VCDS (VAG-COM) codes and programmable options for Golf Mk7

[mgrobins]

Thanks for that info .

I received some 'inside advice' at the VW dealer regarding the Voice Control options. It is an SD card install that also requires VCDS update. The dealer purchases an SD card and it is used on your vehicle I am told.... hence the cost.

My dealer was willing to meet me at $200 but the quiet word is it's not worth it due to pronunciation issues.

If I can access my contacts and make calls by voice then I'm happy .

The dealer is turning off the Soundaktor for me - which required a new contract be signed to indicate my request for a non factory setup

[DionM]

DionM: I'm fairly sure that enabling mirror dip on a 90TSI has not been attempted before (at least no one has reported progress on this task). The big question (for me) is-notwithstanding that the passenger side mirror on a 90TSI has a controllable motor, does it also have memory capabilities?

Anyhow, have you tried enabling bits 1,2 & 3 of byte 4 in the passenger door controller? I suggested this in my earlier post #107

The first thing to check is that the three bits actually appear in the Long Coding Helper for the 90TSI. As Ryan_R replied when I first suggested the tweak, the worst that can happen is that you will generate one or more errors on the passenger door controller-which you can easly clear and then roll-back the changes that you made to byte 4. Seems like a worthwhile exercise to try given the simplicity of the VCDS tweak.

If you attempt the tweak, please let us know what happens (the more information that we get on this stuff the better informed that we will all be)

Sorry for not getting back to this sooner. No I've not tried anything - don't even have the hardware. But I'd buy it if I knew I could tweak a few things for them.

[DV52]

Sorry for not getting back to this sooner. No I've not tried anything - don't even have the hardware. But I'd buy it if I knew I could tweak a few things for them.

DionM: Buying a genuine Ross-Tech cable is a pretty expensive piece-of-kit for a tweak that might not even work! IMO buying a cheap Ebay knock-off is just a waste of money. Why don't you see if anyone on this forum who lives near you (and who has a cable) is willing to try the tweak on your car? Most the folk here are genuinely helpful.

[DionM]

DionM: Buying a genuine Ross-Tech cable is a pretty expensive piece-of-kit for a tweak that might not even work! IMO buying a cheap Ebay knock-off is just a waste of money. Why don't you see if anyone on this forum who lives near you (and who has a cable) is willing to try the tweak on your car? Most the folk here are genuinely helpful.

Oh I've been thinking of buying one for my own Jetta anyway ...

[DV52]

Enabling Driving School Mode - VCDS tweak

I rely on the digital Speedo on my Golf a-lot when driving. But, when I use the MFD for other purposes (like navigation, say), the digital speed is lost. Well here is an interesting VCDS tweak that reinstates the digital Speedo in these instances (albeit the replacement Speedo is displayed on the discover media screen rather than on the MFD). Even if you have no interest in this function at the moment, I reckon that it's a good facility to have enabled (in the background) in case the need arises later. I've implemented this tweak on my car and I can vouch that it works. Acknowledgement to the stemei.de site for the original material.

Edit: Before proceeding, I should make it clear that once the tweak is implemented, the Driving-School mode screen will become the default page whenever the "CAR" button is pressed (thanks Jonoz), This notwithstanding, the tweak does NOT affect access to any other pages or screens. (simply press the <, or > symbols on the screen, or press the "view" panel at the bottom LHS)

Enable DRIVING SCHOOL MODE - mkVII Golf

1. Select 5F- Information Electr.
2. Select 10- Adaptation
3. From the pull down channel list. select (11)- Vehicle function list CAN-Driving_school (it's about 40% down the channel list)

4 In the New value box, select Available option. Click Do It! tab. Click Add to log to record a copy of the change report.


5. Click Yes in the VCDS:Re-Code Invalid dialogue box

6 From the pull down channel list. select (171)- Vehicle menu operation-menu_ display_ driving_ school (it's about 75% down the channel list)


7. In the New value box, select activated option. Click Do It! tab. Click Add to log to record a copy of the change report.


8. From the pull down channel list. select (173)- Vehicle menu operation-menu _display _driving _school _over _threshold _high (it's about 75% down the channel list)


9. In the New value box, select activated option. Click Do It! tab. Click Add to log to record a copy of the change report.
10. Click Go Back and exit from the VCDS software.

Using DSM in the car
Driving School Mode can be accessed as follows:

1. Press the "CAR" button on the RHS of the Discover media head
2. then press the word "view" on the bottom LHS of the entry screen (you can just see "view" in the pic below).
3. then select "driving data" option from the list
4. then repeatedly press either the "<", or">" symbols until the "Driving school mode" screen appears.

I've included a screen-shot from my car below:



As can be seen, the Driving-school-mode screen displays the car's prevailing speed (duplicate of the speedometer) and the operation of the turn indicators. Also shown here is accumulated information since DSM was selected (i.e. a learning-to-drive pupil's distance travelled, elapsed time, average speed and average fuel efficiency). From my preliminary observations, it appears that these historic values reset every time that the engine is switched off)

[Eaglehawk]

Love it!

[DeboDasAuto]

yep neat - thanks v much for that info

[salrom]

Fault code errors

Hi all,

I'm not sure if this is the thread for this but it seems a place that knows about fault codes.

I picked up my new GTI PP demo a few weeks ago only to find that the dealer delivery consisted of a quick external wash.

Suspicious that the car was not right I had a report done and it reveled several fault codes among other minor things.

The technician said that it needed a software update which new cars get as part of the dealer delivery preparations.

He said that once they update the software and clear the codes the car should not show any fault codes and I should request a print out with the car ID showing that there are no faults.

