Mk7 Golf TSI & TDI - Observations and Questions

[boardie_19]

Hi,

Yeah, the reverse parking function... i had no idea you pressed the button more than once hence different modes... the user manual isn't to clear! Have just given it a go... you are right. Thanks for the help!

Cheers,

[Kharmann Ghia]

Auto wipers function on MkVII Comfortline?

Hi all.

This has me perplexed. The sales brochure for the MkVII Golfs clearly state that the Comfortline comes with auto wipers yet when I went to use the wipers there's no auto function. There's simply Off, Inter, On & Fast (from memory) with a small mini button on top of the wiper arm to set the speed of the intermittent wipe.

Am I missing something obvious or is it that VW have skimped on the auto wipe function for Comfortlines now? If so, where's my reduced price for a car that doesn't have what was advertised seeing as it's my clear understanding that this function isn't cheap, with special windscreen glass required for the auto wipe function to work properly.

[DV52]

Hi all.

This has me perplexed. The sales brochure for the MkVII Golfs clearly state that the Comfortline comes with auto wipers yet when I went to use the wipers there's no auto function. There's simply Off, Inter, On & Fast (from memory) with a small mini button on top of the wiper arm to set the speed of the intermittent wipe.

Am I missing something obvious or is it that VW have skimped on the auto wipe function for Comfortlines now? If so, where's my reduced price for a car that doesn't have what was advertised seeing as it's my clear understanding that this function isn't cheap, with special windscreen glass required for the auto wipe function to work properly.

Kharmann Chia: Congrats on your new car!. I have a Highline, but the auto wipe function is same on your car (according to the VW brochure). I think that you might be confusing the term "auto-wiper" on the Golf VII (no offence intended). When applied to the MkVII, VW intend it to mean "auto-wiping" when the rain sensor detects water on the windshield. I'm not aware that the mkVII has an 'intermittent" fucntion - save that the rain sensor acts kind-of in the same way.

What happens when you move the wiper stalk to the first position (upwards), is that you engage the rain sensor. This is what Auto- wipe is IMO. The "small mini button" (as you call it) onto of the wiper stalk is the sensitivity control for the rain sensor. The more the mini button is moved to the right, the less rain that is needed to engage the wiper (i.e more sensitive)

[readerr0r]

Int = Auto mode on, its in the manual

[Kharmann Ghia]

What you've stated was my impression from the car's manual as well. But my experience has been that with the wiper stalk in the first position is that they work exactly as if they're on intermittent seeing as they still come on when the windscreen is completely dry and don't seem to turn on (except for a strictly even intermittent sweep) when it can be teeming down. i.e. no faster sweep despite potentially drenching rain.

[DV52]

What you've stated was my impression from the car's manual as well. But my experience has been that with the wiper stalk in the first position is that they work exactly as if they're on intermittent seeing as they still come on when the windscreen is completely dry and don't seem to turn on (except for a strictly even intermittent sweep) when it can be teeming down. i.e. no faster sweep despite potentially drenching rain.

Kharmann Gia: OK. As readerr0r has indicated "Int" is the first switch (upward) setting. "Int" means "interval wipe" in VW speak. I guess there is a difference between "wiper speed" and "Interval sweep" ( and potentially "intermittent").
If you are getting little (or, no) sensitivity to small rain showers, it might be because the mini button is moved too far to the left. The only other important part of the rain sensing wiper (that I'm aware-of) is that you must have a tick in the "automatic wipe in rain" entry on the set-up for the "vehicle settings" (on the discover media screen). But this must be ticked in your case becasue it sounds like there is some rain sensing (albeit predominantly during heavy rain)

[DeboDasAuto]

start up delays the car making the turn which can be dangerous if it's a busy road.

Hi re the Stop Start (SS) function, I accidentally discovered jabbing the brake pedal will start the engine. Useful if you know cars ahead are starting to move, or you know you are ready to turn - jab to start then the engine is running ready for takeoff.

I have also figured if you are coming to a stop and you wish the engine to remain running just coast and feather brake gently to a stop and (I think) in most cases the engine stays on.

[soogs]

Give me intermittent wipers with variable speed any day. Have been using auto wipers for the last 4 years and it is the pits. It either doesn't swipe or it goes berserk, never the right tempo.

