Ibiza 2018 cold start issue

Mik ibi17

Active Member
Jun 2, 2018
5
0
Hi there,
I would like your opinion about two issues with my car, 1st one is every time I do a cold start it takes 2-3 seconds longer for it to start up. If I do a hot start it starts immediately.I have had the car since new, and it used to start up almost immediately no matter the conditions.Also i cannot seem to hear the fuel pump prime every time i turn the key on. Car has normal key not push to start. Half of the times it primes.
I also have a stupid-ish problem with the dsg selector, where if I go ahead and switch the ignition off with the car in P it tells me to put the car in P position and bring the car to a workshop for a split second, then the message disappears and I'm left with a yellow exclamation mark. The thing is if I cycle the key the car acts normally. I have had the fix with the extra switch on top of the gear selector but its still doing it. I always pull the handbrake first as advised by the seat service center. The car is a seat ibiza 2017 (my18) dsg with 30k km. It has no fault codes and the seat service dealership cannot find anything wrong with the car. Still on original spark plugs. Car runs fine no loss in power. Did anyone have any of these issues and if so what actions have you taken to fix them? Thank you for your patience and I'm sorry for the long text.
 

oldglosracer

Active Member
Oct 27, 2022
95
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Which engine is this, petrol or diesel?

Sounds like maybe try another Seat dealer as yours cannot fix it.

These cars do get silly faults like this as they get older.
 

Mik ibi17

Active Member
Jun 2, 2018
5
0
Its a 1.0 tsi dsg7 petrol. I was thinking the same about the dealership. Some years ago I had an issue with the gearbox where it would bring up the message "place the gear lever in P or contact workshop" something like that. At first they did an adaptation for some reason which made the car almost stall at low speeds. They later fixed the stalling issue and fitted a switch to fix the problem. Still does it. I'm thinking that it might be my fault because i might have to depress the brake pedal really firmly and then pull the handbrake? in which case the car doesn't have any errors.

About the starting issue i was thinking maybe it needs new spark plugs because they are overdue in years (car is 5 years old) but not in mileage. Battery was replaced last August.
I was also thinking there might be an issue with the high pressure fuel pump. Car otherwise runs fine though. An interesting thing i found searching through obdeleven is that the only module that was updated is the dsg module. So maybe there is a fix for that issue through an update?
 
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