1.5 with DSG gearbox.

Interested to know what mileage you have on your Karoq with the 1.5 DSG and any issues you have encountered.

Online searches seem to imply they blow up at 30k or go on for ever. Interested in real world driving.

I do a 50/50 mix of country urban and motorway.

Thank you.

The difficulty with the online searches is the number of owners who report DSG problems is greater than I’m on those who have no problems. Clutch packs can wear same as a traditional manual so no different really except perhaps in cost. Mechatronic unit is the other failure item but never really find out why they fail. I saw a comment recently that the DSG failure rate DSG with the 1.5 TSI engine is the best combination. There is a dry clutch DSG 2013 VW pool car at work, it’s just had a mechatronic unit replaced at 75k miles, cost £1800, it’s driven by many people with varying levels of skill and mechanical sympathy, so I’m not surprised. We’ve got a dry clutch 2015 Fabia no issues with the DSG, I had a wet clutch DSG 2013 VW no issues with in 108,000 miles and I towed a twin axle car trailer with it as well. This might be of interest https://www.team-bhp.com/news/understanding-vw-skoda-dsg-dq200-failures-detail?amp

I'm guessing this has been discussed before but my 1.5tsi dsg is 5,5 years old and has done 51,000. The first 1,700 as a demonstrator.

What is the current thinking about maintenance. It's difficult to tell but occasionally seems to hesitate especially from cold.

What's the best course of action for longevity?

Thanks for the replies.

I get the same with my previous two cars, both Ford Mondeos. One a 1.6 Petrol and my current vehicle a 2.0 Diesel. Both manuals. 200k on both without any problems. Yet if you google for reliability it seems to suggest 80-130k max. So like you say driving style is a factor.

As I'm relatively sympathetic when driving hoping to get 100k before any major issues. £1800 for a mechatronic unit is comparable to a clutch replacement on a Ford so not too bad I guess.

If I can get 15 years out of the Karoq (16 and 13 years for my two Mondeos) I'll be happy.

We picked the Karoq because as we are getting old the Karoq offers a level of comfort we didn't find with most other brands.

Edited 1 hour ago1 hr by munnst

1 hour ago, barcudcoch said:

I'm guessing this has been discussed before but my 1.5tsi dsg is 5,5 years old and has done 51,000. The first 1,700 as a demonstrator.

What is the current thinking about maintenance. It's difficult to tell but occasionally seems to hesitate especially from cold.

What's the best course of action for longevity?

From what I have read not creeping in traffic prevents the dry clutch over heating.

There's conflicting evidence but changing the mechatronic oil every 40k is suggested to prevent failure although for newer models there is no official oil change required. Interested to hear from mechanics on that one. Again like my Mondeos you'll find stories of people stating to change the cambelt at 50k for the diesel. I changed mine at the manufacturers recommendation of 125k without any problems.