Mk7 Golf TSI & TDI - Observations and Questions

**stev99** · 04-10-2015, 08:19 AM

Hi, I a very subtle rattle coming from the engine area, only under acceleration, in a new 110 TSI Golf. Exactly the same as this video (not mine) from someone else's Golf in 2014. Any ideas? https://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=JEXY0OwVmSg

Thanks

**stev99** · 04-10-2015, 04:03 PM

Whoops the link was skipped too far ahead in the video, sorry here is the right one https://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=JEXY0OwVmSg could this be the fuel line rattle?

**mattaus** · 11-10-2015, 12:29 AM

Just had an interesting situation. I was stopped on a steep ramp (parking garage exit) and had to exit the car to punch in my exit code as my windows have been recently tinted. Auto hold kicked in so I opened the door, entered my code, closed the door and accelerated. Nothing. The car lurched like it wanted to take off, but the auto hold wouldn't disengage. Nervous about the boom coming down and locking me in, I frantically pressed the auto hold button but still nothing Happened. Eventually I put my foot down hard(ish) and auto hold finally disengaged and I left a nice thick set of black lines up the formerly clean painted ramp.

Any reason it would have done this? A combination of the ramp grade, speed at which I closed the door and then tried take off perhaps?

**The Bone Ranger** · 11-10-2015, 08:18 AM

Originally Posted by mattaus

Just had an interesting situation. I was stopped on a steep ramp (parking garage exit) and had to exit the car to punch in my exit code as my windows have been recently tinted. Auto hold kicked in so I opened the door, entered my code, closed the door and accelerated. Nothing. The car lurched like it wanted to take off, but the auto hold wouldn't disengage. Nervous about the boom coming down and locking me in, I frantically pressed the auto hold button but still nothing Happened. Eventually I put my foot down hard(ish) and auto hold finally disengaged and I left a nice thick set of black lines up the formerly clean painted ramp.

Any reason it would have done this? A combination of the ramp grade, speed at which I closed the door and then tried take off perhaps?

Doesn't the handbrake automatically engage when you open a door? The "lurch" you describe sounds like what I imagine any car would do while trying to drive with the handbrake on. Would a flick of the handbrake switch have saved the day?

Andrew

**agentthumb** · 11-10-2015, 09:42 AM

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**mattaus** · 11-10-2015, 07:00 PM

Originally Posted by The Bone Ranger

Doesn't the handbrake automatically engage when you open a door? The "lurch" you describe sounds like what I imagine any car would do while trying to drive with the handbrake on. Would a flick of the handbrake switch have saved the day?

Andrew

Normally I would say yes, however the handbrake always disengages as soon as I put my foot on the gas. Or at least that's how it's behaved so far? Perhaps it behaves differently when you:

a) Get in the car, start the car and then drive away

compared to

b) car is running, open the door, shut the door, then drive away (or try to).

It seems there is a difference between the e-brake in those two scenarios?

**Ralfi** · 11-10-2015, 09:51 PM

Originally Posted by mattaus

Normally I would say yes, however the handbrake always disengages as soon as I put my foot on the gas. Or at least that's how it's behaved so far? Perhaps it behaves differently when you:

b) car is running, open the door, shut the door, then drive away (or try to).

It seems there is a difference between the e-brake in those two scenarios?

I found out that by starting the car, (& not realising the drivers door wasn't closed), that by putting foot on accelerator, a warning appears on the MFD to 'release the handbrake'.

I wasn't sure why it didn't take off until I noticed I'd forgotten to shut the drivers door, via the symbol on the MFD.

Upon closing the door, & pressing the accelerator, the handbrake automatically released, as per normal.

**VW_Tim** · 11-10-2015, 10:01 PM

Mattaus,
This is a normal behaviour, coded on purpose by VW. This is also why quite a few changed the coding to allow one to open the door. I have seen quite a few run into this issue...

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**mattaus** · 12-10-2015, 11:16 AM

Thanks Ralfi and Tim. Odd, I swear the door was shut. So maybe you must press the ebrake button to get going again if you open the door with the ebrake on?

**fully** · 11-11-2015, 08:21 AM

I'm considering upgrading my golf, this being my first auto I'm leaning toward the diesel as it uses the wet clutch 6 speed DSG which from my research has less issues, though I'd probably prefer a petrol car! Is that reason enough to choose a diesel? Or am I worrying about nothing with the petrol 7 speed DSG