Are 7 Speed DSG as Reliable as 6 Speed DSG? | AskDap

Q - red182ek92 - via youtube - I had a question about the MK7 GTI. In 2018 the GTI used the 6 speed DSG, and in 2019 they switched to the 7 speed. My question is, I am looking at buying a GTI, and wanted to get one new with a warranty as I am a little intimidated by DSG horror stories. I wanted to get the 6 speed DSG because it has been used for many years in the GTI now and has proven decent reliability, but with the 7 speed being new to the GTI, I am more hesitant to buy one. What can you tell me about the reliability of the new 7 speeds? Does one FEEL better/worse at daily driving in heavy traffic areas such as Atlanta? I am willing to buy a used 18 with low mileage if you think the 6 speed is a better choice! Thank you! Been watching lots of the AskDAP videos on both channels, your explanations are great!

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[redek]

Just realized my question got a video! Thank you so much for taking the time to answer my question! I am on the prowl for a 2018 SE with low mileage and remaining warranty now. I am looking at test driving a 2019 or 20 with the seven speed as well to see if it feels good. The 2015 6 speed i test drove a few months back was very smooth in comparison to my current 2013 G37 7-speed which i despise.
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[tonylyons]

7 speed DQ500 is probably the best box out there for the golf R iv got a MK6 golf R and I’m about to drop a RS3 7 speed box in with TVS software 🔥🔥🔥 plus a G25-660 turbo kit

[proljece]

We have a 2013 VW Golf TDI 77KW with over 250K kilometers with NO issues whatsoever
7 speed DSG. Can go little over 1200 km on a single tank of fuel. Both local and highway driving.
That’s our experience, if that helps anyone.

[blueridge]

It’s been 2 years since this video. Is there a final verdict on the GTI 6 speed DSG vs 7 speed DSG when it comes to tuning, power handling, and overall reliability?

[KjellKarlsson]

The DQ200 7-spd dsg is the one to watch out for. It's a dry clutch, quick, light and all but it have a relative low tolerance for wear with heaver engines and stop-and-go traffic.

[jhamm]

Hey, can you do a newer DSG service walk through video sometime? Theres no videos on the newer 7-speed. I want to do mine early at 40k, dont trust the 80k service interval. 🤣

[aashishmalhotra]

I think 6 speed dsg would be more reliable in heavy traffic or countries with hot weather such as India . As in 6 speed clutch is dip in oil and in 7 speed they say it as a dry clutch but then too some VW dealers are suggesting to change oil at every 40k miles . Don't where that oil is going considering the fact that 7 speed is wet clutch . Don't not expert but yaa the logic is that liquid dissipate more heat then dry ones .

[presentjr]

For anyone watching this video the DQ381 is terrible. DQ250 is better.

[mikkelvitusnielsen]

Sorry but you do not state accurate information regarding the dsg. The old 6 speed code: DQ250 which is very reliable, and the newer dsg 7 speed code : DQ381, is both wet clutch. But from a contruction perspective they are very different. The newer DQ381 has separate oil chambers for the clutch and the mechatronic unit. And where the old DQ250 was/is very reliable, there has been reports that its not quite the same for DQ381. I would cert. find a low milage with the 6 speed DQ250.

[turek]

I did full rebuild on my dsg 7 dq200 after 10 years and 185kkm (dmf, mechatronics and clutchpack).

[fredrikmardenfalkhoppe]

The DQ381 DSG 7 has 80K miles / 120k kilometer service interval, not 40k miles / 60km.

[iskanderbuyuk]

And this is why i got polo gti 2021 it got dq250

[David-vxtk]

I have a 2016 golf gti Autobahn with dsg how should I drive it in heavy traffic and on hills

[seanmt]

Dsg7 have been used in VW in Europe since 2010 mainly on tdi's and pretty much the same reliability wise as Dsg6

[charleshines]

About the ones with the "horror stories". I wonder how many of those were from not changing the fluid at every 40, 000 miles or sooner if it is needed. Just remember, this is not a magical "lifetime" fluid that never needs to be changed!! Who here had an MK5 Volkswagen with the 09G transmission and heard the bull$hit about lifetime fluid?? How many of those problems could have been prevented if people changed the fluid every *30, 000* miles or sooner? Notice I put 30, 000 in bold? That is because Volkswagen recommends 60, 000 but that seems to me like their way of rolling the dice on you not keeping the vehicle that long and realizing their lies! Why would they lie like this anyhow? It is to make the vehicle seem to need no maintenance so that people are more likely to buy them! I don't know if they also did it to quiet down the ones who stereotype of Volkswagens as being hard to work on. The fact is most newer vehicles are hard to work on now just like that and others may need a lot more. I thought my Jetta was actually reliable! It had the 2.5 and it didn't have high pressure fuel pumps and cam followers or direct injection. The nice thing about port injection rather than direct as I am sure a lot of us know is that the valves are going to be a lot cleaner. The 2.5 has a timing chain which means no belt that can snap. They may stretch but I never heard of one breaking. If direct injection and turbos are your thing, a variant of that 2.5 was used in the TT RS with those things.

[Noel]

Which DSG transmission works on a Tiguan 5N? CCTA 2015

[superwolf]

And what about the Seat Toledo Xcellence DSG turbo 2018

[devn]

Is the new 7 dsg in the mk7.5 gti and gli a wet clutch ?

[dw]

I got the DQ381 2019 R and it feels tight about to go to Stage 2 ecu and TCU not sure how it will go then. But I'm changing the oil early

[Countryguy]

I know yhis video is a few years old now. But, I was wondering if there is proof of which transmission is better? Looking at going from a Mk6 GTI to a Mk7