cb1111
Newbie
- Location
- Virginia, USA
Did you also file a complaint with NHTSA?
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2019 GTI 6MT Stalling Issue
- Thread starter dietcokefiend
- Start date
I'd try 5w-40 oil. ?
jimlloyd40
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Phoenix
- Car(s)
- 2018 SE DSG
I would say just try a DSG but I don't want to start anything. ?
We know you would.
do what I did: you call them. tell them that when you arrive to drop off your car, you will then bring a tech along with you to show them how to reproduce it. that's it. don't leave until you have one of them there in the passenger seat when it happens. Make sure that they see the tach plummet to 0 with your clutch on the floor. Make it obvious.
I learned that after my first trip and they couldn't reproduce it on their own, after ~1 week holding it. Granted--that was earlier on and the stalling had basically stopped for me, as well. ...it didn't shock me. fast-forward 500-700 miles, and it was on like gangbusters. Maybe 25 stalls within 2 weeks, after making it easily reproduceable after a 10-15 min parking lock circuit of hard start/stops. Anyway, I was also fortunate with a shop that didn't ever give me pushback on this. ...though I did avoid a closer one that just wouldn't listen over the phone. Didn't even bother with those dudes, haha.
so after the 2nd drop-off, they called me back in 2 days, said they reset the ECU after speaking with VW, tested themselves (As per my instruction, lol), and said it was great. I told them I wouldn't sign off until I took it out myself, and they were cool with that. It's been flawless ever since, so 3k+ miles, summer and uh "winter" such that is around here right now...
I still haven't changed the oil, btw, but I'm just waiting for some more stuff to arrive in mail. I'm at 1.4k miles, but car just dinged one year on its official birthdate (1/19) and I'd rather make sure it gets swapped out in the 1 year time. ...yes, I've been slacking.
No, I don't believe this is really oil related (or fixable by oil--I think it's an ECU fix that makes a proper adjustment to oil-pressure readings or something...you know, something that simply replacing the oil could never actually fix) I do wonder, now, if I swap it to the 508 that I've ordered, fully assuming that this NA-made GTI was loaded up with regular Castrol 0w20 (at the time, I'm not sure that any 508 Castrol was commercially available?), that this non-508 to 508 swap will cause...issues.
Maybe I will even gain the 30 butt hps or something?
maybe?
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Uh, his is a DSG.
....this is interesting. I recall ~this time last year when this issue started gaining traction, that there were some reports of DSG that we never heard back from in any frequency. ...I wonder if cold weather = DSG stalling, and hot weather = 6MT stalling? I mean, 6MT stalling vanished in the late fall, no?
yeah I know, ECU fix still seems very successful outside of some edge cases--gobyfish^ case up there, I have my doubts that his was actually fixed, and just sales FUD from dealers that didn't know anything about...wonder if it was a VW dealership, actually? ...not that means anything towards competence on the issue. It's been a mixed bag up to this day
jimlloyd40
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Phoenix
- Car(s)
- 2018 SE DSG
Uh, his is a DSG.
....this is interesting. I recall ~this time last year when this issue started gaining traction, that there were some reports of DSG that we never heard back from in any frequency. ...I wonder if cold weather = DSG stalling, and hot weather = 6MT stalling? I mean, 6MT stalling vanished in the late fall, no?
yeah I know, ECU fix still seems very successful outside of some edge cases--gobyfish^ case up there, I have my doubts that his was actually fixed, and just sales FUD from dealers that didn't know anything about...wonder if it was a VW dealership, actually? ...not that means anything towards competence on the issue. It's been a mixed bag up to this day
Oops. Thanks.
Great ideas here, but I've only had a two incidents of stalling within ~160 miles of driving. I actually took a really funny tech out today for a drive and we spent about a half hour in the car chit chatting. It was fun but unfortunately the car behaved like an angel. Not a single hiccough. As mentioned in one of my earlier messages, I did tell the tech guy on the phone to just do an ECU reset. They closed for the night right after that, so we'll see what they say tomorrow. Given the options of leaving the car with them for a week while they joy ride it, or taking it home to await a future time when it stalls more, uh, reproduce-ably, I'll opt for taking it home.
Was there something you were able to do to make the car purposely stall? I did a handful of starts/stops with the tech in the car, but nothing untoward happened.
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M3LV
Passed Driver's Ed
- Location
- Slidell, LA
Yes, I filed a complaint with my dealer, NHSTA, and VWOA
M3LV
Passed Driver's Ed
- Location
- Slidell, LA
I just got a postcard saying my plate is in at the dealer. I’ve stalled 7x so far I believe before I even got a plate in the damn car.
M3LV
Passed Driver's Ed
- Location
- Slidell, LA
It does it either way but was able to get back to back stalls after the first time while shifting manually and running out the gears.
M3LV
Passed Driver's Ed
- Location
- Slidell, LA
Going to dealership tomorrow to get my plate and have them check it again.
What does "running out the gears" mean? If you've found a way to reproduce the issue at will, that'd be a great thing.