MK7 ACC radar adjustment without calibration board

[mr-fix]

AFAIK, you need to place the calibration board in front of the vehicle (same way as with old MK7 radar), make sure that the board is aligned correctly with the vehicle, and then in basic settings let the radar know that there's a calibration board in front of it. radar will detect the board, calculate its position relative to the board. based on that radar will know where's the 0 angle direction.

 

[claytoncamilleri100]

Hi All, These past 3 years with my Golf I had to calibrate the radar 2 times because I kept getting a radar misaligned error every few months. I tried the tutorial from @mr-fix but I kept getting "Cancelled due to detected malfunction" . Yesterday I tried parking the car infront of a wall 1.2m apart. After that I tried the calibration with OBDeleven and it immediately worked again. I did not adjust the screws because the sensor was not moved. I haven't had any accident and nothing was done to the car.

Hope this helps.

 

[bluedoggiant]

Hi All, These past 3 years with my Golf I had to calibrate the radar 2 times because I kept getting a radar misaligned error every few months. I tried the tutorial from @mr-fix but I kept getting "Cancelled due to detected malfunction" . Yesterday I tried parking the car infront of a wall 1.2m apart. After that I tried the calibration with OBDeleven and it immediately worked again. I did not adjust the screws because the sensor was not moved. I haven't had any accident and nothing was done to the car.

Hope this helps.

Interesting, so I guess the OPs suggestions only work if there is a wall in front of the vehicle? I don’t believe I had tried that when I had this issue, ended up going to dealer.

 

[claytoncamilleri100]

Yes, I tried it a thousand times before I went to my dealer. Then gave up but after it gave me the same error this week, I tried with a wall Infront it worked immediately. You will need to move the vehicle so that there is 1.2m between the face of the radar and wall.

 

[krvnked]

thanks for this info

 

[Gretschster]

I have this module. I’ve tried 20103, 14117, 31347, 25327, 24085. My VCDS mobile is glitchy so I can’t tell if it’s accepting the codes but I just don’t see the setting above in Basic Setting. There’s a calibration option though, but it doesn’t work.

Any fruitful discoveries RE this Bluedoggiant? I'd like to recalibrate the ACC on my MK7 Golf R using an OBD11 and am having the exact same issue (i.e., I'm not seeing the seeing the same menu options from the tutorial above (e.g., no "Reset misalignment angle for sensors" option)).

 

[bluedoggiant]

Any fruitful discoveries RE this Bluedoggiant? I'd like to recalibrate the ACC on my MK7 Golf R using an OBD11 and am having the exact same issue (i.e., I'm not seeing the seeing the same menu options from the tutorial above (e.g., no "Reset misalignment angle for sensors" option)).

Best to call around multiple dealers and stress you really just want the error to go away, if its possible, without going through a full calibration. May the best price win.