Having VCDS I am aware of the settings availabe for DRL's, I wanted to know if the dealers were offering anything different, such as the DRL's fitted on the MK6 Golf.
Contacted the dealers regarding this today.....appears that:
1 They didn't know about it, had to point them in the direction of the VW website...Noddy fashion.
2 They know nothing about Xenons, one of the dealers wanted to run the xenons at reduced voltage VW MK says this is totaly fine...uh
, had to educate him on how xenons work, what would happen on reduced voltage.
1st dealer had to look into it all, this was the dealer wanting to run them at reduced voltage! he also commented on a software update and a new light switch to run the dipped beam on reduced brightness, the rear lights and number plate lights would also be on. He also thought the price on the web site was +labour
. I had to tell him it was fully fitted! So this guys gone back to VW as I pointed him to the fitting of DRLs on thePassat as this specifically says not suitable for xenon, so are the Golf fitted with xenons any different. Still waiting for a repsonse. Going to try and get the fitting instructions from this guy see what its about.
2nd dealer spoke to the master tech, and said this can be done through settings, mentioned Scandinavian mode, ie all lights would be on when ignition is on. This would be 1/2 labour charge £45. Said nothing about additional parts or being suitable for xenons. Couldn't understand what the VW website was going on about, I think they need to look into it further as there is a charge of £69 and £88 for the same part number on the website, so perhaps there is more to it than just a change in settings.
Basically they don't have a clue.
Quoting from the VW website "We promise that our Volkswagen experts receive the latest Volkswagen training and have instant access to Volkswagen tooling and Volkswagen technology. Because we love your car as much as you do.
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Regards.
