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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: DorsetDave on 31 October 2013, 19:12
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I'm wondering if I have a fault or I am just dim. Picked up my GTI last Friday, and I still can't get the smile off of my face. I am using adaptive cruise control around the country lanes of Dorset with great success, but have yet to see Front Assist show any signs of working. I have made sure it is active, and ticked all the options, I've switched off the ACC and driven up close to cars in front, but no warning signs appear on the display, and no auto braking takes place. Any advice would be greatly received.
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Well I wouldn't try too hard if I were you.
If you want to know it's working try pulling up towards someone at a decent speed ( I don't mean careering towards them like a missile) on a dual carriageway or suchlike and looking for the two cars and exclamation mark in the MFD.
If the radar thinks you don't have braking space this warning will come up.
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Very difficult to test. You'd need a friend driving in front, an open road and very strong nerves.
Wouldn't recommend it. The few times it's activated for me has been when the car in front has slowed down but I haven't quite as quickly. I think it's only active if you don't have your foot on the brake.
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Thanks for the response and I fully understand the need for caution at speed. But part of the function is the city emergency brake function. This afternoon whilst in Dorchester I crept forward to within two feet of the stationary car in front at a speed showing of 4mph, and still no braking or warning display. Surely something other than the ParkPilot should have intervened?
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Does it work with stationary objects?
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Not knowing the exact circumstances and what you were doing makes it difficult.
I've had it go off 3 times
1st time someone pulled off left in front and the car thought I was approaching too fast as it slowed down.I didn't brake but didn't need to.Got a warning.
2nd time I rolled onto a roundabout and a car drove across my front ,right to left.Again I didn't brake but did not need to.Got a warning.
3rd time a car pulled sharply right on the approach to a roundabout (changed lanes right in front of me) this time it applied the brakes sharply as well as the warning.
I think if you are actively controlling the car,possibly feathering the brakes or some other positive change in input perhaps the car assumes you know what is going on in all but the most extreme cases.
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I think the best course of action is to just forget about it, and get back to the habit of driving normally. I'm sure a situation will arise in the future which will show whether it is working or not.
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^^^ agree with this, picked up my GTD earlier this week and was thnking I haven't seen any signs of this (aside from the first warning picture in the instrument display).
Think of it like an airbag - just trust they are there when you need them, but don't try to set them off :grin:
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Waiting for the first pic of a front end collision GTI/GTD and the statement – “mine doesn’t work, tried it with my mate driving in front of me” :whistle:
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Hi,
Im a bit confused. Active cruise control i did not appear to be an option when I ordered my GTI in late October? Is it then?
Thanks
Ian
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Hi,
Im a bit confused. Active cruise control i did not appear to be an option when I ordered my GTI in late October? Is it then?
Thanks
Ian
It's standard :smiley:
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Fantasitc!!! It wasnt on the demo from the garage so I assumed it would not be on mine :grin:
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Active cruise control is standard on all GTI's & GTD's. I thought it would be a gimmick but it is very useful, especially when driving along Dorset country lanes with slow(er) moving traffic in front. When the opportunity arises, just put your foot down and glide smoothly past. :smiley:
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I was stuck in stop start traffic today in cheadle ,and it was scary the way it stopped the car then moved off again when the car in front moved off , with the dsg I just had to steer , always had my foot over the brake pedal just in case but was 100% safe every time
Still don't trust it. Though :whistle:
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@physio
Did you find that if you came to a complete stop that you had to touch the accelator to make car move again and resume the cruise control. I have a GTD with DSG also
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@physio
Did you find that if you came to a complete stop that you had to touch the accelator to make car move again and resume the cruise control. I have a GTD with DSG also
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No never touched the accelerator , my passenger was as stunned as I was
Then she wanted to know why it wouldn't steer itself in traffic , but could park itself
Pass
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You can scrap this topic. Whilst driving through Poole this morning, and without the ACC on, a car in front of the car in front suddenly stopped, and low and behold the Front Assist kicked in with the warning sign and started the braking, a fraction just before I applied the brakes. Amazing. :smiley:
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@physio
Did you find that if you came to a complete stop that you had to touch the accelator to make car move again and resume the cruise control. I have a GTD with DSG also
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No never touched the accelerator , my passenger was as stunned as I was
Then she wanted to know why it wouldn't steer itself in traffic , but could park itself
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My DSG GTD will bring to a complete stop but if stopped and the auto hold comes on it won't move off again without tapping the accelator to make it restart. Even comes up on the MFD and says ACC ready to start. I tried turning off the stop/start incase it was messing with it but still no joy.... Anyone else out there same problem? :huh:
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http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/technology/proximity-sensing/adc
how it works with dsg
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http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/technology/proximity-sensing/adc
how it works with dsg
ADC?? (Adaptive Distance Control)! What's ACC (Adaptive Cruise Control) then? Front Assist only works under 30kph AFAIK...
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http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/technology/proximity-sensing/adc
how it works with dsg
ADC?? (Adaptive Distance Control)! What's ACC (Adaptive Cruise Control) then? Front Assist only works under 30kph AFAIK...
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The 'City Emergency Braking' part of Front Assist only works at under 30kph as I read it
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I thought I had a problem too, I have had my gtd a month now and until two days ago no warnings at all, I hadnt had the brakes take over and I was getting concerned..but behind a car on saturday which turned left and as I approached the warning sound and symbol appeared.....what a relief ..its been driving me mad not knowing.
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More than a few times I have been close enough to the car in front to warrant the 2 cars facing each other symbol lighting up and it has not been there, as if my car isn’t seeing the car in front. It seems to “see” the car in front more reliably when we’re both going uphill. On the flat or downhill, not so much. I wonder whether my sensor has a slight “looking up” slant whereby when you’re not going uphill, my car’s sensor ends up looking over the top of the car in front and not seeing it.
I was surprised that the warning system alerted me with the red screen of impending doom when a lycra goon on a pushbike swung out in front of me about 10 yards ahead of the car. He had been tucked behind his mate but decided to start riding 2-abreast without warning when I was looking to go past them wide. I really didn’t think a pushbike would trigger an alert.
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Hi monkeyhanger, I had tried to make the warning happen but in doing this always had my foot hovering over the brake, I was thinking that the car was picking this up..two days ago I hadnt taken my foot off the gas ...so I think thats why it warned me.
just guessing thou.