Volkswagen GTI start-stop problems

Filed Mar 3, 2020 · Engine · 640 miles · CA

My 2019 vw gti-s is equipped with a dsg transmission. I was driving it in manual sport mode on the freeway on sunday 1 march 2020. After getting off of the freeway and onto the city surface streets, the car stalled when I came to a stop. I thought it was because I had not turned off the engine start/stop defeat feature off but that was not the case. Another 6-7 stalls occurred as I drove the car the few miles back home after dropping off a friend. There were 4-5 previous individual incidents prior to sunday. On monday 2 march while I drove the car home on the freeway in stop and go commute traffic there were no problems; however after exiting the freeway the car stalled again 3 separate times after I came to a full stop at the signals and stop signs leading to my home. As far as I am concerned, this is a dangerous situation and I am worried since the principal driver of this car will eventually be my wife. She is often driving on the streets of the san francisco bay area. It is easy to get read ended as the driver in back of you expects you to accelerate quickly away from the green signal light or stop sign after you have stopped. It takes time to shift the gear lever back into neutral or park to start the car again. Since I am putting in the "break-in" miles on the car I have experienced this exact situation and have gotten honked for not moving away swiftly from the intersection as one normally would on the city streets. The gti currently has 671 miles on the odometer. I am taking the car in to the dealership today and hoping that they will buy it back so I can get my wife into a safer model.

Filed Dec 21, 2019 · Electrical · 600 miles · CA

I was fully stopped at a major intersection during rush hour in los angeles (santa monica blvd and sepulveda). The auto stop/start featured was on, so my engine had flipped off. When I took my foot off the brake the engine is supposed to re-engage, but instead my car stalled (resulting in the very upset bmw driver behind me nearly plowing into my car) and won't move. The epk light and some warning popped up on the screen, but I was too distracted by not getting killed that I didn't catch what it said. I had to turn my car fully off and then back on again to get my engine to restart. I then took my car to the vw dealer in santa monica. They took nearly two weeks and 150 miles of test drives to try to replicate the issue but couldn't so they replaced the starter. My epk light still regularly comes on when I start my car, and I then have to turn it off and back on again to get my car to start, and off hesitates flipping over in the auto stop/start states. Please note I am the first owner of my car, and I had only had my car for about 6 weeks at the time of this incident.

Filed Oct 19, 2019 · Electrical, Engine · 150 miles · UT

Vehicle intermittently will stall out when coming to a complete stop, and must be manually restarted for each failure and the car successfully restarts every time with no issues. Each stall happened while vehicle was coming to a stop between 0 and 10 miles per hour with no warning, with the clutch fully depressed and the vehicle in neutral. The vehicle does not have an auto start/stop feature. The failure seems to be either electrical or mechanical in nature, and only occurs when the vehicle is completely up to operating temperature. This stalling issue has occurred a total of 15 times in the week that I have owned it, starting with the first day of purchase, but does not happen every time I drive the car. There is currently no check engine light, and no codes stored for this failure. The engine does sometimes run very rough right before it stalls, but this has only happened 3 times out of the total 15 failures that have occurred. The only secondary issue that may be related to this failure is an incorrect gear indication being shown on the dash, which I have only noticed a couple of times. Currently waiting for service at the dealership to look at the vehicle, however, they have informed me that they are not aware of any permanent solutions to this issue and they are aware that this is a common issue with this year make and model of vehicle.

Filed Sep 30, 2019 · Electrical · 250 miles · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 2019 volkswagen gti. On several occasions, after coming to a stop at a traffic light, the vehicle stalled. The contact was able to restart the vehicle. The contact stated that the auto stop/start function was disabled. Dirito brothers walnut creek volkswagen (2020 n main st, walnut creek, ca 94596, (925) 395-4981) was contacted and an appointment to have the vehicle diagnosed was scheduled. The failure was intermittent. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 250.

Filed Jun 10, 2019 · Engine, Transmission · 300 miles · NJ

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.

Filed Jun 2, 2019 · Electrical, Engine · 550 miles · TX

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.

Filed Jun 1, 2019 · Engine, Fuel system · 400 miles · NV

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.

Filed May 29, 2019 · 45 miles · FL

The car is randomly stalling when coming to a stop. It has happened 4 times so far since taking delivery of the vehicle on 5/24. Each time so far it has happened in parking lots, it is so subtle its like the auto start/stop technology some cars have although this one is not equipped with that. Each time I had the clutch fully depressed while the car was in neutral.

Filed May 28, 2019 · Engine · 215 miles · OH

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.

Filed Apr 9, 2019 · Engine · 800 miles · NY

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.