TAS New here - want to learn more re VW Polo DSG issues

[Fumbi]

Hi
I am in Tassie driving a 1994 Toyota Vienta. It has been a loyal friend but at 202 000 km it is getting tired so I am in the market for a VW (yes, I mean it) Polo with a 7 speed DSG (yes, that, too..).

I found this forum because I am interested in what the hype around the VW recall is all about.

Hope to meet some enthusiasts who can share their stories!

Cheers, Fumbi

[Guest001]

Hi
I am in Tassie driving a 1994 Toyota Vienta. It has been a loyal friend but at 202 000 km it is getting tired so I am in the market for a VW (yes, I mean it) Polo with a 7 speed DSG (yes, that, too..).

I found this forum because I am interested in what the hype around the VW recall is all about.

Hope to meet some enthusiasts who can share their stories!

Cheers, Fumbi

There are dozens of threads already about this Do a search on DSG issues or read this

http://www.vwwatercooled.com/forums/...ons-86878.html Or this one

http://www.vwwatercooled.com/forums/f112/golf-7-speed-dsg-shudder-clutch-issues-45873.html

Plenty more in a search

Or this one

http://www.vwwatercooled.com/forums/f112/dsg-problems-questions-likes-dislikes-41977.html

[anthony]

Are you serious ???

From one of the most reliable cars on the planet,to one of the riskiest at the moment ??/

[Guest001]

Are you serious ???

From one of the most reliable cars on the planet,to one of the riskiest at the moment ??/

No we just wrote them up for fun LOL


Dont you read the Papers or watch TV A 2012 or 2013 model would be ok as they have modified parts

[eri_12]

Welcome fellow hobartian!

[LunchboxVRS]

Have done 14k km so far and not a hiccup.

[tassie devil]

7k no dsg problems for me just burning to much oil..

[Fumbi]

True. Toyota is reliable, the Camry / Vienta has been great. A few years ago some might have argued a VW is more reliable than a Toyota.

It pains me to see a great European brand like VW being trashed by the Australian media when some of the probs with the DSG gearbox seem to be drivers not knowing how to treat a DSG. VW ia doing thr right thing now and recalling to replace the electronics component in their models. The question is will that fix the issue or will it reoccur ( as some have reported ).

Over in Germany ( where i am from ) VW is considered middle of the range only, not bad not great. The POLO has always been regarded unbreakable until the late 1990 when production was moved overseas and no longer produced in Germany. The best car to this day is the Golf GTI. Unfortunately outside my budget.

Time will tell. The hype arousn the recall may just blow over like so many recalls do.