DSG RECALL on MK7 - just received the letter

[mr gee]

Vehicle Recall Lookup

[Rawcpoppa]

This thread may shed more light for some.

Volkswagen Issues Global Recall of 2.64 Million Vehicles

To those that got the recall do you know your 3 digit gearbox code? e.g. NQA, NQB etc...

[Wezza]

^ Cheers Mr Gee. Not effected by this one.... Phew!

[goback]

The DSG oil was changed as part of pre-delivery and a sticker in the door jamb confirms the recall.

[veew]

Damn it!! I bought my vehicle 2 weeks ago and didn't get around to checking the vehicle recall lookup earlier. Looks like I need to take it in for DSG oil change, wish I had as I've already put on close to 600km.

[Ryan_R]

...and I put 70,000+ kms on before that recall...

I wouldn't be too concerned

[veew]

Phew, well I called them today and they said the car had it done pre-delivery. I didn't look inside the door frame last night so got worked up for nothing lol.

Did you notice a change in shift quality after they changed the oil Ryan_R?

[Ryan_R]

The main difference is the car wasn't terrible in start/stop traffic in summer

[DV52]

Found the following information on Golf MK7.com (UK)site. It was posted by a member (codz) yesterday

"On 02.04.2014 VW launched action number 45D4 for 1.2 tsi and 1.4 tsi Golf 7 which is about upgrading the software in the ECU (engine management software), plus recoding and updating computers in the front doors (related to confort computers responsible for opening and closing doors and windows) and the EPB (electronic parking brakes, including dissengagement of Auto Hold); there is also some more recoding for the GTI 2.0tfsi models

On 08.04.2014 VW launched action number 34F6 for all Golf 7 equipped with DSG 7, this action number was launched in 2013 for other DSG 7 cars mostly Jetta; this action (close to a recall but not exactly, as the factory ask dealerships to do this actions on the first check in of the car and not immediately) is about changing the oil in the DSG 7 with a mineral oil that has an additive in order not to corrode the gearbox metal, which leads to short circuits and therefore disconnection of the gearbox; in addition to changing oil (which is not as simple as changing motor oil), there is a software update for the DSG7"

The subject of this thread is austensibly about the 2nd recall mentioned in the post above (i.e 34F6), but I've not heard about the ECU recall (i.e. 45D4) in Australia. Can anyone shed any further light on this matter - particularly for mk7 cars built before the recall date (my13 - I think)? Has anyone had the ECU on their mk7 recoded during a service?

[Dutch77]

Has anyone had the ECU on their mk7 recoded during a service?

Action 45D4 sounds a lot like an ongoing update for the car, which often you wouldn't even be aware had been done on a service. I remember when I took my Mk6 for a service with Transporter he showed me when he hooked up the car to his computer that there were three or so outstanding updates due on the car at the time.