Who's DSG in a brand new Skoda (any model) misbehaved?

[Transporter]

A lot discussions in other parts of the forum on this topic is going on (incl. Adelaide's Advertiser in past 2 weeks Cars Guide) and I realized that not much of it made to the Skoda section. Maybe I missed it, maybe the affected Skoda owners debated it at other part of the forum? Or could it be that your Skoda left the factory with the DSG properly checked for the right operations and any needed corrections were done properly at the factory? Anyhow, those of you who had to go back to the dealer and had to have a work done on the DSG, we would like to hear about it.

Please, do not post, if you just went back to the dealer and had it explained that the problem you were having was just the normal DSG behavior.

Also, it is only for all Skoda models, so do not post about other VAG models. Use the below example how to start the post.

Model year:
DSG found faulty at xxxxxx km, on day/month/year/
Repaired at xxxxxx km

...and then post, what the DSG was doing incorrectly in your own words (as many as you like).

Positive experiences also welcome.
You also should be the owner of the car, unless you have very detailed informations about the failure and are willing to share it.

[ausspace87]

Both DSG's on my RS and our 90TSI work perfectly.

[dArK5HaD0w]

MY11 (built sep 2010). Currently at 13,500km - so far so good
....touchwood.

[kenvik_7]

MY10 (Feb 2010) built, done 19,800km to date, all without any glitch....fingers crosssed that my it stays that way

[muggo05]

MY10 Octavia 118TSI, done 43995km. have just noticed the DSG is started to vibrate a lot when riding the clutch in second gear.

Happens either when leaving from a stop in D, or when at crawling pace and accelerating away again.
Car will be booked in next week for 45K service so will get them to check it out.

[buzuki]

ive replaced 2 2010 octavia DSG, and about to replace a 2011 superb DSG. All kilometres were down around 10-15 thousand k's. Admittantly i see far less DSG problems on skoda then vw

[Makk]

MY09 Octavia 1.8TSI, about 16,000km and is fine so far....

[buzuki]

well i dont see many problems no. 2 of them had completely let go - no drive. Other is just clunky shifts.

[Sarge]

ive replaced 2 2010 octavia DSG, and about to replace a 2011 superb DSG. All kilometres were down around 10-15 thousand k's. Admittantly i see far less DSG problems on skoda then vw

Do you mean you have replaced them for other people? If so what was wrong with them?

I see you posted the reply to my querie at the same time I was asking.You must be a mind reader

[Antiplastix]

That ll teach you to be lazy, whilst ever I have a left foot I ll stick to a real gearbox.

[SKODA vRS147]

MY11 - No problems so far and i have 23,500kms on the clock.
Interesting statement from buzuki that he/she sees more problems on VW than Skoda.

[woofy]

Not surprising, same goes for a lot of rattles.....i deliberately didn't get the DSG because of all the complaints I always saw on here with VW/Audis with them. Always interesting that the same parts can have different outcomes...goes to show its still down to the workers...

[onyertod]

35,000 and no probs on my tsi Octavia.

Would be interesting to know if there is any correlation between 'spirited' driving and DSG failures.

[balkanac]

That ll teach you to be lazy, whilst ever I have a left foot I ll stick to a real gearbox.

Amen to that

[buzuki]

Do you mean you have replaced them for other people? If so what was wrong with them?

I see you posted the reply to my querie at the same time I was asking.You must be a mind reader

Yeah i work at a dealer, cant tell you exactly what happened, as we dont open them up, just replaced then on an exchange basis. 1 would have been a serious mechatronics problem which led to gear failure, it seemed it wasnt disengaging clutches when selecting/changing gear so plenty of crunching/stalling and a nice pile of metal in the oil sample we took.

Another is cruching gears, also plenty of metal in the oil. All 7 speeds too.