Vehicle rolling forward in reverse

[tonymy01]

The person may have been trying to accelerate with foot on brake pedal? Or pumping the brake pedal with engine off= vacuum assistance gone and requires harder push to brake. Hard to make out exactly what happened for them.

Surely the electric brake is like a hill hold and no need to touch it as once the clutch bites to want to move the car, the electric park brake will disengage.

But not speaking from experience here, just posts about the ebrake.

[wai]

The thing is that if you manually release the electric brake, then you will have nothing holding you.

So, if you have the AutoHold set, then don't manually release it, let it automatically release. Even here, it all depends on when it releases. The clutch will only start engaging between 1/2 and 1 second after a change in accelerator position is detected. If the AutoHold releases immediately, then you can still have issues as there will be a point where the clutch has not engaged, but the brake has been released.

[Hillbilly]

Would be good if the OP would come back with a reply as to whether they resolved the problem

[Transporter]

Would be good if the OP would come back with a reply as to whether they resolved the problem

Give him a bit more time mate. But, don't be surprise if he will not let us know. Many people joint this forum only to post their negative post and then just forgot about it, especially if the problem was with the driver.

[grtuned]

Hill hold assist and brake assist are two totally different features and should not be confused. Firstly hill hold is controlled by the electric hand brake and is always operational if switched. Second brake assist is controlled by the ABS module this applies brake fluid pressure for a maximum 3 seconds before it's released and car will begin to roll it only works on an incline in D or R but will not work in D if the car is pointing down a hill. The problem with the DSG is it's all to technical for people to understand when all that anyone wants to do is just drive. How confusing has everyone's explanations been do this,do that,stop here,press this and so on. DSG'S are by far the worst gearbox the only thing they do well is change gear quickly when will VW axe these rubbish units and bring back a regular auto so people can just drive???

[Hillbilly]

Hill hold assist and brake assist are two totally different features and should not be confused. Firstly hill hold is controlled by the electric hand brake and is always operational if switched. Second brake assist is controlled by the ABS module this applies brake fluid pressure for a maximum 3 seconds before it's released and car will begin to roll it only works on an incline in D or R but will not work in D if the car is pointing down a hill. The problem with the DSG is it's all to technical for people to understand when all that anyone wants to do is just drive. How confusing has everyone's explanations been do this,do that,stop here,press this and so on. DSG'S are by far the worst gearbox the only thing they do well is change gear quickly when will VW axe these rubbish units and bring back a regular auto so people can just drive???

Yep Op said he was reversing UP a slope so should have held for the usual time. If he didn't press accelerator it would have released and let it run down hill I guess.

Havent had any problems with the DSG but reading through threads on here has taught me a fair bit as to its little idiosyncrasies.

[tonymy01]

But with the e brake on, will the car roll before the dsg bites?

[Tobes_WIR35]

To the OP, have you read the manual yet?

Modern cars, especially high tech european ones, aren't like a car ten years ago. With all the extra features and technology they take a bit of practice (and a good read of the manual) to get used to.

The DSG doesn't behave like a traditional automatic gearbox. It is mechanically fundamentally different. It's actually far more like a manual gearbox, except instead of you having to depress the clutch and change gears, there's a computer and some clever robotics that do it for you. But these robotics don't have human intuition, so you need to get used to how they behave and adjust your driving to suit.

[Transporter]

when will VW axe these rubbish units and bring back a regular auto so people can just drive???

are you sure that they will be able to just drive? I see everyday people are struggling to just drive, a very simple task could be just very difficult for some who don't concentrate on driving thinking about who knows what?

Look, people will post in the forum and not look for the information at the dealer or car manufacturer. They probably don't even know that there is a owner's manual in the glovebox and they have to read it.

[Hillbilly]

But with the e brake on, will the car roll before the dsg bites?

Not normally as it doesn't release until you poke the loud pedal then it goes POP and away you go.

If the OP released the brake himself and didn't hit GO it would of course roll away.

Strange about no brakes when he hit them though.