Launch control is not available in the TDI DSG. Where did you read it?
It's in my 2009 owner's manual and does not say that it only applies to gas motors. I, like OP and probably a lot of others, found that out the hard way.
Welcome to the wonderful world of VW owner's manuals. VW makes one manual for all Jettas (or Golfs) and they tend to list all options that CAN be available. Not all options are available on all cars, but they do not bother to tell you which options are included in which cars. It can be very confusing. VW owner's manuals are notoriously bad. It's just the way it is.
+1. I still don't understand why anyone would want to challenge/abuse their $$$$$ DSG. To each his/her own, I guess. Keeps the repair shops open!
I get really, really, tired of being honked while I'm waiting for an extra long gap so I can pull out into traffic. LC would overcome that; as it is I use the hill holder, but as I use it more and more I'm getting a little uneasy about how much extra clutch wear I may be creating.
Mine drives exactly the way VW programmed it: point and squirt... wait a second... it goes. I regularly drive several other cars and the TDI most definitely needs an extra-large gap. It's been discussed to death and back again in other topics, including rcnaylor's.
Compared to the WRX and heavily modified GTP in my family, no the TDI does not have an instant pedal response. That said, I have NEVER felt the need to compensate when driving our TDI. I would even go as far as to say that for a commuter car, especially when using the pedal's downshift "click", the TDI's throttle response is fantastic.
No you didn't.
Unless and until someone proves to me otherwise, I maintain that on a WOT launch the North American DSG is programmed to engage the clutch at 2000 rpm. The 2.5L did the same thing, the difference being that the gas motor revved to 2K so quickly that the delay was only detectable because I was looking for it - it was flat-out quick off the line. The TDI revs so much more slowly, whether it's turbo lag or just the nature of a Diesel, that there's a full second delay between hitting the accelerator and the clutch engaging. It did it when the car was new, does exactly the same after 2.5 years and 34K miles, acts exactly the same as 2010 and 2011 TDI DSGs I test drove and as vehicles in numerous YouTube videos, and has survived two DSG resets, one by disconnecting the battery & the other by VCDS, without one iota of difference.
Then on WOT launch from a standing start, how could it rev to 2000 rpm before engaging... whatever it was it engaged?
I'll hopefully get the 23H1/YI recall this & will ask them to reflash it then... they haven't been able to connect to the VW servers since last Wednesday (when I originally took it in) so who knows when that will be.
How do you keep your rpm at 2,000-2,700 while you're sitting at a stop sign waiting for a break in traffic?
When you punch it from a dead stop, does it not hesitate for a second or so while the engine revs to 2000 rpm, at which point the car takes off?
You have a problem with your car.
lol, then the 2010 and 2011 TDI DSGs I test drove have the same problem. Yes, the car does start to creep forward as soon as I take my foot off the brake. The clutch isn't fully engaged at that point, and it isn't enough movement, for instance, for another driver at a stop sign to my right or left to perceive that I'm starting; on a hill it will roll backward at that stage. I don't consider that having "started up" - maybe I've been sloppy with my terminology - and the clutch isn't fully engaged, because the motor will rev without the car acclerating until a programmed rpm where the clutch finally engages. At OT, the rpm is about 2000 and the delay is about a second.
Thanks - fixed.
