# 2017 Volkswagen Jetta - disabling brake override **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** volkswagen, jetta-sedan\ **Created:** [April 1, 2019, 7:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-volkswagen-jetta-disabling-brake-override/137739 "2019-04-01T19:08:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![2017\_VW\_Jetta\_issue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/87869e/32.png) [@2017\_VW\_Jetta\_issue](https://community.cartalk.com/u/2017_VW_Jetta_issue)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 7:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-volkswagen-jetta-disabling-brake-override/137739/1 "2019-04-01T19:08:17Z")
How can I disable the brake override on a 2017 VW Jetta? Permanently. Has automatic transmission. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 7:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-volkswagen-jetta-disabling-brake-override/137739/2 "2019-04-01T19:12:51Z")
Not sure what you are asking but what ever it is don’t do it. Maybe after the warranty period but still sounds like a bad idea. ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-volkswagen-jetta-disabling-brake-override/137739/3 "2019-04-01T20:00:04Z")
It appears VWs require you to step on the brake to start the engine. I can see where this would be annoying. ---
**Author:** ![lion9car](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/59ef9b/32.png) [@lion9car](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lion9car)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 1:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-volkswagen-jetta-disabling-brake-override/137739/4 "2019-04-02T13:59:44Z")
First, please confirm if Purebred’s guess is your actual question. If so, I’m wondering why you want to do this. ---
**Author:** ![2017\_VW\_Jetta\_issue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/87869e/32.png) [@2017\_VW\_Jetta\_issue](https://community.cartalk.com/u/2017_VW_Jetta_issue)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 12:26am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-volkswagen-jetta-disabling-brake-override/137739/5 "2019-04-03T00:26:33Z")
I am a left foot braker. When trying to accelerate quickly and your foot does not come off the brake pedal the gas pedal is disabled. Happens all the time and is very dangerous as the car does not move. ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 12:37am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-volkswagen-jetta-disabling-brake-override/137739/6 "2019-04-03T00:37:49Z")
Patient: “My arm hurts when I do this.” Doctor: “Stop doing that!” Stop braking with your left foot? Tester ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 1:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-volkswagen-jetta-disabling-brake-override/137739/7 "2019-04-03T01:29:26Z")
This feature is there to guarantee the gas is disengaged when the brake is pushed, a very good feature. Change your driving style. ---
**Author:** ![2017\_VW\_Jetta\_issue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/87869e/32.png) [@2017\_VW\_Jetta\_issue](https://community.cartalk.com/u/2017_VW_Jetta_issue)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 3:57am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-volkswagen-jetta-disabling-brake-override/137739/8 "2019-04-03T03:57:53Z")
Been doing that for 52 years would be safer to have a car without the feature guess I will have to get a different car. ---
**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 9:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-volkswagen-jetta-disabling-brake-override/137739/9 "2019-04-03T09:21:11Z")
> [@2017\_VW\_Jetta\_issue](#): > > I am a left foot braker. When trying to accelerate quickly and your foot does not come off the brake pedal the gas pedal is disabled. The really simple answer is. Get your foot is completely off the brake. Is not there to be a foot rest. You are either using the brake or not. And if not remove your foot. ---
**Author:** ![2017\_VW\_Jetta\_issue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/87869e/32.png) [@2017\_VW\_Jetta\_issue](https://community.cartalk.com/u/2017_VW_Jetta_issue)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 11:33am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-volkswagen-jetta-disabling-brake-override/137739/10 "2019-04-03T11:33:50Z")
I guess nobody knows how to disable the override permanently. I am able to disable it each time the car is started, but it has to be completed each time the car is restarted. Thanks for the replys I will keep looking. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s-Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/it_s-me/32/12660_2.png) [@It\_s-Me](https://community.cartalk.com/u/It_s-Me)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 11:41am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-volkswagen-jetta-disabling-brake-override/137739/11 "2019-04-03T11:41:20Z")
> [@2017\_VW\_Jetta\_issue](#): > > I am a left foot braker. When trying to accelerate quickly and your foot does not come off the brake pedal the gas pedal is disabled. I’m going to guess that you are also one of the people I see driving on the highway at 60 mph, up hill with no traffic and your brake lights are on. Have always wondered why people do that. ---
