7 sp DSG niggle.

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Have you tried resetting the DSG? With the vehicle stopped and engine turned off press the accelerator completely to the floor including the lower stage where you feel the click and hold it for about 10-15 seconds. this will reset the DSG and it will relearn.

This seems to be the first posting of this procedure for the 7 speed DSG on here. Where did you pick it up from?

C.

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Flash of Death

I have suffered the problem known as the "Flash of Death" in my Australian Mk5 R32. Volkswagen have tried to fix it on numerous occasions and so far have been unable to.

Has anyone else experienced the same problem?

Actually
I traded my 118TSI with DSG7 (because with problems with that squeak - that recorded on Youtube, water pump replaced, and also other, not frequent noise, (only 20 times) but disturbing - like exhaust system is violently shaking)

Because of that,before purchase I did research about MK6 GTI - only negative thing that I dig up from Europe was from one person in UK ("what car" website)
and that report from USA - but nothing reported about that in other countries.

That problem in USA is looking serious and I couldn't find any reports about that from Europe or Australia

DSG problems in USA reports:

http://www.autoinsane.com/2009/08/31/news/recalls-tsbs/vw-dsg-reader-stories-round-3-flash-of-death-woes-lead-to-brand-new-recall/

http://www.autoinsane.com/2009/08/28...sg-complaints/

The USA problem is known as the "flash of death" and seems to apply to 6 speed DSGs. I have not been able to find reports of it happening in Australia, despite looking for them. The 118TSI is my wife's car and we had trouble with a previous car (not a VW) which would go onto 3 cylinders for no apparent reason. Almost as scary as what happened to you. Since then I research for reports of trouble before buying a car.