Golf Alltrack

[turbojetta83]

Hi All

Can anyone explain to me if the headlamp cornering lights work on the Golf Alltrack and when do they come on?
I thought because it was a Bixenon lamp that the main headlight would turn but when I went to the dealership to have a look the headlamps they didn't seem to move about when the car started.

There is also a halogen blub that points out sideways and I was wondering if that would ever come on when cornering too?

I am not talking about the static fog lights that come on when you turn and signal at slow speeds.

Hey David,

With regard to the dynamic cornering lights, they should always be on (or active more specifically). There's usually a self test of the headlights a few seconds after they turn on that moves them through their motion axis - up/down, left/right. The way I believe it works is, if you're steering left, they aim left (not a huge amount, maybe 10 or 15 degrees) and vice-verser when steering right. The amount it aims also appears to depend on how much you turn the steering wheel and your relative speed.

The separate static cornering lamps which are indeed halogen come on at lower speeds, specifically when you turn the steering wheel enough and/or you have your left/right indicator on. At high speed these lamps don't illuminate. I believe that with the Xenon lighting package (which the Alltrack has in all trim levels) the static cornering lamp IS the sideways pointing light in the main headlight cluster. The fog lights in the lower grill are only just that, fog lights. However, I believe in halogen headlight equipped cars the fog lights do double up as static cornering lights also.

Hope this helps.

Cheers.

[Davidoriginal]

Thanks turbojetta83

I have had the Golf Alltrack for a few nights and can see that the headlights move up and down (self level), and also slightly left to right as a turn the wheel (dynamic cornering).

At the slower speeds when I turn corners I notice a warm light (halogens) shoot do the side. I am guessing these are from the static cornering lamps in the headlight housing you described. These are an excellent feature as my previous Golf Mk7 Comfortline 90TSI had standard halogen headlights and no fog lamps and it was sometimes difficult to see driving around wet winter evenings in the leafy suburbs.

I still have to check the fog lamps to see if they're coming on or not when I turn, I think they're still coming on when I reverse and turn at slow speeds when signaling but I will have to check properly. Plan on changing these to a whiter halogen (maybe 4200k) to match with the rest of the lights.

Also it annoys me how the boot has a single halogen lamp (has a lot of boot space to cover) when the rest of the interior is LED.

Besides the slightly higher fuel consumption (comparative to the other non-performance Golfs) the Alltrack is hard to flaw so far. Have to see how many recalls or rattles I go in for. Also for those interest the difference in the MY17 model was a frameless rear view mirrow but functionally the same. As there isn't much activity in this thread I assume other owners don't have issues or aren't sharing.

[turbojetta83]

Cheers David,

Glad you're enjoying your new Alltrack.

I agree, the cornering lamps are an excellent feature. My previous car (a Mk5 Jetta) had Xenon headlights which were great themselves, and it was one of things I absolutely didn't want to lose with a new car purchase. The additional cornering lamps and dynamic cornering feature just about perfect an already great package. But I too am thinking of replacing the warm coloured halogens with something in the range of maybe 5000k to match the Xenon's colour tone.

Like you, I was disappointed with the halogen globe above the boot space as well, and promptly changed it out with an LED globe (also changed the halogen globe in the glove-box with an LED). I've further added an additional LED light fitting into the boot (tapped into the wiring of the existing boot light) to the side moulding where the wheel jack is, this lights up the boot interior when the cargo blind is drawn. It annoyed me that it was pitch black under there and that I had to always retract the blind to see anything.

I've had a couple of very minor rattles crop up, one in each side of the front doors, but that's about it. I'm not going to bother mentioning these to VW, as they most likely "won't be able to hear anything" and like most others, prefer to remove trim panels etc. myself. When I have another free weekend, I'm thinking of adding some further sound deadening material into the front doors and I'll track down and resolve the minor rattles at the same time.

All-in-all, exceptionally happy with the car.

[helium777]

Hi all, just discover a small problem with my alltrack and like to find out if this is normal.

I just found out there is a small gap between the windscreen and the dash. It wide and deep enough to "swallow" a parking ticket, which unfortunately happened to me, but not enough for fingers to fit through. It took me 10mins to dig the parking ticket out!

I wonder if this is normal or I should have this checked by VW. thanks in advance!

[mckennadt]

Hi all, just discover a small problem with my alltrack and like to find out if this is normal.

I just found out there is a small gap between the windscreen and the dash. It wide and deep enough to "swallow" a parking ticket, which unfortunately happened to me, but not enough for fingers to fit through. It took me 10mins to dig the parking ticket out!

I wonder if this is normal or I should have this checked by VW. thanks in advance!

Happened in my MK6, I'd be willing to bet (but don't want to try) it would happen in my MK7.

[brad]

Hi all, just discover a small problem with my alltrack and like to find out if this is normal.

I just found out there is a small gap between the windscreen and the dash. It wide and deep enough to "swallow" a parking ticket, which unfortunately happened to me, but not enough for fingers to fit through. It took me 10mins to dig the parking ticket out!

I wonder if this is normal or I should have this checked by VW. thanks in advance!

Normal.

Skoda have a ticket holder that probably fits.
like this but you shouldn't need the extra frippery.

Or search ebay for "parking ticket holder". You can buy stick-ons that look OK

[helium777]

Thanks! I might find a way to seal it off..

[phaeton]

Picked up my new MY17 Pure White Golf Alltrack with DAP yesterday
These pictures are at the top of Tilleys Hill Road, Brownhill Creek

[AdamD]

Picked up my new MY17 Pure White Golf Alltrack with DAP yesterday

Very nice Ben - congrats!

[phaeton]

Very nice Ben - congrats!

Thanks Adam

Haven't driven the Alltrack much unfortunately.
I have been rotating between it and the Golf & Jetta.