Mk7.5 Stop/Start

[ub7rm]

I'm not surprised VW especially are making it more difficult to disable - emissions and therefore taxation are calculated based on a working SS system.  I'm sure VW are quite sensitive to accusations of making it easy for their cars to have an emissions system disabled after the test...

Lots of nanny state tech coming to cars over the next few years which will doubtless be difficult to switch off. 

[itavaltalainen]

With that you disable a whole lot of other useful features...
I would leave the feedback wire well where it is.

Really? Can you let me know what other useful features they are? I’m not being sarcastic but just interested to know what I am missing.
Thanks.

No?
Anyone else?

It's used for battery monitoring obviously. So no more recuperation... saves a little fuel and doesn't hurt it.
Also the car won't know what state the battery is in ... no advance warning before it dies

[P6GTD]

That is genuinely a revelation to me. My decision to disconnect was based on the experiences of others and in particular to a thread on the VWROC where a member said roughly .....”my pal who is an ace VW Technician gave me this tip. He is v knowledgeable and assured me there is no downside to the disconnect”
Anyone else got a view?

[P6GTD]

 By the way, to some OPs......I get it. There is no big deal to pressing a button every time I start the car.
But VW have not made a success of S/S on the 7.5 DSG in my view.

[clive]

It's not just be then.. I found s/s perfectly usable in my previous mk7 manual (GTD) but in the mk7.5 dsg (GTI) it's waaaay too clunky/jerky when starting. I wasn't sure if it was:
- 7 vs 7.5
- manual vs dsg
- diesel vs petrol

But i've got used to turning it off to avoid the poor experience. VW really messed this one up

[P6GTD]

Interestingly my pal’s wife runs a 7.5 “ ordinary” TSI with DSG.
That is so smooth and quiet that you almost don’t realise S/S is working.
I think this is a 7.5 DSG performance Golf problem.

[fredgroves]

Start stop on manual is a different thing - it only cuts out if you knock it out of gear and take your foot off of the clutch.

Maybe its just me, but that's not very often unless I'm sat at a level crossing or something.

[P6GTD]

Essentially only a DSG irritation.

[Lordie]

Start stop on manual is a different thing - it only cuts out if you knock it out of gear and take your foot off of the clutch.

Maybe its just me, but that's not very often unless I'm sat at a level crossing or something.

I only sit with my car in gear if I'm at the front of the traffic lights so have it in neutral quite often. It's so quick to start back up and pull away with the automatic holding system that there's no reason to sit in gear or with my foot on the break pedal. Although I have a 14 MK7 Manual, sounds like most of the issues are with the DSG system

[fredgroves]

Yup, and the system changed with the Mk7.5 too...