This is old news (from May IIRC), sparked a media campaign for unrelated DSG problems resulting in a recall. This poor woman's car was a manual - a fact missed by much of the media.

I have an Australian DSG Golf so am naturally interested in all of this, I'm not an apologist for VW but the media witch hunt against VW from certain outlets has not appeared very balanced from my perspective.

Be interesting whether VW is eventually found at fault (they haven't been yet, I note the title of this thread imples they have been) - I understand that the ECU in this case doesn't show any fault.

Driving standards here are not as high as in the UK IMHO, tailgating is rife, trucks drive in any lane, using your smartphone at the wheel commonplace. Many cars drive with bulbs out. The only thing enforced is the speed limit so you end up with multiple lanes all travelling at exactly 100Kmh with people zipping in and out and undertaking.

Edited by idle_chatterer on 02/08/2013 at 03:24