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Model specific boards => Golf mk8 => Topic started by: artie on 17 November 2025, 12:16
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It’s a nice feature when stopping at lights etc. but a bit lurchy on takeoff unless you’re very gentle on the throttle tip in is that the way they are or is it at all adjustable?
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Yup thats just the way it is sadly.
Doesn't seem to be a jerky thing all of the time, no real idea what makes the difference - maybe its auto hold vs auto handbrake.
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Your right very inconsistent sometimes smooth as silk but other times feels crude always lurches when you get on the gas quickly So many things on this car are as a drivers car are spot on this feature not so much
I find myself not using as much as I’d like
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I've been driving MK7 / MK8 Golfs for 12 years and I've never noticed this. Always have found the auto-hold works really well, very smooth when moving off. A gentle tap of the throttle is all it should take in my experience. If its the full parking brake you are referring to, then yes, that is more noticeable, more of a "lurch", but I'd expect that because in that case the car has to release the parking brake, whereas on auto-hold its only applied the normal braking. There shouldn't be any need to apply the full parking brake in regular driving though, I rarely press that "P" button.
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Same as Joe, 12 years in with EPB’s and auto hold. My 2013 GTI PP manual had a few moments when I was getting used to it and it was getting used to me, but was mostly flawless thereafter. Fast forward 12 years and goodness knows how many Golfs later I find these things work just fine now after many years of development. I literally never touch the little button/toggle by the gear nugget. Maybe I get an odd jolt if the system is a bit unsure of intent when manoeuvring on a slope but generally smooth to the point of being nearly imperceptible.
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I've been driving MK7 / MK8 Golfs for 12 years and I've never noticed this. Always have found the auto-hold works really well, very smooth when moving off. A gentle tap of the throttle is all it should take in my experience. If its the full parking brake you are referring to, then yes, that is more noticeable, more of a "lurch", but I'd expect that because in that case the car has to release the parking brake, whereas on auto-hold its only applied the normal braking. There shouldn't be any need to apply the full parking brake in regular driving though, I rarely press that "P" button.
After further research it seems we yanks do not have Auto Hold feature not sure why? But I’ve been using parking brake feature which releases with a lurch and a rear end squat each time…terrible feeling in use and miss it as in my Toyota Auto hold works perfectly oh well a least the Germans have given us cup holders now
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Is your Yankee Golf manual or DSG?
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It seems very odd that in the land across the pond from Europe where VW usually load up the cars with spec and sell them much more cheaply (minus local taxes and weird dealer mark ups) that they’d remove something that was engineered into the car as sold in most markets. There must be a legal reason why the hill hold isn’t specified for the North American market, you have big hills and even bigger mountains that will require the vehicle to be controlled when manoeuvring without relying on a little toggle switch handbrake that would surely just be begging for a litigious incident. I mean in a country that demands warnings on coffee cups stating the obvious then a tiny handbrake and no electronic failsafe is just asking for it.
Can I ask what buttons you have by the handbrake toggle Artie?
I wonder if the hill hold can be activated via VCDS/OBD11 as it’s pretty unlikely there are major parts differences if a traditional manual handbrake isn’t fitted.