China recall 380000 cars with DSG7

[kinhung]

Hong Kong, not yet included.
China VW will replace DSG mechatronic + software update, for 380000 cars

reason is suddenly no power during drive.
anyone get this problem in Australia?

[Alok]

Had it about a month ago. They replaced the Mechatronic unit.

[nat225]

Are we talking about the 7speed dry clutch or the DQ500 wet clutch?

[Capercat]

Are we talking about the 7speed dry clutch or the DQ500 wet clutch?

It would appear to be dry.

[Diesel_vert]

China recall 380000 cars with DSG7

Lucky people the Chinese are, but VW cannot afford to upset a market where annual vehicle sales (overall) is expected to reach 20 million (!) in just a few years time.

In contrast, overall vehicle sales totalled just over 1.1 million in Australia for 2012. Small fry indeed.

anyone get this problem in Australia?

Yes, plenty - there is a huge thread about it somewhere in this forum.

[mythik]

I'm all for ragging on the piece of **** dsg gearbox... wait.. I mean...

anyway. 380,000 out of 20,000,000 isn't _too_ bad, right?

[Diesel_vert]

I'm all for ragging on the piece of **** dsg gearbox... wait.. I mean...

anyway. 380,000 out of 20,000,000 isn't _too_ bad, right?

20 million is the overall figure. VW sold about 2.8 million vehicles in China in 2012.

[kinhung]

news in English.
BBC News - Volkswagen recalls 384,181 vehicles in China

[wai]

BBC News - Volkswagen recalls 384,181 vehicles in China

Now that's a more believable number. 380,000 looks a little contrived

[Sentinel]

Lucky people the Chinese are, but VW cannot afford to upset a market where annual vehicle sales (overall) is expected to reach 20 million (!) in just a few years time.

In contrast, overall vehicle sales totalled just over 1.1 million in Australia for 2012. Small fry indeed.

In terms of vehicle sales, we are small fry.

BUT ...

In terms of Internet publicity, we have one of the most popular VW forums in the world. Right here.

Collectively, the members of VWwatercooled wield quite a lot of power in terms of publicity and marketing. I'm sure that VW Corporate is aware of this.

If we stand up and demand free repairs to ALL the defective components, in every country - we will be heard.