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Model specific boards => Golf mk6 => Topic started by: bcarlin on 14 January 2013, 21:49
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My wife tells me twice in the past week when she is driving about town the indicators have flashed fast as If she is unlocking the car. Have any of you had this or is she loosing the plot :laugh:
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No never had that. She didn't accidentally knock/lean on the internal door locking switch on door arm rest did she? Not sure if that would trigger the indicators like the locking/unlocking with the key does.
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I asked her and she said she was just driving normally and they flashed. :rolleyes:
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I asked her and she said she was just driving normally and they flashed. :rolleyes:
Losing the plot then :grin:
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They do this when you do an emergency stop.
She hard on brakes!?
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They do this when you do an emergency stop.
She hard on brakes!?
Oooh, busted? >:D
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They do this when you do an emergency stop.
She hard on brakes!?
Oooh, busted? >:D
She won't be driving it anymore!! :laugh:
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Haha! I disabled this feature as it was somewhat embarrassing if I was driving enthusiastically and had to slow down quite fast. And then the hazards start flashing :laugh:
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iirc, I noticed an option whilst looking through the bytes through VCDS. I think this option said something like 'main brake lights flash during hard braking'.
Did I imagine this byte/option or has anyone here set this? I haven't had a chance to plug the laptop into the car recently
Red
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iirc, I noticed an option whilst looking through the bytes through VCDS. I think this option said something like 'main brake lights flash during hard braking'.
Did I imagine this byte/option or has anyone here set this? I haven't had a chance to plug the laptop into the car recently
Red
I enabled it in VCDS but it never worked.
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I remember seeing it too but wouldn't enable it as my lights would look broken half the time as they'd be flashing lol
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It's activated on my GTI and no amount of hard braking on the road has triggered it.
But when we almost got squashed on the M9, and a full-on emergency stop was required, mates in the car behind commented that the indicators were flashing.
Can't say I noticed anything in the car though.
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Thanks guys, I was thinking of activating this option and have my missus drive behind me to test that it works, so you have just saved me (and her) some time and effort :smiley:
Also, Scott.......how much hard-braking do you do pal ?!!!
Hope not to drive behind you :grin:
Red
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It's activated on my GTI and no amount of hard braking on the road has triggered it.
But when we almost got squashed on the M9, and a full-on emergency stop was required, mates in the car behind commented that the indicators were flashing.
Can't say I noticed anything in the car though.
I imagine the last thing you were thinking is whether your hazards were flashing at the time! They go off when you stop.
Brake lights flashing will probably not work over here, even if you seem to enable it as the car won't pass type approval. The lights have to be on constantly. Some BMW's brake lights come on brighter if they brake really hard
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Some BMW's brake lights come on brighter if they brake really hard
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Correct, the lights get brighter the harder the brake pedal is pressed. Some BMWs have had this feature since 2003
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Brake lights flashing will probably not work over here, even if you seem to enable it as the car won't pass type approval. The lights have to be on constantly.
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I'm sure I saw the brake lights of a Ferrari 458 Italia flash whilst the driver broke hard on the M1. It was on UK plates too...??
Red
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Thanks guys, I was thinking of activating this option and have my missus drive behind me to test that it works, so you have just saved me (and her) some time and effort :smiley:
Also, Scott.......how much hard-braking do you do pal ?!!!
Hope not to drive behind you :grin:
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Only if I'm having fun on some empty roads :laugh:
Or the occasional overtake and then the bloody traffic lights change (had that a few times on one road)
I think it's also based on ABS .. so if that kicks in and you're breaking hard, it will flash em. Not hard to do on damp UK roads with crappy Bridgestones!
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They do this when you do an emergency stop.
Only if they have been set to do that with VCDS.
Fast flashing indicators normally means a bulb on that side isn't working that would show up as a bulb out warning.
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Well she tells me the hazards are flashing sometimes when she is sitting parked and the doors locked themselves when she got out.
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Well she tells me the hazards are flashing sometimes when she is sitting parked and the doors locked themselves when she got out.
Lol is she sure she's not pressing the button on the keyfob??
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I was out in the car earlier and the doors are trying to lock when ever I try and pull away. The auto locking Is on and it's working fine, but a few times the drivers door sounds like its trying to relock(like pressing the lock button when it's already locked). Then when I stopped at a roundabout the indicators flashed once :huh: any ideas