DSG gearbox

[Tafia69]

Sorry but I can't see where to post this question. Perhaps someone will help.

Question:

Hi, I have just bought a 2023 Karoq auto but am disappointed to find the car does not creep to allow for slow movement parking.Yes I know, I should have checked during the test drive. Is there a setting I have missed? I have read we can cause damage to the clutches if we use the brake to "creep". Is that correct?

Also, my 12 year old Mercedes auto will hold the car on a hill, perhaps on a queue of traffic, by pressing the HOLD feature but the Karoq will need the Auto stop feature turned on. Is that feature reliable?

Seems twin clutch auto boxes need different treatment from simpler torque converter boxes. Still learning.

Thanks in advance

[normalbloke]

Which DSG is it? Does it have dry or wet clutches?

[Panamax]

Tafia69 said:

I have just bought a 2023 Karoq auto

Mileage?
Service history?

[Gary C]

From a search "To enable or restore standard creeping behavior in a 2023 Skoda Karoq DSG, turn off the Auto Hold function using the physical button near the gear selector or disable the electronic parking brake engagement upon stopping. When Auto Hold is active, the car holds the brakes until you press the accelerator, which intentionally prevents creeping." ?

[Tafia69]

Thanks to all for your help. Car has full service history by main dealer and has covered 11000 miles. I don't know if it has dry or wet clutch; how do I find out?

Reply from Gary rings a bell. Yes the autohold was switched on. Will try the advice later today.

Thanks again.

[M4cruiser]

I drove a DSG Golf for 2 years, and son currently has a Fabia DSG.

Once the auto hold is off, some DSGs still take time to get the "creep" moving.

Also you need to avoid having the handbrake on at a stop with no footbrake on, because the car will try to move, and wear out the clutch. This is the bit I find particularly annoying, because the "correct" way to drive is apply handbrake at long stops (e.g. 4-way temporary traffic lights) and remove foot from footbrake appropriately (I know that's been discussed in other threads, so I'll leave it with that short explanation). So in the Fabia I'm now selecting neutral as well, and when needing to go I have to apply footbrake to take D (because of the interlock) and wait for it to take up drive, which can take the full length of the "red+amber" phase.

[Tafia69]

M4 cruiser, thanks for your reply.

[missing the VR6]

Tafia69 said:

Sorry but I can't see where to post this question. Perhaps someone will help.

Question:

Hi, I have just bought a 2023 Karoq auto but am disappointed to find the car does not creep to allow for slow movement parking.Yes I know, I should have checked during the test drive. Is there a setting I have missed? I have read we can cause damage to the clutches if we use the brake to "creep". Is that correct?

Also, my 12 year old Mercedes auto will hold the car on a hill, perhaps on a queue of traffic, by pressing the HOLD feature but the Karoq will need the Auto stop feature turned on. Is that feature reliable?

Seems twin clutch auto boxes need different treatment from simpler torque converter boxes. Still learning.

Thanks in advance

Definitely does creep, I've over 50,000 miles in Karoq's, just don't brake to a complete stand still, or gently tap the accelerator to release the Auto Hold or turn Auto Hold off.

[Biker 1]

I've got a Scala DSG. I have to reverse out of my drive - put it in R, release brake, & it creeps backwards with almost zero throttle.
I tend to put it in N if I'm at traffic lights & keep the brake pedal depressed. Pick up is usually plenty quick enough when putting it back in D.
However, it has an old skool handbrake which I only bother with if parked on a hill, so I guess electric parking brakes work differently with the DSG(?)