The car is in at the dealer now and I was told that they don't provide a print " In relation to the fault codes reported, I have additional paperwork that I can show you, but not release as it is expressly prohibited by Volkswagen for dealerships to handover Diagnostic Protocol logs to any persons other than technical staff at authorized dealerships (this is in fact standard across most manufacturers). "

Can any on tell me if this is true.

They also wrote about this fault
A/C Operation Fault Code:This is a sporadic fault code which occasionally occurs on vehicles when the a/c unit causes a circuit to open literally for a split second. There is no ‘fix’ for this rather a resetting. This has been carried out and fault code has now cleared.

Dose any know if this is true? or may there be a problem that they don't want or cant fix?

It seems a strange way to design a system that is meant to tell you when something is not working correctly.

Thanks i hope this is the place to post this if not can I be directed to the right place.

[veew]

Enable DRIVING SCHOOL MODE - mkVII Golf

Useage: the Driving School Mode can be viewed through the Vehicle Status screen on the Discover media head.
I've included a screen-shot of my car below:

[ATTACH=CONFIG]10505[/ATTACH]

As can be seen, the screen now displays the car's prevailing speed (duplicate of the speedometer) and in addition the operation of the turn indicators is also shown

That is cool!

[siu_loong_bao]

I am new to this forum and have read through this whole thread. Geeze...it's not easy to follow 18 pages...Anyway, I've compiled the codes (based of these 18 pages and their links) and have PDFed it. However, I don't know how to upload it. If someone can PM me, I will gte it uploaded for the benefit of all Mk7 owners.

[DV52]

I am new to this forum and have read through this whole thread. Geeze...it's not easy to follow 18 pages...Anyway, I've compiled the codes (based of these 18 pages and their links) and have PDFed it. However, I don't know how to upload it. If someone can PM me, I will gte it uploaded for the benefit of all Mk7 owners.

siu_loong_bao: Welcome to VWWatercooled and what a stirling effort to read through the entire thread (all 18 pages) - I'm impressed!.
I'm not aware of any way of directly sharing a document on this forum. I use "zoho" as a third party facility for this purpose (the basic service is free). But there are lots of other service providers that do similar stuff.

[lambertia]

The driving school mode is awesome. Too bad it doesn't show the brake lights

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[siu_loong_bao]

siu_loong_bao: Welcome to VWWatercooled and what a stirling effort to read through the entire thread (all 18 pages) - I'm impressed!.
I'm not aware of any way of directly sharing a document on this forum. I use "zoho" as a third party facility for this purpose (the basic service is free). But there are lots of other service providers that do similar stuff.

As an example, here's a copy of a PDF file containing a bunch of VCDS tweaks for the mkVII (I've used an example that is 18 pages long - like your document). Hope that I haven't stolen your thunder. I'm happy to remove the link if I have

https://docs.zoho.com/file/mb9ur5eb8...9dd790ec4f5dd6

LOL..no thunder stolen...I am the noob here...

Ryan_R has PM'ed me to host the PDF, so I'll send him an email now with the PDF. I just downloaded yours, it's much more "structure" than mine (with an index). Happy for you to combine both docs if you need to. Hopefully, we can grow this PDF as days go by...I also managed to woo a friend of mine to help me with some these these tweaks with his cable (but I need to buy him a bowl of pho)...LOL

[AdamD]

Guys, rather than creating a PDF, a better idea is for one of the moderators or interested parties to maintain a summary of the thread's contents (a quick reference guide, for example), either in the first post or else in a locked thread elsewhere in the section. That summary can then be edited and maintained on an ongoing basis by the creator or moderators. Much better than using a PDF which can't be edited, that may make its way elsewhere where its information could be used out of context.

If someone wants to put their hand up to maintain this on an ongoing basis (DV52?), PM me and we'll set it up and sticky it.

[DV52]

Guys, rather than creating a PDF, a better idea is for one of the moderators or interested parties to maintain a summary of the thread's contents (a quick reference guide, for example), either in the first post or else in a locked thread elsewhere in the section. That summary can then be edited and maintained on an ongoing basis by the creator or moderators. Much better than using a PDF which can't be edited, that may make its way elsewhere where its information could be used out of context.

If someone wants to put their hand up to maintain this on an ongoing basis (DV52?), PM me and we'll set it up and sticky it.

Ryan_R has PM'ed me to host the PDF, so I'll send him an email now with the PDF..

AdamD: I think that Ryan_R's offer in volunteering to host the PDF facility is a commendable gesture and I'm sure that it will be appreciated by all who come here to learn (me included). The other benefit that results from Ryan_R's leadership role in this task is that he brings a considerable degree of gravitas to the final product by virtue of his standing in this forum.
From my short time as a forum member here, I have observed (correctly I hope) that sticky threads only succeed if they remain relevant to the changing needs of forum members. Active collaboration and the energetic involvement of others seems to be key to this success, so I hope that Ryan_R's task will not be an arduous one. I'm more than happy to provide whatever assistance that I can to lessen the load and I hope others will do likewise. That said, I have to acknowledge that my skills (both as a forum member and as a VCDS practitioner) can best be described as rudimentary!
Being a relative new-comer to forums in general and VCDS tweaks in particular, I'm not sure that I understand what it is that is being proposed (my apology for being blunt). Is the new service simply a cut-and-paste of VCDS tweaks on VWW (for the mkVII), or is it a kind of meta-data facility of tweaks from other forums? Is it restricted to VCDS tweaks that have been proven to work on Australian vehicles (by forum members), or is it a grab-bag of tweaks that may have worked overseas but are unproven here (i.e. a reference list of tweaks for forum members to try- at their own peril)? Is it both? Again my apology for being frank so early in the process , but I believe that clarity at the beginning is always useful. I assume that the normal caveats about no liability applying will prevail as will the standard etiquette that contributors will always acknowledge the original authors if the material is not new.