2019 Volkswagen Golf POWER TRAIN,ENGINE

ENGINE HESITATE, STUMBLE AND JERK FROM STOP TO THE FIRST 5 GEARS AND MAKE WHINING NOISE. BRAND NEW CAR! SCARY DO DRIVE AND DANGEROUS. HAVE THE CAR FOR ABOUT 2 WEEKS, 1,500 MILES.

I WAS PULLING UP TO A RED LIGHT, CLUTCHED IN, SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL AND NOTICED MY STEERING HAD LOCKED. I RESTARTED THE CAR, IT STUMBLED, AND THEN DIED. RESTARTED AGAIN, IT STUMBLED AND THEN DIED. RESTARTED AGAIN, IT STUMBLED, AND THEN DIED. RESTARTED AGAIN, AND THEN THE LIGHT HAD TURNED SO I GAVE IT THROTTLE TO KEEP IT FROM STALLING AND THEN GOT GOING. ONCE MOVING I DID NOT HAVE ANY DRIVEABILITY ISSUES. IT HAD ABOUT A 1/4 TANK OF 93 OCTANE FUEL AND I HAD JUST DRIVEN A FEW MILES ON SOME CITY BACKROADS. DURING THE STALL THE GAUGE GEAR INDICATOR SHOWED 5>4 WHEN IN NEUTRAL MEANING THE CAR THOUGHT IT WAS IN 5TH GEAR.

AS I AM BRAKING TO A STOP WITH THE CLUTCH FULLY DEPRESSED (AT A RED STOP LIGHT OR TO MAKE A LEFT TURN), THE CAR QUIETLY AND COMPLETELY STALLS OUT AND SHUTS DOWN. THE DASH LIGHTS REMAIN ON. I CAN RESTART THE CAR. THIS SEEMS TO OCCUR RANDOMLY BUT OCCURRED 3 TIMES YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. NO ENGINE CHECK LIGHT.

VEHICLE STALLS WHEN COMING TO A STOP WITH CLUTCH DEPRESSED. GEAR INDICATOR WILL INDICATE WRONG GEAR.

ENGINE SOFT SHUT-OFF WHEN IN NEUTRAL (MANUAL TRANSMISSION) OR WITH THE CLUTCH TO THE FLOOR, WHILE SHIFTING TO NEUTRAL, AND COMING TO A STOP. CITY STREET. THIS OCCURRED 3 SUCCESSIVE TIMES OVER A SHORT, 5 MINUTE TRIP HOME ON CITY STREETS. EVERY DOWNSHIFT, WITH GEAR NEUTRAL OR DISENGAGED, THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF JUST AS OR AFTER COMING TO A STOP. THERE IS NO "STALL SHUDDER" FROM THE ENGINE, AND IT JUST REVS FROM 1K RPM TO 0 WHEN STOPPED OR WHILE STOPPING, IN NEUTRAL. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN WARMED UP TO OPERATING TEMPERATURE. THE DASHBOARD GEAR REPORTER ALSO MISREPORTED THE CURRENT GEAR AT THIS TIME: REPORTED 3RD WHEN IN 2ND, OR 3RD-TO-5TH WHEN IN 3RD. AGAIN AT LOW SPEEDS, AND LOW REVS THAT WOULD NOT BE APPROPRIATE FOR AN UPSHIFT. VEHICLE BOUGHT NEW THIS WEEK, CURRENTLY AT 100 MILES ON THE ODOMETER.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF. WHILE DRIVING FREQUENTLY AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE VEHICLE, THE CLUTCH ENGAGED ON ITS OWN. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LOW COUNTRY VOLKSWAGEN (1001 JOHNNIE DODDS BLVD, MT PLEASANT, SC 29464, (843) 881-8555) WHO STATED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS UNDETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 800. THE VIN WAS INVALID.