That's the "premature engine failure" setting. You are in for a ROUGH ROAD ahead.
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What do you mean by this?
I've encountered similar features in other vehicles, and they generally either tamed the ABS or just stopped snooping so heavily for knocks, pings, misfires, and things of that nature.
The objective of this setting is generally to tell the vehicle that it's on a rough road (owners in developing nations, for example), and to stop worrying about every little bump you hit or low-traction scenario; because the vehicle is misinterpreting the conditions of the terrain for the condition of the engine. In that event, if the engine isn't misbehaving, there's nothing to worry about. I'm not sure if that's accurate on this particular vehicle, though.
My hope is that the starting vibration reduction feature is actually tied to this system now, and that it will eliminate or minimize the vehicle's tendency to nerf power in lower gears.
As noted, I don't know the first thing about what this setting does on a Golf MK 7.5, or any VW, for that matter; but as usual, I want to know everything I possibly can.
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