I have a 2.0TDI with DSG Passat CC, Its been utterly fine in 70K miles of mixed motoring.

44MPG and no problems to report.

a while ago sombody was on this forum screaming about their Nissan that had suffered engine failure, but that doesn't mean all Nissans will be afflicted.

VW are not idiots, these gearboxes, like any complex piece of equipment, can fail, rarely, but when this happens, there is such an uproar on forums like this.

I had a SIERRA 1.6L once, long time ago, and had to replace the transmission on that. so what . . .

RT, thats a wild and inaccurate generalistation. There is presently NO DSG recall in Europe or the Mid East.

To clarify, WV 7-spd DSG gearboxes, model code DQ200, have been the subject of recalls/extended warranties in China, Japan, Singapore and Malaysia.

This has now been extended to Australia and New Zealand in the last few days, following an organised group of affected owners in Australia complaining to VW, which was also covered by a tv news station.

In terms of scale, its comparable to the 'global' recalls by Toyota and Honda in recent years. However, VW's handling has been inconsistent, compared to their Japanese competitors. The Far Eastern region recall was blamed on local manufacturing of DSG gearboxes, with the comment that other regions, including Aus and NZ, would be unaffected as their DSG was sourced from Germany. However, VW have now blamed the Aus/NZ recall on a 'unique' set of environmental factors - climate, humidity, temperature and road/traffic factors. It's a really wishy-washy explanation, frankly, and doesnt answer their previous claim that German-sourced DSG was meant to be unaffected.

The major risk for VW now is that European owners who experience premature DSG failure, will find little to reassure them from this rather reluctant recall and unconvincing explanations...