The car soft stalls when I stop at a light or stop sign. The clutch can be full engaged, or not but is never in gear. When I come to a complete stop the car stalls and shuts off. Some times the cars stalls so softly that I can't tell the engine has shut off. I will have to start it again before I can get moving. I have 1400 miles on a new be gti rabbit edition and this problem started roughly 200 miles ago but has gotten much more frequent in the last 50 miles
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6mt rabbit edition. Car has occasionally softly stalled/engine shuts off while in neutral when coming to a stop or slow. Happens without any warning or consistency. Car will restart again without any problem.
This car was purchased new from crestmont vw in nj one month ago. It has a manual transmission and when the clutch is engaged and I'm coming to a halt, the car has stalled multiple times. This first happened within the first week of owning the car, and now occurs at least once every other day or so (sometimes more frequently). It has happened when in neutral and when in second gear, though the clutch is always in. The car is at the dealer right now. I explained the situation and they could not reproduce the problem and the car's computer wasn't producing any diagnostic codes. Initially they told me that there was nothing they could do. I then spoke to a manager, showed him online forums where customers were reporting the exact same problem, and to his credit he agreed to keep the car to investigate further.
Unexpected stalling vehicle stalls with clutch completely depressed
2019 manual transmission gti stalling when coming to a stop with foot on clutch. Started happening two days after purchase on 6/02/2019, after approximately 600 miles on vehicle I did not experience stalling. Vehicle now has approximately 2100 miles, and I have experienced the stalling multiple times over the past two days. It happens more often after driving the car spiritedly, and I can consistently get the car to have the issue when driving spiritedly. Happens at random during normal driving. Vehicle also loses electronically assisted power steering during fault.
The vehicle I have purchased stalls softly frequently. It usually stalls when coming to a stop from a low speed. It also stalls while the gear is in neutral and coming from a stop. The stalling also has occurred while the clutch pedal is fully pressed. Volkswagen needs to address this concern asap. This affects the safety of the driver and the people around me.
The engine would stall when approaching a stop. Sometimes engine would also stall at low speeds
Vehicle stalled out while coasting in neutral to a stop <5mph and stalled out almost immediately after restarting ignition 4 times until I gave it gas and held it above 1500 RPM. Vehicle is a rabbit edition 6 speed transmission -- stall was 100% not driver error and was in neutral. 891 miles on the vehicle.
Has been stalling out at low speed to low rpms. When coming to a stop hold the clutch in while in gear will softly stall or while out of gear and clutch is not pressed in it will stall out as well. Happened 6 times in a 10 mile trip.
The engine will frequently stall when I come to a complete stop, requiring me to shift the car into park, restart the car, and then put it back into gear. I have the dsg transmission and this issue has occurred both with the auto start/stop on and with it off. I sometimes don't realize the engine has stalled until I have to start moving again, at a red light for instance, which creates a dangerous situation.
The car shuts off the engine at very low speed. There was no jerkiness. The engine simple stopped. One time it was at a parking lot when pulling to the parking spot. The engine shuts off. Another time the engine shuts off without warning after coming to a full stop at a stop sign.
The car will stall while in neutral or with the clutch fully depressed in 1st gear when slowing to a stop. It happened in a parking lot while coasting in neutral to a stop. It then happened three more times in stop and go traffic. It seems to happen randomly; there is nothing specifically that seems to trigger it or prevent it. The car will simply cut out and die while out of gear and slowing to a stop below 10mph. Clearly stalling randomly in traffic is a safety concern for myself and those around me and volkswagen needs to address it.
Vehicle stalls sporadically when moving slow or at a complete stop. Vehicle also experiences rough idle sporadically. The vehicle so far has only stalled when the car is warmed. The rough idle happens both when the car is cold and warmed. This has happened since the vehicle had 40 miles and had continued now that the vehicle has 2000 miles.
Whether the car is in gear or not the vehicle will stall out. When vehicle is in gear and clutch is fully depressed the vehicle will stall. Does not matter if it is 1st gear or reverse the same will happen.
After the engine has warmed up, car will occasionally stall even with clutch fully depressed and coming to a stop. The stall is gentle, like the engine is just switched off. The car does not lurch.
When I am slowing down to a stop and I have the car out of gear, the engine will soft stall and require restarting. This happens in traffic and is very disorienting.
I have been driving manual transmissions for almost 10 years. I have had the car stall on me three times while moving at low speeds while in first gear, specifically when parking and we starting to move again from a stop at a light. The engine shuts off almost as if the engine's start/stop feature engaged, not like a typical stall. The car is brand new with 350 miles as of today when it happened for the third time.
