All noted. And, yes, a real kick in the bits on a car of that age and mileage. And I note the empathy, sympathy etc offered by others - not many of whom are in the same position as the OP due to most of them not owning a DSG.
Unlke myself....
...who does...
...so it's pretty close to home...
...seven year old 1.2 petrol with 7 speed dry clutch DSG.
Has had a clutch pack under warranty and been fine since.
A local independant has said he wouldn't touch it if it required attention and said it would be better at a main dealer. When asked, my main dealer technicians (or mechanics, as was), invariably say how they don't go wrong any more and how they don't get them in for repair very often. But if it did need another clutch pack the parts aren't horrendous but that it's the labour that's expensive - apparently due to the shims that are required ... don't ask me any more about the shims coz I don't know any more than that.
And so, I continue to drive it (and very pleasant it is to drive) and have to hope it keeps going until such time as I chop it in.
Surely they wouldn't keep selling these DSGs (as they do) if they were such an ongoing liability?? Surely, Shirley??
The dealer has said, in the past, that I might get some goodwill help if there was a problem coz I've had it dealer serviced from new ... but it's now 7 years old!
The OP's car may well not have that dealer provenance and the fact he is not the original owner is likely to be a real drawback - and so is at the mercy of the world and his brother and it may well be that the advice to use an trusted independant may not be as applicable in this instance as it usually is due to the complexity of the box. But I would say a ring round of different VW/Skoda/Seat dealers service departments would be worth a try.
The OP did say he bought it with no knowledge of the possible problems that could be encounterd with a DSG. I do have to say he just can't have looked very far. It is plastered pretty much everywhere. You simply cannot have checked far if you wasn't aware of the problems.
I do wonder if driving the car with extra "car sympathy" does pay dividends. Because I'm aware of the issues I treat the car's transmission with kid gloves - and my mileage is low - and it's fine BUT I suppose I would be mad to buy another unless I took out the extra two years warranty from new and reckoned on selling it thereafter.
Edited by KB. on 04/05/2018 at 18:42
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