VAG 1.5TSI DSG issues

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Ford do have a new s-max its a 2.5 hybrid too.. looking at that myself next tbh.

But yh the wheel spin is common on these. You cannot plant your foot straight away. I learnt to work around that. The problem i am getting is not wheel spin tho.

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ClareHG said:

Yes! I have the same engine in a Tiguan allspace.

Damp roads, slight incline, fast moving roundabouts all cause the car to wheelspin. Sometimes we get burning rubber smell, sometimes the ABS kicks in which slows the car even more and makes for an awful experience when traffic is coming at you!

Car has been into my local VW garage twice but of course they find nothing.

It's coming up for a year old and I can't wait to get rid of it. I chose this as Ford have stopped making the S-Max which was an awesome 7 seater and have been generally unimpressed.

Ours (it's really my wife's) is the Karoq and I don't drive it much much but have generally learned how to avoid it - mostly by being very gentle on the gas and getting it moving before feeding in more power if needed. I did drive it four up on a 30 mile round trip on back roads yesterday and it did spin the fronts once, when I had to turn sharp left onto a very steep hill. The road surface was quite broken up too.which won't have helped.

I do think it's doing it less since we went back to standard petrol - had been using Costco's Super - and dropping the tyre pressure to the minimum stated (I'd been running a bit higher as 30psi for the 18" tyres seemed too low and I thought higher pressures migh protect the wheels better from potholes.

Other owners have reported that changing to All Season tyres, such as Michelin CrossClimate or Goodyear Vector 4Seasons cures the issue completely.