Car engine has stalled multiple times while pulling up to a stop. Car is a six speed manual and was out of gear at the time the stall occurred
Se (w/ experience package), great falls green metallic, dsg it has only happened a couple of times so far and I can't really replicate it but when it happened I come to a pretty normal stop, and it feels like it does the auto start-stop function but the center console will say "manual restart required" or some such thing. Sure enough once I let go of the break it doesn't start back up. I have to put it in part and start it like normal. So the car just kind of stalls randomly when stopping.just normal stops too. Also, every so often instead of stalling it will kind of stutter to a stop. Like you're quickly tapping on the breaks or it's just having trouble trying to stop smoothly.
During street and highway driving, the engine stalls after the vehicle is brought to a complete stop with clutch depressed and/or transmission in neutral. Occurs with engine at operating temperature irrespective of initial speed or engaged gear prior to commencement of braking and deceleration. Immediately prior to the stall, the engine runs rough or seems to be misfiring for one or two seconds. Once the first event occurs, it will then repeat 25-50% of the time the vehicle is decelerated to a stop.
Vehicle was purchased on 5/27/19. Vehicle has just over 1000 miles. Issue first started day after the purchase. The vehicle's engine will intermittently stall after coming to a stop. The nature of the stall is subtle, not jerky. Almost like a auto start/stop feature on a vehicle with an auto transmission (my gti has a 6-speed manual). This has happened 10 times now. Ive had it happen with the clutch pedal pressed (clutch disengaged) and the vehicle gear shifter in neutral and also in gear. Ive also had it happen with the clutch pedal not pressed (clutch engaged) and the gear shifter in neutral. Car restarts fine, but this is definitely a safety issue that can lead to accidents.
2019 vw gti s with the 6 speed manual transmission in white. The car stalls out. It happens when it's in neutral, as I come to a stop (not in gear, and the clutch is not depressed). It stalls out the way a car would stall when you come to a stop when you are in gear. The car was just purchased 7 days ago. It currently has 105 miles on it and this has happened 5 different times. Build date of 3/19
The engine stall coming up on a stop. The clutch is fully depressed and gear in neutral. This has happened almost every day.
I purchased this car with only 600 miles on it and have had it for 3 days. It is a 6 speed manual transmission and not the first manual I have ever had. When coming to a stop, if the clutch is engaged fully, the car will soft stall leaving me to have to restart the car to get moving. The stall is so subtle that every time it has happened I didn't realize it until I pressed the gas and the car did nothing.this is a very dangerous problem that vw is failing to recognize. For example, it happened while I was slowing down in the turning lane to take a left turn across traffic. With the clutch fully depressed I downshifted to first gear and began to turn across the oncoming lane. As I began to apply throttle and release the clutch I noticed the car had stalled and was forced to restart the car. This all happened while I was sitting in the oncoming lane of traffic which could have easily caused an accident if there had been cars coming. At first I thought that it was my doing so I spent some time trying to recreate the issue. About 1 in every 5 stops with the clutch fully engaged, whether in gear or in neutral, the car will stall when it comes to a stop. This is not normal behavior or due to inexperience. I have never had a manual vehicle where the engine would ever stall with the clutch fully engaged. After doing a little research online this is apparently a wide spread issue that is affecting brand new 2019 gti's with the manual transmission. Vw is failing to acknowledge that there is a problem and this negligence will ultimately lead to an accident that could cost somebody their life. Something needs to be done!
Brand new car 6sp manual transmission. The car died when rolling to a stop in neutral twice. This was on my first extended drive in the car after purchasing.
Car stalls at low speeds while clutch is fully engaged. Soft shutdown almost feels like the auto start/stop on automatic models.. This happened three times this morning while coming onto a military base where there is typically stop and start traffic. No cel or errors on dash.
The issue presents itself slowing down to a stop, where the engine will soft stall and require restarting. This occurs when the transmission is in gear with the clutch depressed and also when the the transmission is in neutral.
Stalls at low speeds, e.g. Coming to a stop with clutch pedal depressed. Has happened 3x (so far) in the first 800 miles of driving. Car is a 6mt. Car has 900 miles on it as of 5/24/2019.
The car will randomly stall when coming to a stop. As of 5/23, the car has 1,030 miles on it. It happened a few times at about 400-500 miles and then it went away, but recently it has been happening a few times a day. This happens intermittently while coming to a stop either already in neutral, and it has also happened while rolling to a stop with the clutch depressed. It is not your typical stall, there is no jerkiness and the engine just silently shuts down. Would be hard to notice if eyes are not on the RPM, it just dies and hits 0 RPM.
Vehicle stalls when coming to a stop. This has happened 4 times in the past 5 days. I have a 2019 volkswagen gti rabbit edition with a 6 speed manual that was manufactured 12/18. When I roll to a stop in neutral, the car has stalled. Today was the first time it stalled while being in 1st gear with the clutch all the way down and coming to a stop. Once I am completely stopped, the engine stalls. There is no shuttering, the engine just turns off.
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