Quote Originally Posted by Dan_Q View Post
My car will not let me turn it off without automatically setting the parking brake. I believe this is normal operation. You can do a one time overide of it with the vagcom or you can permanantly disable it. Did you buy your car used? Perhaps the previous owner did a permanant disable? This "feature" has been a constant PITA for anyone trying to replace their rear brake pads.
Wow, I had no idea. Yes, my car is used, though it was a lease and no other popular vag-com mods were done, but who knows? Regardless of the reason, I'm glad mine doesn't do that, that would bug me!