Mk7 Golf TSI & TDI - Observations and Questions

[Brendan_A]

That is poor! I was lucky enough to get mine installed yesterday

[OilBurna]

That is crap I wouldn't be accepting that


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[Brendan_A]

If you order the bi xenons before this alleged bulletin, it would have to be against Australian consumer law. ACCC or Qld OFT should help.

[ihawk]

If you order the bi xenons before this alleged bulletin, it would have to be against Australian consumer law. ACCC or Qld OFT should help.

I agree. I'm not going to leave it there

[OilBurna]

Don't they have some kind of disclaimer against the brochure still you could argue product you received is not what was advertised


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[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 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)

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

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...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"