Launch control.

[angelus512]

I'm not really confident that it's installed in every Golf model. The instructions in the manual states it takes the revs to 3200rpm. It doesn't differentiate between petrol and diesel engines. Nor could I see a way to "disable TCS" in the car. Happy to be proven wrong, but the go pedal seems to do the trick already.

I must admit, the Mk7 TDI doesn't "launch" as well as my old Mk5 TDI 2.0. Not sure why...

To Disable TCS/ESC is easy in the Mk7 Golf. Hit CAR button near your screen display, bottom right corner of display select "Settings" and turn of ASR or something like that which should be the first available selection.

Also to clarify earlier it was the Euro forums I guess I got this info from. But from what I had gathered it definitely didn't seem restrictive to only the GTI versions. However it may be disabled in some regions. Anyways its actually on page 179 in our manuals. If I got the page number wrong just look for launch control in the Reference section all the way at the back adn it will tell you the page.

I tried to use it but it didn't seem to work for me but perhaps I was doing it wrong.
Far as I can see its supposed to be straightforward.

Pull over somewhere quiet, turn off ASR/TCS using the menu, turn off auto hold, put car in S, push down on break hard and with the other foot apply gas. It should rev up to 3,000 and hold there until you release break then you will be launched like a bat out of hell.
If however you don't see revs go up as I did then you've either done it wrong or its not enabled.

[zoomda]

Motor or Wheels magazine claimed that it was disabled on Australian mkvii gti. I'm yet to read/hear from anyone in Aus stating that it does actually work on the MKVII GTI.

[Brendan_A]

Motor or Wheels magazine claimed that it was disabled on Australian mkvii gti. I'm yet to read/hear from anyone in Aus stating that it does actually work on the MKVII GTI.

It does work on the mk7 GTI.

In the latest Wheels mag they apologized for the incorrect information regarding launch control And indeed it is a feature.

[Guy_H]

It works fine on my MK7 GTI

[tigger73]

Motor or Wheels magazine claimed that it was disabled on Australian mkvii gti. I'm yet to read/hear from anyone in Aus stating that it does actually work on the MKVII GTI.

Maybe the journo couldn't work out how to operate it... And just wrote that it wasn't a feature.


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[zoomda]

It does work on the mk7 GTI.

In the latest Wheels mag they apologized for the incorrect information regarding launch control And indeed it is a feature.

That makes a lot more sense.

[TTS20]

Dont know about golfs but in my TTS put it in sport mode, magnetic ride on, ESP off, left foot on brake, right foot flat to the floor, it automatically goes to correct launch RPM which can vary depending on tune, let off brake and hold on for dear life.. Best done on a safe road with a high speed limit.


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[kure69]

I have been trying this on my golf 7 90 TSI and have had no luck. Can some confirm that this activated on the 90 TSI please.

[tigger73]

I have been trying this on my golf 7 90 TSI and have had no luck. Can some confirm that this activated on the 90 TSI please.

It may not be a feature on the DQ200. I'm guessing it has been disabled to extend the life of the gearboxes.


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[hainsey]

you can only turn esp partially of in the gti and for the first time completely off in the golf r

i dont believe you can do it in the others.