**Author:** ![Honda-Blackbird](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/honda-blackbird/32/3159_2.png) [@Honda-Blackbird](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Honda-Blackbird)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 1:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-volkswagen-jetta-disabling-brake-override/137739/12 "2019-04-03T13:15:03Z")
I’d say the first thing that you need to solve is the “Left Foot Brake” issue… This is a real problem, not an imaginary one. Aside from being very poor form, it is actually dangerous. Modern vehicles do not respond well to simultaneous application of the brake and the throttle. Your vehicle has a fly by wire throttle and is designed to not allow acceleration while the brake is being applied. This is done via the programming of the ECU in the vehicle…there is no way to undo this, unless you are proficient in however VW programmed their computers and can write your own lines of code to eliminate this setup, but again…there is no logical reason to even ponder this in order to accommodate and or allow a proven driving mistake to take place. So, basically the way you can solve this “issue” is, well, to cease and desist the entire practice and avoid the issue altogether by never using your left foot for braking doubly so while your right foot is on the the throttle…its simply bad stuff. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 1:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-volkswagen-jetta-disabling-brake-override/137739/13 "2019-04-03T13:29:27Z")
This person made a thread in Nov. 2017 about this problem . That means they have yet to figure out a way to drive this vehicle. Therefore the only 2 options are 1. Change driving style 2. Find a vehicle that is not as sensitive . ---
**Author:** ![lion9car](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/59ef9b/32.png) [@lion9car](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lion9car)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 1:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-volkswagen-jetta-disabling-brake-override/137739/14 "2019-04-03T13:31:13Z")
I assume you’re driving as though this is a clutch, with your right foot going down as your left foot comes up. If you’re going to brake with your left foot, that’s not the correct way to do it, so you need to retrain yourself. Getting another car when you just absorbed the largest depreciation hit on this one is an expensive way to solve this problem. ---
**Author:** ![87\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/f14d63/32.png) [@87\_Ranger](https://community.cartalk.com/u/87_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2019, 6:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-volkswagen-jetta-disabling-brake-override/137739/15 "2019-04-05T18:55:41Z")
Sounds like the idiotic auto stop/start “feature” that my wifes’ 2016 Kia soul also has. She starts the car puts on her seat belt and pushes the cancel button on the dash. Problem solved. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2019, 7:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-volkswagen-jetta-disabling-brake-override/137739/16 "2019-04-05T19:45:14Z")
No it not the Start/Stop feature. It is the brake override feature. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2019, 8:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-volkswagen-jetta-disabling-brake-override/137739/17 "2019-04-05T20:14:06Z")
I’ve been left foot braking since 1964. No problem here and I’m pretty sure I have to step on the brake to start the car. It just becomes automatic, and I don’t ride the brake. Some will never be convinced though but when you are preparing for a possible dangerous situation, “covering” the brake while you cautiously proceed is a lot easier and faster with your left foot. I rented a Jeep and could find no way to shut off the start stop function. Very irritating but disabled if you also press on the accelerator at the same time as the brake. But that kind of defeats the whole idea of stop start which was a bad bad idea in the first place. “They” are going to make us comply with software one way or another. Either learn to do it my way or we’ll force you to with software and switches. Kind of reminds me of the radial arm saw police at Knox lumber before they went out of business but that’s another story. ---
**Author:** ![87\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/f14d63/32.png) [@87\_Ranger](https://community.cartalk.com/u/87_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2019, 12:56am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-volkswagen-jetta-disabling-brake-override/137739/18 "2019-04-06T00:56:20Z")
How can a brake override safety feature be disabled every time the car is started? OP sez “I am able to disable it each time the car is started.” Since whatever this thing is can be disabled each time the car is started i don’t see why the OP has a problem with it. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2019, 1:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-volkswagen-jetta-disabling-brake-override/137739/19 "2019-04-06T01:25:32Z")
I was wondering that too. I would never expect a safety feature to have an ‘off’ switch. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2019, 2:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-volkswagen-jetta-disabling-brake-override/137739/20 "2019-04-06T02:43:30Z")
I have no idea how to disable VW’s brake/accel pedal interlock function. But having no idea hasn’t prevented me from posting before … lol … .hmmm … You’ve checked w/a VW dealership right? I presume they told you there’s no provision to disable it permanently, only to disable it each time you start the car. hmmm… that’s a tough one. It seems logical if you can disable it each time you start the car you should be able to do the same on a permanent basis, but maybe VW just didn’t have time to include that in the car’s software. VW probably doesn’t want people to do that b/c they haven’t tested that function. Maybe somebody know how to do a hack, but if you try some aftermarket hackster’s method you’ll have to accept the risk of something untoward happening, like unintended acceleration. I think your idea to switch cars to a make/model that doesn’t have the brake/accel pedal interlock is a better approach. [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-volkswagen-jetta-disabling-brake-override/137739.md?page=2)