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[minx]

Hi all,

I found your forum when looking for information on the new golf deisel and found your information usefull so thought I would join you all.
I have a manual golf mk 6 deisel and have had problems with it stalling. When pulling away one has to be spot on with clutch and revs or it will stall, no margin for error. Deisel cars are normaly very forgiving in this regard, in my experience much more so than the petrol equivalent.
This car also will stall immediately if you in error start bringing the clutch up in fourth gear instead of the required second gear on a down shift, most cars would give a judder and therfore a warning enabling you to put in the clutch and select the correct gear with no stall. With my golf it's "bang" and stop, no warning, if you are making a right turn infront of on coming traffic, a safe gap my turn into an unsafe one very fast.
I was wondering if I am the only person to have had this problem?

[Buller_Scott]

hey minx, firstly, welcome to the forums!

your issue sounds peculiar. the diesels that i've driven [japanese and euro] havent had that issue at all.

when did you pick the car up? has it had that issue since you got it? i'd be inclined to say that your issue is something that you should bring to the attention of your VW dealer, maybe they can do some diagnostic work to it and find out what the problem might be?

i'd insist that they take a drive with you and see the problem for themselves. at the end of the day, it shouldnt be happening in a car with a lot of torque [which, as you know, should make launches/ gear changes very forgiving].

tell them that you have encountered numerous dangerous on-road situations as a result of the out-of-nowhere stalling. its not cool to be driving a car that will put you in harms way without warning.

hope your issue gets resolved.

cheers,

scott