[Andy_R]

Car is currently with Audi as revs are pulsing when held on the clutch.
Audi are telling me this is a feature of the car, can anyone else tell me if they have the same problem, or if this is really a feature?

 

[Andy_R]

What do you mean "held on the clutch"? That you have the clutch partially engaged (or disengaged) in order to keep the car from rolling back?

That's exactly what I mean. In effect when you have engaged the clutch but not come off of it completely.

Audi dealer is claiming that this pulsing of the revs is an anti stall feature....this sounds like bullsh1t to me but I am no expert.

Apparently the software upgrade was only to do with the service indicator so I have no idea why prior to the upgrade the car was fine and now I have this problem. The dealer is also claiming that he has check 2 other s5's and they both do the same - any S5 owners want to confirm or deny that their cars do this ???

Any help appreciated as I need some ammo to argue with the dealer!

 

[Andy_R]

I accept that you get more wear on your clutch if you 'ride' it, however I am not talking about sitting on a hill for 5 minutes holding the car on the clutch. Let's say for instance you are stopped on a hill in traffic, you pull away as the traffic in front of you moves slightly, you actually never get fully off the clutch as you are in effect only crawling forward so you engage the clutch only slightly with very low revs , if you come fully off the clutch you end up in the boot (trunk) of the car in front, if you don't engage the clutch at all then you go nowhere.

This is a common occurance in the UK where the traffic is a nightmare and the roads are not always flat (especially in Scotland). Commonly referred to here as good clutch control (given a clutch is not simply a matter of on or off) or at least that what my driving instructor called it.