118TSI MY12 stalling

[gldgti]

If any of you guys can visit me in mt kuring-gai or on the central coast I'll scan your car for fault codes using vcds. If theres an error it will show up regardless of whether the problem goes away. I dont know about the dealer software but VCDS will show it.

to me it sounds like a sensor or mechatronics issue - being that when decellerating above 1100rpm the ecu cuts fuel to 0 to save fuel, then the fuel flow should restart below 1100 to allow the engine to keep running - OR - the dsg is not decoupling as the car stops causing the stall - or both.

I would expect some error code to be evident.

pm me if your interested.

[Dal]

Thanks for your reply Dutch, its nice to know I am not alone. I have the same opinion, nice car, good value but I simply can't have this issue. My stalling experience happened on a hot day with my wife and 6 week old in the car. I was worried that I may be stuck on the curbside sweating with a screaming baby, not what you need when we are sleep deprived. As it is a stalling issue I am not so worried about being stranded, however there is still plenty of potential for accidents if this happens in the wrong place.

Have Skoda mentioned anything about an ECU update?

BTW my bro has a 2010 vRS wagon (the reason why I looked at Skoda) and hasn't had this issue. I was with him when he took it in for its first service and his only issues were poor lumbar support adjustability (not a fault, just would have liked a bit more), the auto wipers were not quite dependable (again not a fault it is just the way the are), and a faulty gear paddle.

Thanks for the offer gldgti, but I am in Sydney. I'll be taking it back to Trivetts new Skoda service centre in North Paramatta. I hope they have the appropriate equipment to look at it.

[gldgti]

BTW - you guys are far from alone, this is a pretty common phenomena with DSG cars - if you do a forum search you'll find plenty of others complaining of it.

Perhaps your skoda dealer may not know of it but a VW one certainly will.

[dodgey]

Mine MY11 RS TSI has stalled twice this year. Seems like when I'm coasting to a stop, that's when it happens. It's like the car is too slow to react to put the clutch in. I took it in to North Shore Skoda (because they were close and I could get a courtesy car) them to diagnose, but it didn't drop any engine or transmission error codes, so they wont do anything about it. I also asked if there were any ECU updates, or DSG mechatronic updates and even the wastegate rattle update, but they have not heard anything, (so don't bother to try for the wastegate update there for now)

Far as they were concern, according to their internal research, it's not an issue here or with any Skodas overseas. (I did mention that outside of Skoda support, there's quite a few complaints about it, although that said, it didn't happen to my GTI)

Stupidly, I just got my cable back after I put the car in so I could not get a reading via VCDS beforehand, but will be checking it next time.

It also looks like North Shore Skoda is going to go through some changes too. Not too sure if it is a good or bad change.

While I was there, they had a pre facelift RS parked next to mine, so I took a quick photo.

[Dal]

I took the car to the garage and an ECU update was performed. Hope that puts this issue to bed.

[dodgey]

Hopefully it doesn't need a DSG Mechatronic update too... Good luck!