Radar / Adaptive Cruise / Emergency Brake - Questions and Issues

[agentthumb]

And potentially dangerous if an Aussie ever decides to emulate the ad

I think they call it natural selection


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[MRG_AU]

Hi,
Today on my way from Canberra to Sydney I tested front assist. I truly enjoyed it. I tested all distance modes. Perfectly working. When I indicate n come to right lane it accelerated nice n smooth. Cars cutting me when my ACC is set to 110 I could see the front assist detecting these cars and slowing. Another one I found today is trucks slowing down rapidly in uphill and front assist slowing my car in full control. And when they speed in downhill it picks up speed smoothly.

City emergency braking is worrying I thought I could test that when my car is moving at 20km/hr. I sense brakes are preparing but i couldn't wait till it brakes. Distance between cars is less than 2 meters.

I will try with big card board box in an empty car park in the night when I get back home just to confirm it is working in my car. I needed that confirmation. I will update once I did the test.

MRG

[Zepto]

Hi,
Today on my way from Canberra to Sydney I tested front assist. I truly enjoyed it. I tested all distance modes. Perfectly working. When I indicate n come to right lane it accelerated nice n smooth. Cars cutting me when my ACC is set to 110 I could see the front assist detecting these cars and slowing. Another one I found today is trucks slowing down rapidly in uphill and front assist slowing my car in full control. And when they speed in downhill it picks up speed smoothly.

City emergency braking is worrying I thought I could test that when my car is moving at 20km/hr. I sense brakes are preparing but i couldn't wait till it brakes. Distance between cars is less than 2 meters.

I will try with big card board box in an empty car park in the night when I get back home just to confirm it is working in my car. I needed that confirmation. I will update once I did the test.

MRG

ACC is great, I'd never buy a car without it from now on! Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe front assist is different to ACC in that it is VW's collision avoidance system. I've had front assist start beeping at me two times, once when I was entering a tunnel and I guess it must've thought the ceiling was a wall or stopped car. The second time was at a stopped car turning right just before I went into the left passing lane.

Has anyone had front assist brake for them yet? Love to hear how it goes.

[agentthumb]

I personally haven't had it full brake for me. Had a friend who "used" it and described the experience as pant ****ting.

Apparently at 30km/hr, the car doesn't leave much room once stopped. Cuts it very fine!


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[Brendan_A]

Has anyone had front assist brake for them yet? Love to hear how it goes.

I've had front assist brake for me. Had ACC set 90km/h coming around a bend sun in my eyes and car in front decided to brake hard and turn into a driveway. My GTI braked really hard and I was able to avoid a serious crash. Scared the crap out of me actually.

Love how the system works. Wish my Amarok had it as its my daily.

[armthehomeless]

Adaptive Cruise Control: "Blocked sensor" error

Hi all,

Just wondering if anyone else gets intermittent "Blocked Sensor" errors on their MK7 Golf Adaptive Cruise Control?

I suspect it does it more going through tunnels/tolls (I'm in Brisbane). Is there any definitive answer to any interferences of the system?

I've taken it to the dealer who have seen the codes, but refuse to fix under warranty...which is BS.

But that aside, I'm just curious if this is a common problem.

Cheers

[irossiter]

My alarm came up and it had a strip of bark sitting over it. When I cleaned it off and washed the camera screen cover it was all ok. Doesn't sound like that is your problem though. Keep pushing the dealer or try another one!


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[armthehomeless]

My alarm came up and it had a strip of bark sitting over it. When I cleaned it off and washed the camera screen cover it was all ok. Doesn't sound like that is your problem though. Keep pushing the dealer or try another one!


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Yep, thought that the first time. But I've had it at least 10 times. And most of those have been within a short period of going in the toll tunnels in Brisbane

[irossiter]

No doesn't sound like my problem. It is a real pain when the dealers ignore you. Keep pushing them. I pushed and pushed with a major problem with my Mk 6 and I refused to let up as my warranty was about to expire and surprise surprise it was a $3000 part that head office had to approve.


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[peekay34]

Go to a different dealer. I travel through Melbourne's Tunnels and Toll pointers never had a issue.

[Mayhem]

Did anybody find a way to actually test CEB? Ive got a old cardboard box from a plasma tv which I want to try the CEB with but am not sure what the actual procedure is. I tried cruising at very low speed towards the box but nothing seems to happen, or maybe I am breaking before the CEB kicks in. I dont really want to drive into the box as I'm a bit paranoid about scratching the paint work. I might need to find something softer to drive into, something that won't scratch the paint work. Bag filled with balloons as someone mentioned earlier sounds like a good plan.

I have to the ACC and that seems to work pretty well, and I've also had the Front Assist warning come up for me once while doing some "tricky" maneuvers.

EDIT: I hung up a blanket today and drive thru it and the CEB did not engage. I think it's because the radar has to sense something metallic as you can see in the video below when they test it on the VW Up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SihXnMNcEv4

[mutley252]

R MY16 - Front Assist Not Working?

Hi there

Hoping for some expert feedback. Picked up my MY16 R with DAP2 last week. Loving the car after two x GTI's. I'm a little concerned the Front Assist / City EB is not working. On the freeway I have seen the 'too close' icon where the total kilometres is displayed. However a trial using some stuck together cardboard boxes in the driveway didn't activate any warnings, the car just hit the cardboard boxes.

The function is on, it isn't showing any errors etc.

On a side note, I drove a test MY15 R and I noticed a yellow icon which turned to green within the right side display / analog speedo. The light was at about the 2 o'clock position about half way between the numbers and the centre of the dial. I don't have any such light on my MY16. I didn't pay that much attention to that light on the MY15, but I assume it had some function (that car was fitted with DAP, not sure if it was 1 or 2).

Any thoughts / help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[Idle]

You might try some foil on the boxes.

[Mike_lama]

Adaptive Cruise Control - Manual

Hi Everyone,

How does ACC work with a manual with gearing up and down? As it applies breaks and you need to gear down will it still apply breaks? Same as when it needs to accelerate again, will it stop accelerating when you go to gear up?

I've been trying to find videos and answers and failed miserably so far.

[agentthumb]

It backs of throttle as soon as you start to clutch in

Braking would work normally too, until you hit minimum speed, then it deactivates. I think it's 30km/h?


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