[Tricky]

There are millions of DSG vehicles, hundreds of members on here, maybe a few dozen complaints. I'm on my third DSG car never had a problem with any of them. Yes if it's you it's terrible but it's not an epidemic.
I'm not aware of any mechatronic recall in any country.

 

[Tricky]

What recalls? There are members on here from several countries who have had problems, no one has mentioned a recall. There's reports from Australia, US and several European countries.

 

[Tricky]

The OP's 2.0 TDi will have the DQ350 (380?) which is a wet clutch and totally different to the DQ200. And the issue with the 200 was early in it's life, not the same box being used today, e.g. In my T-Cross 1.0.

It's like saying the 'kangaroo' issue applies to all VW engines, just because it was recognised as an issue with the original 1.5 engines.

 

[Tricky]

the solution as ‘Replace Gearbox Control Unit” (£1548) which I suppose is better than replacing the entire Mechatronics unit.

That is the mechatronics. There's the physical gearbox, with 2 clutches, and the mechatronics control unit, a combination of electronics and solenoids that control the gear selection and the clutch activity.

 

[Tricky]

That reads to me as clutch for a manual gearbox, not the DSG automatic.