anyone else's auto throttle input for manuals giving out?

[LouG]

My wife's Skoda caught me out with something similar. It has a "hill hold" function for the DSG, but if you lightly touch the brake and the throttle at the same time or close to it, it won't accelerate. You can bury the gas and nothing for a second or two. A bit disconcerting.

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[Alex381]

My wife's Skoda caught me out with something similar. It has a "hill hold" function for the DSG, but if you lightly touch the brake and the throttle at the same time or close to it, it won't accelerate. You can bury the gas and nothing for a second or two. A bit disconcerting.

My GTI with the DSG had the same thing. It was a simple no-nonsense launch control and it worked great!

 

[LouG]

My GTI with the DSG had the same thing. It was a simple no-nonsense launch control and it worked great!

This isn't LC, her car doesn't have that. My other VAG cars had launch and it was great. This is the ECU/TCU getting confused. VAG are trying to stop people holding the car in drive on a hill with a few revs like torque converter autos. That'll kill a DSG in no time.

 

[Alex381]

This isn't LC, her car doesn't have that. My other VAG cars had launch and it was great. This is the ECU/TCU getting confused. VAG are trying to stop people holding the car in drive on a hill with a few revs like torque converter autos. That'll kill a DSG in no time.

Interesting. It looks like skoda only puts it on their sporty trims, but they do have it and it does work by holding the brake and then gas together. But the regular ones dont get it, even with the DSG.

 

[LouG]

Interesting. It looks like skoda only puts it on their sporty trims, but they do have it and it does work by holding the brake and then gas together. But the regular ones dont get it, even with the DSG.

Yes, I think it's on the Octavia and Superb ranges and maybe the Kodiak RS. I did find launch on a FWD car to be all drama, not a lot of traction. But that Cupra hatch did have 300hp.

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