Hi all, long time member but a young family has had me away from the forums for quite a while.

I have a 2010 Octavia 118TSI DSG, 52k km, second owner, DSG recall done 2 years ago, service history at independent specialists. After developing the much-discussed DSG shudder, my local Skoda dealer has done their tests and determined it needs "a new transmission and clutch packs", looking at $2-2.5k. They have applied to Skoda Australia for a "good will" replacement but said that being 2years out of warranty and not serviced at the dealer were not in my favour.

Has anyone recently been in the same or similar situation to me? How did Skoda deal with you? Full replacement? Partial cover? No cover?? How about anyone taking them to Consumer Affairs under Consumer Law provisions? From what ive read I *believe* it should be covered under consumer law as it is a proven design problem, but I expect this path will be annoying and time consuming.

Thanks in advance for any feedback of your experiences!