http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-06-12/volk...-recall/4747694

This article even mentioned engine rebuild
Mr Makris says he has had the engine rebuilt and gearbox replaced on his Golf.

Case study: Ross Gulliver owns a 2006 Passat

"We had problems over a number of years with the car cutting out when stationary. [It ] wouldn't restart.

"My wife was driving it in most of the instances and it is frightening if you have kids on board.

"I had to drag them (Volkswagen) kicking and screaming to get my car fixed and it is a 2006, with a six-speed and DSG.

"I can't see that the problem is limited to 2008 and beyond."
"I know of some people who have had up to five engines replaced. It's out of control," he said.

"It started initially with a few people, then it blew out to 40 or 50 people, and now it's in the hundreds.

"I believe the cars are very dangerous. I think the DSG (direct shift gearbox), no matter how many times they replace it, it's not going to solve the problem.

"My car's shuddering again. I think it's only a matter of time before we have another tragic fatality on the road."

so many manufacturers using dual clutch gearbox also
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual-clutch_transmission

bmw m3, evo x SST, sls amg, a45 amg, mp4-12c, ford powershift, ferrari 458,
nissan GTR, Porsche PDK, vw/audi dsg s-tronic

The spokesman said that the problems were due to the hot and wet climate, the extreme stop-and-go traffic as well as pollution typical of some Asian cities.

Reuters

I loled at this statement. Your dirty & disgusting country is not worthy of awesome DSG!

As a business, what do you expect them to say? "It's completely our fault, our car killed our customer, we shall immediately look into the matter.". It will open a floodgate of class action lawsuits they can't win (well they did go on record to say it is their fault) and hugely negative publicity. They cannot afford to claim full responsibility for those cases.

They didn't even admit "something is wrong". Instead of saying "send your car to the nearest dealership for our recall exercise because one of our customers got killed" They spun it as "As a responsible carmaker we are launching this recall exercise to give our customers a piece of mind."

Welcome to the world of PR.

I already mentioned numerous times before....Manual gears pretending to be Auto gear is a disaster...It doesn't work (realibily). AMT, DSG....all proven cases....
Ford, VW, Renault etc....

not just audi..most of conti car that's using DSG got recall.. VW, audi, skoda etc..

i dunno about Ford yet.. they experiencing problems too but till now no recall has been made

Put it this way. Technology has a curve that companies need to overcome. Toyota has invested heavily into hybrids, while VW has done other stuff. If nobody innovates, then basically it becomes a refinement and enhancement of existing technology and the Japanese have done just that with their cars. Not very interesting at all is it?

Every subsequent generation will improve upon the previous generation to give a better product. And it is always the bystanders that gains from the innovators mistakes and drawbacks, DSG gearbox is no exception to this rule.

VW, Audi, Skoda all the same company, so they use the same gearboxes.

Renault has DSG now too, Ford has, Volvo has (same as Ford I believe), ...

Perhaps the issue with these DSG gearboxes of VW has been fixed, and owners are getting new parts that do not have the fault anymore?

@dtna7: Come on, having an accident like that is highly unlikely. The car doesn't accelerate anymore and she dies because of that?! (That is if that is the case. If the car suddenly slows down quite violently then it is very serious.) Normally I don't believe in luck, but... that's very bad luck. Most likely you'll just slow down and stop at the roadside, confused and angry but unhurt. The issue that some Toyotas had... stuck pedal, so the car would keep accelerating, was much more serious IMHO. Or think about the Ford Pinto in the 70s, which would explode when rear ended. Construction fault where a part of the bumper would be rammed into the fuel tank, creating sparks and... a bit of an explosion I suppose. Ford tried to cover up and thought it'd be cheaper to pay compensation than to issue a recall. Needless to say that did backfire.

I think the problem is that the DSG might not be fully matured, and perhaps a different driving style is necessary for it to be reliable. AFAIK not too long ago Mercedes had introduced a new engine, which was, or is very advanced. Sadly too advanced, so there was a major problem that led to mass death of these engines. Mercedes replaced them and tried to keep owners quiet.

THink of this scenario, which is likely to happen to a DSG and not other gearboxes.. you are cruising on the highway at 110km/h on 5th gear with a truck following you. Most people would think that if you have a gearbox problem, you would cruised to a standstill in neutral. So people are wondering how she could have gotten hit. What if the DSG switched from 5th to 1st or 2nd gear (it's all electronically controlled and not locked in place by mechanical means). That would lock wheels when the engine over revs. It will not be a gradual slowing down. The reports of the accident stated sudden slow down and not a normal 'switch to neutral' and cruise type slow down. This could happen to any faulty DSG.

THink of this scenario, which is likely to happen to a DSG and not other gearboxes.. you are cruising on the highway at 110km/h on 5th gear with a truck following you. Most people would think that if you have a gearbox problem, you would cruised to a standstill in neutral. So people are wondering how she could have gotten hit. What if the DSG switched from 5th to 1st or 2nd gear (it's all electronically controlled and not locked in place by mechanical means). That would lock wheels when the engine over revs. It will not be a gradual slowing down. The reports of the accident stated sudden slow down and not a normal 'switch to neutral' and cruise type slow down. This could happen to any faulty DSG.

THink of this scenario, which is likely to happen to a DSG and not other gearboxes.. you are cruising on the highway at 110km/h on 5th gear with a truck following you. Most people would think that if you have a gearbox problem, you would cruised to a standstill in neutral. So people are wondering how she could have gotten hit. What if the DSG switched from 5th to 1st or 2nd gear (it's all electronically controlled and not locked in place by mechanical means). That would lock wheels when the engine over revs. It will not be a gradual slowing down. The reports of the accident stated sudden slow down and not a normal 'switch to neutral' and cruise type slow down. This could happen to any faulty DSG.

I tot the girl in the Aussie incident was driving a manual 

Wouldn't the ECU prevents that from happening? Or i was wrong about the DSG concepts

Put it this way. Technology has a curve that companies need to overcome. Toyota has invested heavily into hybrids, while VW has done other stuff. If nobody innovates, then basically it becomes a refinement and enhancement of existing technology and the Japanese have done just that with their cars. Not very interesting at all is it?

Every subsequent generation will improve upon the previous generation to give a better product. And it is always the bystanders that gains from the innovators mistakes and drawbacks, DSG gearbox is no exception to this rule.

u expect expensive cars to not have problems? in fact i think a lot of expensive cars have more problems than cheap cars

According to VW, the DSG gearbox will only defect in certain country such as Asia because of the humid and hot weather plus heavy traffic, eg. traffic jam, hump, traffic lights, that's mean the DGS gearbox cannot withstand those start stop traffic condition. The problem now is what kind of method VW will use to repair the DSG problem? Will they just repair back the DSG and redesign the whole DSG gearbox?