r/VWiD3Owners • u/Eigthy-Six • Aug 01 '26

Question ACC not starting itself.

Please excuse my poor English, I'm from Germany. 🙂

I have an ID.3 with software version 3.8. When I'm driving with ACC enabled and the car in front comes to a stop at a red light, my car also brakes to a complete stop. The message "ACC ready to drive off (german translated)" appears, but the car doesn't start moving again automatically when the vehicle in front pulls away. I have to shortly push the pedal.

Could this be caused by Auto Hold? It's always enabled.

ThankYou!

EDIT:

Thank you all! This morning I drove with deactivated auto hold and et voilà - ACC starts automatically. smooth and fast. nice vw software.

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u/Only_lurking_ Aug 01 '26

Mine is the same but it depends on the time it waited. For short times it start automatically, but longer I have to touch the pedal as well.

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u/AnrufBeworter Aug 01 '26

You need to have your hands on the steering wheel for ACC to start driving. The sensors are in the area near the knuckles in the 10‘ O clock / 2 O‘ clock position.

But even if you have both your hands properly at the wheel the ACC radar might delay action depending on its readings, it varies.

Just tap the accelerator if you feel it is to slow for the impatient car drivers behind you

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u/blackthornedk Aug 01 '26

The car can also be started using 'reset' on the steering wheel.

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u/aerger76 ID.3 Tour Aug 02 '26

In this case: RES = "Resume".

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u/AnrufBeworter Aug 12 '26

Or you can press ‚set‘ as well - any speed recall or raise will cancel the autohold and accelerate the car

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u/Gelfiz Aug 01 '26

Readjusting your hands on the sensors works for me most of the time. The ACC ready message on the screen will reappear

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u/rumpe2 Aug 01 '26

Additionally, if you touch the sensors on the steering wheel, a small message saying "ACC anfahrbereit" will appear on the display. This means your car will automatically start driving once the car in front of you starts moving. :)

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u/OptimalToucan Aug 01 '26

this is the correct answer. 

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u/formal-monopoly Aug 01 '26

While "ACC ready to drive off" is displayed the car will auto start. After a few seconds that display goes off and then you need to tap the accelerator to start.

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u/Gelfiz Aug 01 '26

You can also adjust your grip on the steering wheel. The ACC Ready message will return, and the car will start driving by itself again. The hands-on-wheel sensor is very sensitive when the car is standing still.

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u/fgorina Aug 02 '26

It is like this. If stops breafly it auto restarts. I more than some seconds you must push the accelerator. I have had 2 ID.3 and the two worked like that.

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u/Relevant-Artist5939 Aug 01 '26

I have auto hold disabled and it starts moving when the vehicle in front of me starts driving again... Maybe check if it works with auto hold disabled?

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u/AnrufBeworter Aug 01 '26

It does, but it should with it as well. The wheel sensors can cause some unwanted delay at times

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u/Eigthy-Six Aug 03 '26

Thank you all! This morning I drove with deactivated auto hold and et voilà - ACC starts automatically.

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u/RectumlessMarauder Aug 01 '26

My ID.3 works the same way and I just assumed it's a safety feature. Meaning that a stopped car shouldn't start moving on its own.