A mass recall has been issued for approximately 80,000 Volkswagen, Audi and Skoda vehicles after it was discovered that the dual-clutch transmissions installed in the vehicles had the potential to cut power to the vehicle.

The ‘DSG’ as it is marketed has been found to cause an interruption of power to the vehicle that heavily affects the speed. Once the vehicle stops, it can only be restarted by a technician.

The issue is believed to be caused by an incorrectly installed housing component of the hydraulic pressure accumulator.

Volkswagen has revealed that approximately 23,000 2099-2015 Golf, Polo, Jetta, Beetle, Passat and Caddy models may be affected, with a further 40,000 vehicles being listed so they can check for potential issues.

Volkswagen Australia executive Jason Bradshaw says that extra caution will be taken to ensure they have identified every affected vehicle correctly.

“While we know that some 23,000 vehicles may have this incorrectly manufactured component, we cannot be certain of identifying these by Vehicle Identification Number alone,” said Bradshaw.

“We want to physically examine them and those with a potentially faulty component can have it replaced.”

A further 14,000 affected vehicles have been linked to multiple Audi models, while 4,586 Skoda’s have also been listed.

This is the second transmission related recall from Volkswagen after 25,698 vehicles were recalled in 2013. Volkswagen has made it clear that the two issues are unrelated, however “some vehicles involved then might also be affected now”.

Original source: Herald Sun | VW recalls 80,000 cars over DSG transmission problems

16 Oct 2019