What's Bad
DSG can bog down on take-off.
Poor rear visibility with back seats and integral headrests up.
With DSGs, protective software can delay the message from brake switch to ECU that brakes have been released, allowing car to enter a junction or roundabout on the fuel in the combustion chambers, then momentarily shut off mid-junction.
Owner/driver feedback welcome.
What to Watch Out For
Owner/driver feedback welcome.
19" wheels prone to cracking all the way round the rim after encountering potholes/speed humps.
15-1-2011: 2.0 TFSIs suffering "coil pack failures", but the fault appears secondary to oil leakage into the packs. More at: www.seatcupra.net
17-7-2011: Misfires seem to be developing on 1.4 TSIs and injectors seem to be blamed.
28-7-2012: Single report of 2 faulty Active Chassis Control sensors costing £700 to replace on 3 year old Scorocco just out of warrannty.
9-10-2012: More hot climate problems with 1.4TSI twinchargers. Reader in the Lebanon has needed two replacement engines.
11-1-2013: Warranty on DSG extended to 5 years or 150,000 kilometres in Russia, China and Australia. Sources: Indiancarsandbikes 1, vwwatercooled, Indiancarsandbikes 2 .
Recalls
3-7-2012: www.autoevolution.com reports We have been informed that owners of Euro-spec VW cars (Polo, Golf and Scirocco) are reporting similar problems to the ones that caused a massive recall in China (500,000-strong). The issue has been reported in France, where owners of the aforementioned cars started reporting hearing strange noises coming from the gearbox, which lead them to believe that there may be a design flaw which wears the mechanisms inside it prematurely.
The culprit is VW’s latest twin-clutch setup, the seven-speed DSG7, which reportedly makes the ‘strange noises’ when shifting from 4th to 3rd, 3rd to 2nd and 2nd to 1st, inside the car. However, outside, a different sound is audible, a metallic and repetitive sound which is made when the car goes over speed-bumps. Whatever it is, it sounds serious, especially since owners first began to hear it “a few weeks after delivery” (of the car) - nothing should wear out that quickly.
Also, since the problem in China was never really solved, as they just increased the warranty coverage to 10 years, it will be interesting to see how VW handle this problem in a market very close to home - France. Furthermore, the angry group of French VW owners claim that Seat, Skoda and Audi drivers are also reporting the same problems, so If this report turns out to be accurate, it will spark further outrage and may dent VW’s famed ‘bulletproof’ reliability record.
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