Hi everyone, I hope somebody can help me. I have Skoda Rapid automatic, 2016 model. It is working like 99% of the time, but a few times in a year it won't start. The brake is jammed into up postition. Fan and radio are working, but the engine not. Sometimes the car starts with a second try, sometimes you need a lot of tries. Two times I called a tow truck and cancelled as it started. Last time it had to be towed to the car repair shop. They are a Skoda service, but they don't find the fault as it is a random fault and the car computer is not giving any info. They say they can start changing the parts one by one (starting from the start motor) or I can wait as long as the problem gets worse, and maybe then they can solve it. This is really annoying and makes a nice car very unreliable.

 

Has anybody experienced this kind of a problem? I'm very grateful of any ideas to solve this.

1 hour ago, memos said:

Skoda Rapid automatic, 2016 model.

I presume a conventional torque converter automatic, not a DSG? 

It is DSG

46 minutes ago, memos said:

It is DSG

Well, it could still be the inhibitor switch. I'm less certain with DSG, except that I'd start with the inhibitor and immobiliser rather than the starter motor.

This sounds like the exact same problem I have just posted about..

 

is your car the 1.4 TDI DSG? I have a 2015 model but sometimes mine doesn’t start at all and has to be left up to an hour before it will start again.