[Kharmann Ghia]

Well, that's exactly what I have in my new Comfortline. I double checked it again last night in the teeming rain and on the 1st setting I received exactly that... intermittent wipers with even tempo between each sweep and no changing of sweep speed despite the intensity of the rain first ramping up then quietening down to barely a drizzle. The only way the sweep speed changed was by using the small button on top of the stalk which consistently changed up the sweep speed when switching to the larger raindrop position and consistently slower speed when switching to the smaller raindrop position, just as you would expect intermittent wipers to do.

In my book, if something looks like a duck, swims like a duck & quacks like a duck... it's probably a duck, rather than the advertised swan.

[irossiter]

Love the duck analogy! The auto wipers on the Mk 6 drive me crazy with the wind setting them off or cars going past. Nothing the service people could do about it. The A class Merc auto wipers are brilliant. Only once set off by a huge wind gust. Hopefully the Mk 7 that I'm getting has improved.


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[tonymy01]

On the mk6 it depended on the speed you were driving as to the speed of the wipers a bit too, and if stopped, say at traffic lights, they barely swept.
(Edit: and near sunset sunlight on a slightly dirty screen will trigger, never heard/observed wind doing it!)

[flight]

On the mk6 it depended on the speed you were driving as to the speed of the wipers a bit too, and if stopped, say at traffic lights, they barely swept.

That is exactly the experience I had with my Mk 5 Comfortline.

[soogs]

Love the duck analogy! The auto wipers on the Mk 6 drive me crazy with the wind setting them off or cars going past. Nothing the service people could do about it. The A class Merc auto wipers are brilliant. Only once set off by a huge wind gust. Hopefully the Mk 7 that I'm getting has improved.

Your are lucky then, the ones on my C class are s**t.

[Dutch77]

Love the duck analogy! The auto wipers on the Mk 6 drive me crazy with the wind setting them off or cars going past. Nothing the service people could do about it. The A class Merc auto wipers are brilliant. Only once set off by a huge wind gust. Hopefully the Mk 7 that I'm getting has improved.

Couldn't really fault the Mk6 besides the issue tonymy01 mentioned re: dust on the screen, they were definitely more useful than the Mk7 ones that have seen a bit more action this week. I suspect you will be disappointed.

[DV52]

1. Well, that's exactly what I have in my new Comfortline. I double checked it again last night in the teeming rain and on the 1st setting I received exactly that... intermittent wipers with even tempo between each sweep and no changing of sweep speed despite the intensity of the rain first ramping up then quietening down to barely a drizzle. The only way the sweep speed changed was by using the small button on top of the stalk which consistently changed up the sweep speed when switching to the larger raindrop position and consistently slower speed when switching to the smaller raindrop position, just as you would expect intermittent wipers to do.

In my book, if something looks like a duck, swims like a duck & quacks like a duck... it's probably a duck, rather than the advertised swan.

Kharmann Ghia: Notwithstanding the behaviour of the wipers on your car, I suspect that you have identified a swan-in-duck's-clothing!

Intrigued by our last exchange of correspondence, I have now managed to replicate your symptoms on my car. That is, I can now make the wipers on my car operate in "intermittent" mode rather than rain sensing mode when I move the wiper switch to the first position (up). The way that I did this was to simply remove the tick in the box in the setup menu on the car that is related to the rain wiping function. I had not known that the mkVII had this option, so thanks for providing the opportunity for me to learn this.

I'm fairly confident that you can solve your problem, by completing the following steps (please note that the process that I detail below works on my discover media system - I have a Highline. Your comfortline will have a "Composition media system", but I believe that the same steps apply)

1. Press the button labelled "CAR" on the RHS of the composition media head
2. at the bottom RHS of the next screen press the bit that says "Setup"
3. you should now get a screen that is headed ""Vehicle settings" and there should be a series of panels with words like "Parking and manoevring" and "light". One of these panel says "Mirrors and wipers". Press this panel
4. on the next screen you should see a section titled "Wipers" and immediately below this word there should be a panel saying "Automatic wiping in rain". Next to this panel is box. If the box has a tick, the automatic rain sensor operates and if the box is not ticked, the wipers work as a timed intermittent function. Put a tick in the box by touching this part of the screen
5. press the return arrow on the top RHS of the screen to get back to the "Vehicle setting screen"
6. press the return arrow on the top RHS of the screen to get back to the "car" screen
7. Move the wiper stalk up one position and spay water on the windshield

BINGO!!