Mk7 Golf TSI & TDI - Observations and Questions

[vdubberd]

Just had a call from my dealer who told me VW has issued a bulletin advising they printed incorrect information in the brochure. So they won't honour led license plate lights - they just shrug and inform us the brochure was incorrectly printed. Poor form VW

I actually went into my dealer today to ask the question and I was informed and shown the bulletin to. Lucky for me they have agreed to honour the brochure and install the LED tail registration light =). Car's booked in for next week!

[DV52]

Enable" Traffic" button on Mk7 Golf - VCDS tweak

Enable Traffic Information (TMC) on Mk7 Golf - VCDS tweak

Step 1. On "Select Control Module" option click "Select"


Step 2. Select "5F-information Elect"


Step 3. Select "Adaptation"


Step 4. Using pull-down menu, select "Fee Based Traffic Information (TMC)" channel (it's about 20% down the channel list)

Step 5 Change default value "0" to ?????

Edit (30/04/2015): The magic number for Step 5 is apparently "1024".
This value was initially suggested in sucnip's post below (see #55)

http://www.vwwatercooled.com/forums/...ml#post1050415

And the value was confirmed in alanzidan's post below (see #48 - tweak 5.1)

http://www.vwwatercooled.com/forums/...ml#post1052178

The remaining steps in the procedure are:

Step 5. Enter "1024" into "New Value" box and click "Do It!" tab. (edit: I have seen the code "32771" used in UK models in this adaptation channel)


Step 6. Click the "Yes" tab in the "Re-code Invalid" screen.
Step 7. When the screen in Step 5 returns, click "Add to log" to record a copy of the change report.
Step 8. Click "Go Back" (in Step 5 screen) and exit the VCDS software

Missing Adaptation channel - Fix
The channel, Fee Based Traffic Information (TMC) in step (4) appears in the drop-down list if byte 13 of 5F-information Elect. controller has a coding value of hex09. If this channel does not appear, then byte 13 may need to be changed to this value. Byte 13, bit 3 needs to be set for RDS to be enabled as per the screen-shot below (thanks zloybob.):



Finally, after the changes above have been made, it's a good idea (I think) to reset the infotainment unit as follows: Press the on/off button on the radio until the unit switches off and keep holding down the button until the unit switches on again

Please note the following after the tweak has been completed:

1. For TMC to work, "TP" and "RDS" need to be activated in the set-up menu for the radio
2. It may take some time for the new facility to be established and for the initial set of traffic reports to be downloaded. In my case, the wait time was over an hour, but others have reported longer times.

EDIT: Further information from zloybob -

hello Maybe i can help u with TMC
1024, 65535 etc its value for various settings (This can be seen in the firmware file)
65535 - TMC OFF
1024 - SUNA Traffic (Intelematics)
0 - dev options
32771 online traffic + VW TMCPro
this is true for MIB1... but this could change for MIB2

[veew]

DV52, I respect your determination, I've been stockpiling VCDS tweaks so I can get them all done in one go. I hope Gekozao's mate can help us all out!

[DV52]

DV52, I respect your determination, I've been stockpiling VCDS tweaks so I can get them all done in one go. I hope Gekozao's mate can help us all out!

veew: I suspect that my determination and your respect might be misplaced- but thanks for the sentiments anyway. My fledgling attempts to understand how VCDS integrates into the MQB platform has proven to be very tedious and very tenuous!
In the end, I'm convinced that any meaningful advancement in our collective understanding of Mr Ross's equipment and the mk7 can only happen as a collaborative exercise. Hence the benefit of forums like these and hence my request to GekoZAO and his/her friend!

[AJD]

Just had a call from my dealer who told me VW has issued a bulletin advising they printed incorrect information in the brochure. So they won't honour led license plate lights - they just shrug and inform us the brochure was incorrectly printed. Poor form VW

Another example of VGA advertising something them deciding they don't need to provide it (Voice command?) because they can claim an error in the brochure - either their printers or their marketing department are extremely incompetent or they just couldn't care less.

