dsg clutch pack life?

[SevenR]

hi,
i've searched but no luck - how long do the clutch packs last on the 7speed?

any higher mileage 7 speeds on here?

I read somewhere it was a $2500 job to have them replaced & I'm trying to decide if the thousands of $ more for a diesel highline is a better way to go - with the 6 speed wet clutch.

thanks

[Darkhorse Developments]

6 speed wet clutch is far better option regarding life time and driveability.

[Sharkie]

Friend on mine with a 2014 MK7 90TSI DSG had his clutch packs replaced at 16000 km .......

Even worse at 25000km he now needs a full new gearbox. Don't do it .....

[DV52]

hi,
i've searched but no luck - how long do the clutch packs last on the 7speed?

any higher mileage 7 speeds on here?

I read somewhere it was a $2500 job to have them replaced & I'm trying to decide if the thousands of $ more for a diesel highline is a better way to go - with the 6 speed wet clutch.

thanks

Sooty: I'm not sure of the economics of buying a diesel as a risk mitigation mechanism against the failure of a 7 speed gearbox!

Sure, you can find examples of where 7 speed DSG's have failed catastrophically just as I'm certain that you can find the same for some expensive part of the diesel counterpart.

Paying extra to guard against component failure will be difficult to value because if you want to do this correctly, you will need to consider both replacement cost and the probability of occurrence! Problem is that whilst you can find examples of 7 speed DSG failure, forum web sites haven't suggested that there is a systemic failure in the 7 speed DSG design (isolated examples notwithstanding). This suggests that the probability of failure is quite low - so how do you value the risk mitigation premium?

IMO, your decision to buy either vehicle should be based on the stand alone merits of each car, because most likely, each car will have it's own issues and risks. Ultimately however, it will probably come-down to personal likes and prejudices- rather than a decision of whether it's worth paying more as a risk mitigation premium for a suspected design fault in the other car- I think. Ain't nothing wrong with making a purchase decision based on personal likes/dislikes (IMO)! Once you recognise that this was the basis of your choice- the decision gets a whole lot easier - LOL!

Either way though, I reckon both are good vehicles - for their own reasons!
Cheers
Don

[SevenR]

Friend on mine with a 2014 MK7 90TSI DSG had his clutch packs replaced at 16000 km .......

Even worse at 25000km he now needs a full new gearbox. Don't do it .....

yeah stories like this is whats really worrying me - most of the dsg comfortlines im looking at have 40,ooo+ kms on them and only have a year or so warranty left.
cheers

[GTI_PAPA]

If I had another chance, I would have purchased the tdi (6spd wet clutch). We have 2 petrol highline wagons and one has an annoying hissing/fluttering between gears (like it doesn't know when to engage fully) and the other squeals like crazy from a standing start (1st, 3rd especially). One's been back twice (DSG update+custom adaptations) but still present, the other is going in for the first time next week. Both haven't hit 8000km's yet.

[booba]

mate with mk5 dsg golf on about 240,000km now, so far no need for clutch pack replacement. stage2+

[brad]

Or buy a manual...

You'd think the bulk of the Australian population were leg amputees

[GolfVII]

You'd think the bulk of the Australian population were leg amputees

lol @brad, no that is the driving schools that are all run by leg amputees so no one has a manual car to teach in.

I love my 6sp DSG, so far rock solid with 27000km on it, I do miss my manual but with stop start traffic for the last 15years I was over it.

If you can avoid peak hour traffic go a manual the VW manuals are pretty nice to drive, if you are not able to avoid peak hour traffic and want a DSG(auto) find a 6sp as the 7sp felt like it was changing gears all the time when I test drove them. Could be why they fail? overuse?

Go a GTI if you are unsure about the diesel, the GTI uses the same 6sp and you wont feel like you have been robbed of RPM when blasting through your local hill runs.

[Idle]

lol @brad, no that is the driving schools that are all run by leg amputees so no one has a manual car to teach in.

I've thought (and said — when I can get a word in...) for years that all drivers should be taught to drive manuals — preferably without synchro-mesh.

Nothing taught you to handle a clutch and gearbox better than a match-and-bash, or to judge distances better than 2-wheel brakes.

Maybe the almost unbreakable old Dodge Four should go back into production for driving schools?