Engine soft shut-off when in neutral (manual transmission) or with the clutch to the floor, while shifting to neutral, and coming to a stop. City street. This occurred 3 successive times over a short, 5 minute trip home on city streets. Every downshift, with gear neutral or disengaged, the engine shuts off just as or after coming to a stop. There is no "stall shudder" from the engine, and it just revs from 1k RPM to 0 when stopped or while stopping, in neutral. The vehicle had been warmed up to operating temperature. The dashboard gear reporter also misreported the current gear at this time: reported 3rd when in 2nd, or 3rd-to-5th when in 3rd. Again at low speeds, and low revs that would not be appropriate for an upshift. Vehicle bought new this week, currently at 100 miles on the odometer.
2019 Volkswagen Golf transmission complaints
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I purchased a 2019 golf gti rabbit edition (urano grey) w/ manual transmission on 2/23/2019. On 2/27, my car stalls when I am stationary on flat terrain, waiting for the green light at the intersection, with my clutch all the way in. I restarted the engine without releasing the clutch. The revs goes up to 800, stays there for a second, and the car stalls afterwards. I did another two restarts after that, which gave me the same result. The way I get out of this situation is to apply a little throttle when waiting, raising the rev to around 1100. This issue never occurred afterwards, but I believe there is a potential defect in power train or engine.
Vehicle stalls when coming to a stop with clutch depressed. Gear indicator will indicate wrong gear.
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