Hi,
I have a 67 plate 150 dsg California.
Today my engine management system warning light came on and the engine went in to safe mode and then started juddering, as I was on a straight stretch of road I stopped and called the AA. When he arrived he did a system management check and called VW. After various questions etc it turned out to be a known fault and can be solved by turning the engine off and back on again then the computer will reset itself and all is ok. The problem is caused by driving down hill, taking your foot off the accelerator and the engine over running and causing the system to go into safe mode. Apparently it is a rare occurrence, all conditions have to be met for it to happen. VW are apparently working on a patch to correct this. I usually drive with the coasting option on so the problem hasn’t occurred before today, as I was driving over Hardnott pass I had turned the coasting function off and not on again before driving on and I think this caused the problem.
I searched other posts and couldn’t see this problem so thought it was worth sharing.
Regards
David