2019 gti se 6mt. Car soft stalls - RPM drops to zero (without jerking motion) at random intervals when coming to a complete stop with clutch pedal fully depressed. Pressing the start/stop button starts the engine again and the car operates as normal. Car is at operating temperature, ambient outside temperature was approximately 70 degrees. Behavior is not readily reproducible. Car has approximately 350 miles on the odometer with a build date of 1/19.
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~3000 miles on 6 speed manual 2019 vw gti. On multiple occasions (~10) the vehicle quietly stalled while depressing the clutch in first and second gear as approaching a stop sign. The vehicle repeatedly stalled immediately after turning the ignition back on occurred multiple times.
Car stalls when coasting to (or just arrived at) standstill with clutch pedal fully depressed. Car is 6spd manual transmission. Two occurrences of stalling in first 500 miles of ownership. Attempts to restart fail for two to three tries (car idles rough and re-stalls), then it will run properly and I can drive away. No other obvious issues during normal driving.
My car has only 800 miles on it. The car is equipped with a manual transmission and no auto stop/start system. When slowing down approaching a red light, I push the clutch in and move the shift lever to neutral. During the last 5mph or so, the car will quietly stall. I only notice it stalled when I try to get moving again and realize I have to start the car. This has happened five times in the past two weeks. I want to note that I have found reports of the same exact issue with other 2019 vw gti owners on several car forums. Many of the owners mention bringing the car to the dealer and the dealer stating they "cannot replicate the issue." I'm reluctant to bring it to the dealer as the issue is very difficult to reproduce and seems to happen at random. I also can't afford to be without my car for a day or two while they attempt to diagnose the problem with no results.
When coming to a stop the car dies ocassionally. I am concerned for my safety when the car dies at a stop. And I cannot move forward without restarting the car. This has happened 10+ times.
I have the 6-speed manual transmission. While commuting home on surface streets and stopped at a stoplight with the car in neutral and the clutch out, the car randomly stalls. This only has happened while idling at a stoplight/stop sign. I have plenty of gas and no cel comes up. The engine is warm. It happens within 1-2 seconds after coming to a complete stop with the car in neutral. It has happened many times but then easily starts again. It's a very gentle stall and almost feels like the car has auto stop/start, which my car does not. Fortunately, the dealership was able to recreate the stalling. They even contacted and worked with vwoa but were not able to determine exactly what the problem was. They had the car for close to 2 weeks tried several different fixes, but none worked. So when all else fails, they did a 'capacitive hard reboot' of the system and everything seemed to be fixed. However, after I picked the car up from the dealership, it stalled twice on my drive home. Now, it's been a couple of weeks since then and it hasn't stalled since, but it doesn't give me much confidence that it won't return if they don't know what the reboot did.
I purchased a 2019 gti s on march 30th 2019 and in one week's time I stalled out 7 times. 3 of those 7 times were when I was at a complete stop, in neutral with my foot on the brake only (not on the clutch). The other 4 times were in 2nd gear at low speeds between 8 and 10 MPH when I was either pulling into a driveway or going over a long but low and not aggressive speed bump. The stall would happen when I would depress the clutch, not on the release.
The first time was a couple weeks ago when the engine stalled out as I was pulling up to a stop sign in 2nd gear with the clutch depressed. I was able to start the engine back up and continue operating afterwards. The second time was just last thursday when the engine stalled as I was pulling into a parking spot, again with the clutch depressed.
The car will stall when slowing down to a stop in neutral, then will require restarting. Problem is more persistent in warmer temperature and also when the oil temperature is above 220 degrees. However does not cause cel or throw any codes. I am concerned about my safety operating the vehicle in this condition because I constantly have to restart the car which can put me in very dangerous situation.
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