Hi Everyone

 

First post here. I have a new 1.5 SE DSG arriving on 18/11 and am a bit concerned about some You Tube reviews re the lag on the gearbox. Is this still an issue or has it been sorted? Thank you.

Welcome.

Not sure that everyone has been finding issues with their cars, or maybe they just do not care.

 

I have never heard of any software changes since Bob Flavin did his review of a 1.5 TSI Scala that would change things from how he found the car.

VW / Skoda probably never accepted his and others opinions and if they did are unlikely to admit to have acted on them.

 

The best thing is to try and get a test drive of the very latest version of the car that you can and see how it is.

That would need to be a MY21 car that is WLTP certificated and tested for RDE2 i would have thought.

 

Are the other roadtesters just not finding issues, or not reporting them incase VW Group black list them, as seemed to be the case with the 'Kangarooing' with 1.5 tsi Manuals and DSG's.  Or some of them.

 

 

 

 

Edited 5 November, 20205 yr by e-Roottoot

I've had the 1.5 DSG since March, with 8500kms never had an issue. I feel its a great gearbox and works well with the engine. 
Especially in Sport Mode  

The Turbo lag is fine, power is good and im currently running 5.8L/100kms which is awesome.

@MrMorm

Do you know if your car has the same Co2 g/km emissions as a Kamiq in the EU?

I'm not sure - the car came straight off the boat to New Zealand from Europe and I dont know if anything is changed.. Its the same engine so I assume its same or very close.

They certainly are the same engine globally, not sure if the same engine management to achieve WLTP or RDE2.

When the DQ200 DSG's were on a World Wide recall excluding Europe, VW had the nerve to claim different climatic conditions for New Zealand and the few vehicles that had DQ200 DSG's were part of a Recall Action where new Mechatronic Control Units were fitted & a software update.

In Europe 2 years later there was a Service Campaign where the Synthetic oil was changed for Mineral and a software update was done.

Those getting MY2021 1.5TSI DSG in Europe will be the best to tell if Skoda / VW Group have put to bed any issues with the engines / engine management.

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/481094-has-15-tsi-engine-now-been-fixed/page/2