VW Golf GTE

In the USA, the service for the DSG is at every 40,000 miles.

 

I've heard of many failures, even after replacing, but for the 7 speed version.

 

There seems to be significant VW reliability issues in the US that just don't seem to be reflected over here.

Either the Americans are very sensitive (possible), or there is some difference between the US and Euro versions. I believe many, if not all US VW's are made in either the US or Mexico. I'm not saying their workers are no good, but that quality control just doesn't seem to be upto scratch.

A friend of mine has an RS3 Audi thingy and that has the DSG box and it is great fun to drive and I don't believe he's had an issue with it. Some of our VW taxi vans has a cvt auto box and they would self destruct around 120k hard miles, but they were worked hard, in town every day.

I really aren't a VW fan, but even so I am shocked at the negative news from this forum about VW reliability. Sure, they're not perfect cars, but I don't think they're as bad as people make out. I mean, I was just talking to Mrs Grumpy today reflecting on my Prius reliability and that my Peugeot 406 was more reliable over the first 80,000 miles, and that car ran to well over 300,000 in the end. A Peugeot more reliable than a Toyota! Strange, but true.

3 cars have let me down at the side of the road; A Rover 214 (enough said), A brand new London Taxi (they're junk!) and my Prius - twice (or three times if you count me limping the car to work before calling the AA)! I must have driven over a million miles and other than running out of petrol when I was young and foolish, I've only had 4 breakdowns - 2 in the Prius. Not good.

 

My VWs were back to the dealer so much, they gave me my own parking space.

 

Only speaking from personal experience, mechanically my 2005 Beetle TDI DSG has been perfect, but then I maintain my vehicles religiously...the interior, window switches and brake light is another story. If I ever buy another VW however, it definitely won't be one "assembled" in Mexico or the US.

 

Too bad I could not care less about this metric.

 

It showed up in Geneva, good summary of its systems here:

2015 Volkswagen Golf GTE - SUV - CNET Reviews

 

It'll be a good seller here I think. The BMW i3 is proving popular already, though admitedly it's early days.

 

And aren't the second hand prices of EVs coming down? A Fluence ZE can be had for £6,500! A Mitsubishi i-miev (or the Peugeot or Citroen clone) can be had for £9,000 and some of those have nominal mileages of 800 miles! Obviously ex-lease cars. Then you have a choice of dozens of Leafs for around £10,000.

I'm waiting until I find a permanent job (are there any of those around anymore?) and then I'll trade the ol' Prius in for a Leaf. I've noticed that trade in prices for the gen3 Prius have actually increased by about £1,500 in the last six months, the cheapest one on Autotrader now running at £8,000 with about 130,000 miles. Think hybrids are holding up better than true EVs, but that's good for me

Tony, maybe worth importing an EV over to Ireland?

 

Where do you get such a good prices? On German mobile.de I can not find a Leaf under €20k, and C-Zero under €15k. Fluence is different because the battery leas is not included in the purchase price.

 

My comment was directed at power per se, not the units of measurement.

 

A quick Google search finds $300 - $400 for the service.

Sounds like another $2000 over the life of the car just to service the transmission LOL

 

$300-$400 if you pay the Dealer maybe...and even they admit it's a jack. Does nobody work on their own cars anymore? Servicing the DSG transmission is almost as easy as the Prius, and I know because I own and service both. I had my Son doing the DSG service before he got his license to drive it, now his car. The difference is the DSG has a single drain and fill bottom plug with a stand pipe, and it has a filter (thank you VW). You need a plug adapter, hose, funnel and the VAGCOM "is not" needed for tooling. Fluid, filter and plug washer are the consumables and the cost is about $7.00 more than the Prius because of the filter. Google does not make one smart.

 

Is there a planned service for tranny fluid change for the Prius? I don't think so.

 

No, and that fault by Toyota has already been shown here and else where. But if it makes you feel better, never change it.

 

http://www.autotrader.co.uk

Then search for 'electric' as vehicle power. There are hundreds of Twizys though they don't count

 

I figure Google is smarter than grease.

What is VAGCOM ?

A youtube video of the drain/fill seemed pretty straightforward until the guy hooked up a computer to monitor the oil temperature and then made a mess getting the oil level right.