Known issues with DSG??

[FourVW]

Well, this saga has ended well. The polo drives like a new car. Much praise for Carlins in Brisbane and their repairer QLD Automatics ask for Dave. Carlins followed up and kept me informed frequently, gave us a late model loan car, and I gave them a box of Coronas!

[alexaescht]

Good to hear it all worked out for you! Sounds like you've had a far more positive experience with your local VW dealer than the rest of us have had with ours. Glad the car drives great now!

[gavs]

If all of the speil that they gave you is 100% true, this is a perfect example as to why you should only ever take a a dsg to someone who knows what they're doing and there is very few repairers that do!
Good to see it worked out for you!

[Sharkie]

And now for feedback you probably won't like .... sell it now while it is working and before it breaks/act up again.

It will break again and within a much shorter time than is acceptable. Despite VW's repeated claims/denials the inherent problems with the Polo 7spd DSG has not been fixed and it is a ticking time bomb. Given this car's history, no further claims to VW, selling dealer or even the ACCC will help either. Be prepared to spend thousands next time .....

[Sydneykid]

My wife's Golf TSI is over 4 years old and its 7speed DSG has never given us an issue. I have a few friends/work colleges with VW's with 7 speed DSG's and none of them have had a issues either. I do know of one that a clutch pack issue but that was caused by the owner driving it like an automatic eg; sitting stationary on a hill with sufficient accelerator to hold position, not using the brake or handbrake. I did a quick education session "it's not an auto, it's a manual, would you treat a manual clutch like that?". Seems to have worked, no issues since that I am aware of.


Cheers
Gary