2 years is a pretty good life for a car battery in a climate like Mexico. In climates that see extreme heat or cold battery life may be short due to the extreme temperatures it may see. Again, while 3-5 years is average for a battery it will be shortened if it experiences extreme temperatures and/or frequent short trips battery life will be shorter than average.
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GOLF MK7 VCDS TWEAKS
- Thread starter NightMare1
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amgtorre: Hi. Without intending any offense, your concerns are ill founded. When you disabled the SS facility by changing the voltage setting - you altered an input to the decision making algorithm. You didn't change a setting for the alternator charging voltage. Before SS will turn-off the engine, the control module monitors the "system voltage" (this is a calculated variable - it is not the battery voltage) to check if there is sufficient capacity in the battery to turn-on the engine again. If there is insufficient "system voltage", SS will not turn-off the engine.
When you alter the SS voltage using the VCDS/OBD11 tweak, you are specifying the minimum system voltage (Again this in not battery voltage) that is acceptable before SS will switch-off the engine. If you raise the minimum threshold voltage to 12.1Volts, the SS control module will always believe that the battery has insufficient capacity. Noting in this setting changes the alternator charging voltage (which is determined by another calculation which takes into account stuff like temperature, battery age, battery voltage etc)
Don
K20
Passed Driver's Ed
- Location
- Cheshire, UK
Does anyone know if it's possible to code it so the interior lights turn on when turning off the ignition?
This happened in my mk7 GTD, but my mk7.5r doesn't do this. They only turn on when opening the doors..
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This happened in my mk7 GTD, but my mk7.5r doesn't do this. They only turn on when opening the doors..
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K20
Passed Driver's Ed
- Location
- Cheshire, UK
Do you have Kessy or Non Kessy? It seems that for some bizzare reason, on the MK7.5's, Kessy means the interior lights dont come on when ignition is stopped.
My MK7 GTD has kessy though, and the lights came on. Its so annoying. Lots of other VAG forums report the same thing
Only cars with KESSY seem to exhibit this behavior.
rafamonteiroo
Passed Driver's Ed
- Location
- Brazil
Hello friends,
I need to release the rear EPB to replace the brake pads.
I found this step:
http://wiki.ross-tech.com/wiki/index.php/VW_Golf_VII_(5G/AU)_ABS_Brakes
But my VCDS 12.12 when I go to Start Lining Change Mode, I click Go! does not continue, says to put a value, I tried 0, 10, 20, 100 ... but none accept.
Am I doing something wrong? Is that the way you do it?
I need to release the rear EPB to replace the brake pads.
I found this step:
http://wiki.ross-tech.com/wiki/index.php/VW_Golf_VII_(5G/AU)_ABS_Brakes
But my VCDS 12.12 when I go to Start Lining Change Mode, I click Go! does not continue, says to put a value, I tried 0, 10, 20, 100 ... but none accept.
Am I doing something wrong? Is that the way you do it?
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LastDragon
Ready to race!
- Location
- Chicagoland
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rafa: My guess is that what you are doing wrong is that you are using a very early version of RT software - Ver 12.12. If you have a legitimate Ross Tech cable (I suspect not), update your software version (it's free). If you are using a pirate cable - DON'T SUPPORT IP THEFT!!
Don
Don, i need to do some coding to my front lights. I misplaced your light table. Would you link it for me please? I really need to know which bulb is which. Also is there a way to make fog lights flash with turn signals? Maybe alternate flashes rather than flash at the same time.
Thank you!
Thank you!
Adrum: try the link below
https://www.dropbox.com/s/9v1fu60xvru9sxq/Leuchte_List.pdf?dl=0
As for your counter blinking fog lights (is this legal in your part of the world?) - try this:
Left side fog light
Leuchte12NL LB45-Lichtfunktion C 12 > Blinken links Hellphase
Leuchte12NL LB45-Dimming Direction CD 12 > minimize
Right side fog light
Leuchte13NL RB5-Lichtfunktion C 13 > Blinken rechts Hellphase
(11)-Leuchte13NL RB5-Dimming Direction CD 13 > minimize
Don
ryohei47
Ready to race!
- Location
- SF Bay Area
Does anyone know how to change the brightness of the tail lights when running normally and also when braking? I'm not interested in doing Urban Joke or 4 brake lights, just increasing the brightness.
From what I've gathered, after going to 09 - Central Electronics > 16- 31347 > 10-Adaptations, here are the brightness settings for the 4 bulbs while running.
Outer left:
(14)-Leuchte20BR LA71-Dimmwert EF 20 (28 default)
Outer right:
(14)-Leuchte21BR RC8-Dimmwert EF 21 (28 default)
Inner (Left)
10 leuchte23sl hcl10 - dimmwert CD 23 0
Inner (Right)
10 leuchte24sl HRA65 - dimmwert CD 24 0
I think this is the setting to change the brightness of the tail lights when braking, can someone confirm?
Leuchte20BR LA71-Dimmwert AB 20 100
Leuchte21BR RC8-Dimmwert AB 21 100
From what I've gathered, after going to 09 - Central Electronics > 16- 31347 > 10-Adaptations, here are the brightness settings for the 4 bulbs while running.
Outer left:
(14)-Leuchte20BR LA71-Dimmwert EF 20 (28 default)
Outer right:
(14)-Leuchte21BR RC8-Dimmwert EF 21 (28 default)
Inner (Left)
10 leuchte23sl hcl10 - dimmwert CD 23 0
Inner (Right)
10 leuchte24sl HRA65 - dimmwert CD 24 0
I think this is the setting to change the brightness of the tail lights when braking, can someone confirm?
Leuchte20BR LA71-Dimmwert AB 20 100
Leuchte21BR RC8-Dimmwert AB 21 100
ryohei47: For NAR models (American mk7s), the factory standard Brake light command is programmed into
Leuchte20BR LA71-Lichtfunktion A 20 (Left side) and Leuchte21BR RC8-Lichtfunktion A 21 (right side).
This means that the two channels that you have identified (i.e. Leuchte20BR LA71-Dimmwert AB 20 & Leuchte21BR RC8-Dimmwert AB 21) are correct if you want to change the brightness - please note that the factory standard setting (i.e. 100) is the maximum brightness regardless of whether your lamps are incandescent, or LED.
Don