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[gavs]

Shouldn't matter as if the brake pedal is depressed its cuts the throttle.

Exactly.

[Antman78]

Exactly.

Tell that to the VW electronics department and all those people with dodgy DSG gearboxes that should work perfectly.
...or the family of the lady who died on the monash.
"Exactly"

[LunchboxVRS]

Tell that to the VW electronics department and all those people with dodgy DSG gearboxes that should work perfectly.
...or the family of the lady who died on the monash.
"Exactly"

That was a older car and not DSG. Do you know the maintenance history of the vehicle? It tragic but could have happens in a commodore, corolla, Ferrari you name a car. Iv had a Scania lose all power and shut off. Steering gets very hard and if your not quick on the clutch it stop real quick. Vw have problems but here death isn't one of them.

And the engine revs can still rise with your foot on the brake and accelerator at the same time. It's wether the clutches engage that's going to cause a problem.

[pologti18t]

Tell that to the VW electronics department and all those people with dodgy DSG gearboxes that should work perfectly.
...or the family of the lady who died on the monash.
"Exactly"

Since when does every example of a product work perfectly? Go look up Honda automatic recall

Has there been a finding made on the Monash crash? I thought it was clear cut - the truck driver ran into the back of her car....

[Antman78]

I'm confused.
Youre all telling me electronics never fail.
I joined this forum for advise on my car and to see if anyone has had a similar problem not to be told how to drive.
My car has left me without power crossing a major highway also. Clearly not just a manual problem.

[Hail22]

I'm confused.
Youre all telling me electronics never fail.
I joined this forum for advise on my car and to see if anyone has had a similar problem not to be told how to drive.
My car has left me without power crossing a major highway also. Clearly not just a manual problem.

Ok...if this is the case you need to take your car to your local VW service center and explain what has happened and give them a chance to investigate / diagnose the vehicle. It's highly unlikely due to design change...but your mecahtronics unit may have shorted out causing the vehicle to lose power. Now if VW cannot rectify / identify the matter you will need to talk to the ACCC with a written / typed letter explaining your safety concerns (not this should only be pursued if VW cannot fix the problem).

[Antman78]

It's booked in for next week. Fingers crossed.
When the power is lost it loses all drive(clutch disengages) and the engine hunts between 1000-2000RPM. The throttle does nothing and you roll to a stop.

[nomadx38]

I thought your original problem was about the gearbox not disengaging.

Regardless have you had the 37g7 update (should have been applied at the 15k, 30k etc services). not that I can confirm the 37g7 contains a update to fix this issue but I had 2 false neutrals (one at 3000km, another at about 15,000km) prior to the update (at 22,000km) and not a single one after (now at 60,000km).

The most recent recall addresses a similar issue to the false neutral but what differs is unlike the false neutral (which can be fixed by putting the car back to park) the fault causes by electrolysis of the mechatronics oil creates a short circuit blowing the fuse for the gearbox, a simple switch on and off can not fix.

If your car was effected by the recall it wouldn't be drivable until they changed over the mechatronics unit and replace the fuse.

And about the woman that died on the monash - was a Golf V (so a very different platform) was a manual (DSG's of the time were 6sp wet clutch variants, which do allow simultaneous accelerator and brake signals) and the last point they say the car stopped "instantly". Now I'm no coroner but I know not even a Ferrari cant go from 100-0 in 1 second. Stalling it, to low of a gear you name it wouldn't pull it up that quick. To me its just an excuse to get the truck driver off of manslaughter and dangerous driving.

[Antman78]

Hi,
I've just purchased a new MY13.5 Polo GTI and have been having gearbox and brake problems.
I've had it lose all power a few times and the brakes fail/stutter too.
Today while at the traffic light I took my foot off the brake to move forward a few feet and the car wouldn't stop and drove straight under a tray ute. It just stutters and keeps going. Is this a common problem?

The original problem was gremlins. Not stopping when you need and stopping when you don't want.
The car was delivered to oz in July so I'd hope it had the new update.

[Guest001]

The original problem was gremlins. Not stopping when you need and stopping when you don't want.
The car was delivered to oz in July so I'd hope it had the new update.

One thing you shouldn't do is "CREEP" in traffic. The gearbox is not an "Auto" in the true sense as in a slushbox.

It is a manual with electronic clutches. It doesn't like creeping because it slips the plates as you would in a manual car and can result in a stuffed clutch.

Also it takes a small time to change gear in certain situations. One is lifting your foot and then almost immediately flooring it again.

Causes the brain to try to decide whats going on when it was in the middle of changing gears one way and suddenly you want it to go the other.
We aren't telling you how to drive but it may surprise you to know that a great % do not know how to drive a DSG correctly.

They are definitely different to what has gone before. Is only a shame that VW salesmen don't explain the vagaries of the box when they sell you one