How soon before they finally say - "you don't actually get a car, just a big box of spare parts, it was a mistake in the brochure"

[tigger73]

Mk7 Golf TSI & TDI - Observations and Questions

Just had a call from my dealer who told me VW has issued a bulletin advising they printed incorrect information in the brochure. So they won't honour led license plate lights - they just shrug and inform us the brochure was incorrectly printed. Poor form VW

The bulletin is there so the dealer can inform people when buying the car that it doesn't come with the LED lights. Just because VWA has issued an "internal" bulletin does not mean that information is automatically provided to the customer.

I would say that anyone who purchased their car prior to the bulletin would have a case for VWA to correct this by providing the LED globes.

Anyone who purchased after the bulletin and wasn't informed of this would have a case to take up with their dealer (VWA would wipe their hands of it as they have informed the dealer via a bulletin). This would mean the dealer would have to put their hands in their pocket which I can imagine that most dealers will try to avoid.

It's going to be a hard one to prove that they've informed you or not as the case may be if it isn't in writing.


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[kennyc]

When was the bulletin issued? I ordered the car in early Feb, i still have the brochure that states the LED lights come with the Xenon package.

[vdubberd]

Bulletin was issued on Friday the 14th of March

[kennyc]

Bulletin was issued on Friday the 14th of March

OK thanks, i will take this up with the dealer once my car arrives into the country.

[brad]

Don't the VW brochures have a disclaimer "Specifications Subject to Change without Notice" I know HolForToyo brochures used to have it.

It sucks but that's their out when the spec of the vehicle doesn't match the brochure.

I note that nobody complains or offers the dealer more money when the delivered vehicles specifications are upgraded over that in the brochure.

[ijamo]

I have just ordered the LED taillight plug and play kit from car systems. Has anyone ordered this yet and if so how did you go? Picks would be great also.
Just a bit worried as it cost me $1200 AU


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Hi Alex31, just wondering did you receive your LED taillights kit, and have you now installed? If so, how did it go? Very interested to know what you may have learned as I am considering doing same. Thanks.

[Alex31]

Hi Alex31, just wondering did you receive your LED taillights kit, and have you now installed? If so, how did it go? Very interested to know what you may have learned as I am considering doing same. Thanks.

Hey mate. I ended up canceling the order, as I could not justify the cost. It ended up being $1347AU. Just too expensive as this is my partners car and she did not even care about the look :-/
As I my nearing my golf R / S3 purchase I though I would put $1300 on my car instead



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[ijamo]

LED tailights

Hey mate. I ended up canceling the order, as I could not justify the cost. It ended up being $1347AU. Just too expensive as this is my partners car and she did not even care about the look :-/
As I my nearing my golf R / S3 purchase I though I would put $1300 on my car instead



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Understood and thanks. Has anyone else locally installed LED tailights (not talking about number plate lights) in an AUS spec Mk 7? If so, would be interested to know about your experience. Thanks.

[Frankenstrat]

I have two questions;

1) Why won't VW Australia let me buy a MkVII TDI with manual gearbox?
2) Why isn't the EPB an option?

Regarding 1) I love my MkVI TDI M/T, I like driving a manual. Why am I being denied this in Australia?

Regarding 2) I know how to perform hill starts with a mechanical handbrake. Is VW dumbing down the car or what? I'm not casting aspersions on anyone who likes the EPB, I've never used one.

[Mountainman]

1. Because along with me you are probably the only person in Australia who would buy one. Most people buying Golfs want /get DSG.

2. Who uses the handbrake for hill starts anyway? I certainly never did. It's clumsy and time consuming and anyone with a bit of co-ordination shouldn't need to.

btw The hill-holder / auto hold and E brake function in my new Golf is fantastic. Both are set to be on all the time. I just need to be careful now when getting back into other manual cars to keep my foot on the brake on hills and to release the handbrake when starting.