Hello friends,

Something weird happened to me twice. ( First time was 6 month ago) and yesterday. 

At the same place!!!

When I slow down and then press the acceleration pedal again, there is no response.  The car don't response to the pedal.

I take the car to the work shop, and they check it with the computer. Zero errors and everything in ok. 

So, I stop the car , I move it from D to N to D again  and  the car start driving.  

Any idea ?

Twice at the same place?

Octavia 1.5 2021

Thanks a lot

2 hours ago, Yoyosmn said:

Twice at the same place?

Well, I can't speak for locations in Israel directly, but there are locations in the UK where cars have systems failures due to electromagnetic radiation (EMF) from a radio or radar installation within a few miles. It happens, but I don't know enough about Israel to say where and if you have similar installations.

Thank you 😊

Twice in the same place - is that every time you go there? If so, take the dealer's senior technician to demonstrate the problem.

I had that two weeks ago, never really thought about it as I just thought... another software bug... I slowed for a junction, just before stopping, accelerated to pull out and ..... nothing (car just rolled forward onto roundabout).... then about 2 seconds or so later (it felt a lifetime as cars were approaching!) it came to life and the car was fine. No warnings or errors, engine was running throughout so not a 'Start Stop' issue, just a dead throttle response, the car just did not respond. Not happened since and never before in that location so nothing to do with location. A bit concerning on a roundabout though!! 

29 minutes ago, matrix2020 said:

nothing to do with location.

What, exactly, was the location in question? There are a couple of places in Hampshire on the list I hint at above.

Fareham roundabout on A27, I live near it and use it daily, never had an issue and nothing near it could pose EMF issue. 

Known issue on some 1.5tsi/dsg cars. See if your dealer has any software updates

 

 

10 hours ago, matrix2020 said:

Fareham roundabout on A27, I live near it and use it daily, never had an issue and nothing near it could pose EMF issue. 

Yes, or no. There is no radio or radar facility near there, so that's my theory scrubbed.

37 minutes ago, KenONeill said:

There is no radio or radar facility near there, so that's my theory scrubbed.

Correction: There is no radio or radar facility near there, that you know of....you don't think MI5 or MI6 would put their stuff on google maps do you?

15 hours ago, xman said:

Correction: There is no radio or radar facility near there, that you know of....you don't think MI5 or MI6 would put their stuff on google maps do you?

I do know there isn't.... none that affect aircraft or cars, put it that way.

1 hour ago, matrix2020 said:

I do know there isn't.... none that affect aircraft or cars, put it that way.

 

Hey, It was meant to be a light hearted joke but on a more serious note the fact that your car may not be affected is not proof that some cars may be mysteriously and temporarily affected at random.

 

After all Fareham is home to one of DSTL top secret labs....

 

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/defence-science-and-technology-laboratory/about  👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️

 

But remember I was only joking to start with...

 

 

Edited 16 February, 20224 yr by xman

Same its good to joke 👍. As an aside I know the lab well, but as you say stranger things do happen and cars are affected in strange ways, its funny my radio signal gets lost in a number of locations and as you highlight it must be the interference from masts/sites, as it happens every time I drive past them!