VAG-COM, or switch off the clutch depression requirement for ignition start??

jwa9681 · 12-08-2008, 02:37 PM

Any idea if this is possible? is this a computer issue? or is it a switch that doesn't allow the manual to be started without the clutch being depressed? Could I bypass the switch?

Is it possible to override this somehow?

MikeSS · 12-08-2008, 03:01 PM

divo_2.0T · 12-08-2008, 03:07 PM

better question is, why would you want to?

jwa9681 · 12-08-2008, 03:32 PM

boots on. It is nice to just reach across, throw it in neutral and turn the key...then change, car is warmed up a bit by the time you jump in.

Any chance of by-passing the interlock?

Question is: why have this as a safety feature? Driven sticks for my 11 years of driving, and don't think i've ever started one with it in gear. Seems like a good tool maybe for valets, and that's about it.

divo_2.0T · 12-08-2008, 03:44 PM

and leaps forward.

jwa9681 · 12-08-2008, 04:28 PM

divo_2.0T · 12-08-2008, 04:46 PM

Much as we on AW like to think we're a majority, most Audi drivers lack our talent and intelligence.

I'd still date a cute girl that drives an Audi and isn't on AW, though.

Audi does things to protect themselves. In Europe, our cars have optional self-parking. Fat chance we'll ever get that in NA. I remember my jeep didn't have the interlock, and there was a huge recall to install it (which I just avoided, for the same reasons as you're looking for).

I think you'll just have to ski-boot that pedal. Or train your wife/gf/beer-bringer/sandwich-maker.

boki-san · 12-08-2008, 06:45 PM

start it right before driving away.

no matter how cold it is, letting the car idle while warming the engine is dumb, and it wears the engine prematurely.

read your owner's manual

jwa9681 · 12-08-2008, 06:45 PM

understand that they have to have the feature...i'd just like to turn the damn thing off.

jwa9681 · 12-08-2008, 08:30 PM

there are much worse things i do to my motor and car than that...i would rather be warm.

I'm not one to take great care of my cars, i drive them to the end of warranty and trade them in so I don't have to worry about any of that...I wash my car every 18 months, the outside of it looks like a 1985 ford truck at the moment...don't really care. I apprciate the opposite end of the spectrum of taking care of the car, and modding and all, but it's just not for me...i have the car for practical purposes, and that's it...

I appreciate all the feedback...but what i'm really looking to do is shut the damn thing off...that's it....it's gotta be doable.

12-08-2008, 03:01 PM	#2
MikeSS AudiWorld Super User Garage is empty, add now Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 2,352	A VAG-COM can't help you with that..... __________________ Now: 2012 A3 2.0Tq Then: '06 M3 '06 A3 2.0T '76 Beetle '99.5 A4 1.8T qms '92 Corrado VR6 '87 GTI 16V '83 GTI '79 Rabbit '77 Rabbit '75 Beetle '65 Beetle

12-08-2008, 03:07 PM	#3
divo_2.0T AudiWorld Senior Member Garage is empty, add now Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 961	99% sure that's an interlock in the ignition system, not VAG better question is, why would you want to?

12-08-2008, 03:32 PM	#4
jwa9681 AudiWorld Member Garage is empty, add now Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 247	I ski 120 days a year...sucks getting into the car and starting up with boots on. It is nice to just reach across, throw it in neutral and turn the key...then change, car is warmed up a bit by the time you jump in. Any chance of by-passing the interlock? Question is: why have this as a safety feature? Driven sticks for my 11 years of driving, and don't think i've ever started one with it in gear. Seems like a good tool maybe for valets, and that's about it.

12-08-2008, 03:44 PM	#5
divo_2.0T AudiWorld Senior Member Garage is empty, add now Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 961	If the car's not in neutral or clutch isn't depressed, it starts in gear and leaps forward.

12-08-2008, 04:28 PM	#6
jwa9681 AudiWorld Member Garage is empty, add now Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 247	uh, yep. read previous post.

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12-08-2008, 04:46 PM	#7
divo_2.0T AudiWorld Senior Member Garage is empty, add now Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 961	;) Much as we on AW like to think we're a majority, most Audi drivers lack our talent and intelligence. I'd still date a cute girl that drives an Audi and isn't on AW, though. Audi does things to protect themselves. In Europe, our cars have optional self-parking. Fat chance we'll ever get that in NA. I remember my jeep didn't have the interlock, and there was a huge recall to install it (which I just avoided, for the same reasons as you're looking for). I think you'll just have to ski-boot that pedal. Or train your wife/gf/beer-bringer/sandwich-maker.

12-08-2008, 06:45 PM	#8
boki-san AudiWorld Super User Garage is empty, add now Join Date: Aug 2000 Posts: 6,853	starting the car to "warm it up" is bad for the motor, ... start it right before driving away. no matter how cold it is, letting the car idle while warming the engine is dumb, and it wears the engine prematurely. read your owner's manual __________________ boki-san 1991 coupé quattro [sigpic]http://forums.audiworld.com/image.php?type=sigpic&userid=8546&dateline=1237336 944[/sigpic]

12-08-2008, 06:45 PM	#9
jwa9681 AudiWorld Member Garage is empty, add now Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 247	gf? wife? i live in a ski town, that's funny. understand that they have to have the feature...i'd just like to turn the damn thing off.

12-08-2008, 08:30 PM	#10
jwa9681 AudiWorld Member Garage is empty, add now Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 247	i honestly am not that worried about that... there are much worse things i do to my motor and car than that...i would rather be warm. I'm not one to take great care of my cars, i drive them to the end of warranty and trade them in so I don't have to worry about any of that...I wash my car every 18 months, the outside of it looks like a 1985 ford truck at the moment...don't really care. I apprciate the opposite end of the spectrum of taking care of the car, and modding and all, but it's just not for me...i have the car for practical purposes, and that's it... I appreciate all the feedback...but what i'm really looking to do is shut the damn thing off...that's it....it's gotta be doable.

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