VAG - VAG in massive gearbox recall

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Sun 24 Mar 2013 08:48
VAG - VAG in massive gearbox recall - RT

www.honestjohn.co.uk/news/miscellaneous/2013-03/ma.../

VAG are recalling over a third of a million DSG transmissions, the newer 7-speed dry-clutch version, sold recently in China - likely to cost VAG half a billion Euros.

Edited by RT on 24/03/2013 at 08:48

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Sun 24 Mar 2013 12:07
VAG - VAG in massive gearbox recall - brum

By your figures that 1500 euros per recall.

They are going to replace a faulty part - possibly the mechantronics unit - and update software. It will not cost them 1500 euros to do that.

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Sun 24 Mar 2013 12:25
VAG - VAG in massive gearbox recall - balleballe

Yet us lot in the UK will still continue to buy cars with these massively unreliable boxes......

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Sun 24 Mar 2013 12:31
VAG - VAG in massive gearbox recall - RT

Don't shoot the messenger!

The article states up to USD 600 million - that's 462 million Euros at today's exchange rate - near enough to the half a billion Euros I posted.

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Sun 24 Mar 2013 19:48
VAG - VAG in massive gearbox recall - focussed

It comes to something when the Chinese quality regulator is slating a product made by a major German manufacturer, how times have changed!

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Sun 24 Mar 2013 20:05
VAG - VAG in massive gearbox recall - RT

It comes to something when the Chinese quality regulator is slating a product made by a major German manufacturer, how times have changed!

Perhaps these transmissions are built in China.

Back in 2010 when Hyundai introduced their 6-speed automatic they had to replace most of the US-built transmissions for that model year while the Korea-built transmissions were fine.

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