Starting stop/start to pull away

[Rob_benton]

Hi

Normally my 2013 dsg will only start the engine when the start/stop has turned it off by pressing the accelerator.
Today the engine started after taking my foot of the brake a few times in traffic. Car was in drive.

Later on, it acted normally again by pressing the accelerator to start the car.

Has anyone else experienced this ?

Thanks

[sjw]

They will start up if the car in front moves off - at least mine does (facelift).

[Rob_benton]

That’s interesting. I’ll have to test that. Thanks

[sjw]

That’s interesting. I’ll have to test that. Thanks

Not sure if it does it all the time or only when ACC is active - I'm can't remember. For the record though, I'm not on the brake or the gas when it happens

[Panelpin]

Mine will do that if the steering wheel moves slightly , ie   if your resting your hands on it ,
I think it activates the power steering pump which means power drain hence the engine starts .

[king monkey]

My car starts when the car in front moves. It’s definitely linked to the sensor. I’ve tried it with ACC turned on and off, makes no difference with mine. It’s one of the reasons I hate when people crawl up to lights, stop then crawl a bit more! 🙄

[Guzzle]

My car starts when the car in front moves. It’s definitely linked to the sensor. I’ve tried it with ACC turned on and off, makes no difference with mine. It’s one of the reasons I hate when people crawl up to lights, stop then crawl a bit more! 🙄

Annoying isn't it. Have you tried turning Front Assist off?

[Rob_benton]

Thanks for the replies.
I haven’t turned acc off. I’ll have a play the next time it does it.

[king monkey]

My car starts when the car in front moves. It’s definitely linked to the sensor. I’ve tried it with ACC turned on and off, makes no difference with mine. It’s one of the reasons I hate when people crawl up to lights, stop then crawl a bit more! 🙄

Annoying isn't it. Have you tried turning Front Assist off?

Tell me about it! Suppose I could turn it off. It’s such a great feature though. Just need to teach people to pull up to lights etc properly. 

[Mutley75]

Agree with this.  Crawlers really bug me.

I’ve had my GTI 3 months and only just realised how Hold Assist works. I’d always wondered why you’d need such a thing with a DSG because it’ll never roll back on a hill while in drive anyway so I intentionally left it switched off.

Anyhow, I accidentally engaged it last weekend  and discovered it automatically applies the parking brake when you come to a full stop and if start/stop is engaged, it doesn’t start the engine by taking your foot off the brake pedal, requiring a press of the throttle.  The engine will still start up again if the car in front moves off, but the GTI won’t crawl forwards until you press the throttle.

On balance I quite like not having to sit at traffic lights with my foot on the brake (I’ve never been one to use the handbrake for anything other than parking up) so I’ll keep Hold Assist switched on.