MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: Dw1 on February 18, 2012, 10:39:49 am

Title: Can I drive the car if I fit cruise control but don't code it in?
Post by: Dw1 on February 18, 2012, 10:39:49 am: There might be a time lag between me fitting it and coding it in. Is the car safe to drive i.e. does it do everything it used to do but the cruise won't work until coded in?

Or do I need to code it in at the same time?
Title: Re: Can I drive the car if I fit cruise control but don't code it in?
Post by: edd666999 on February 18, 2012, 10:43:41 am: mine was fine
Title: Re: Can I drive the car if I fit cruise control but don't code it in?
Post by: bacillus on February 18, 2012, 10:44:42 am: I would have thought it would be save to drive seeing folk normally turn off stuff using vcds as part of their tweaking.
Title: Re: Can I drive the car if I fit cruise control but don't code it in?
Post by: skard on February 18, 2012, 10:46:05 am: Yeh you'll be fine, it will just function as a stalk as normal.

Inicidentally, when I didn't have the car long and had a faulty engine ECU, the dealer never recoded cruise with the new ECU so it didn't work although the stalk was installed.
Title: Re: Can I drive the car if I fit cruise control but don't code it in?
Post by: Eddie-NL on February 18, 2012, 10:46:24 am: Hi

You can fit, and drive the car.

It will log a fault which can be cleared when you get it coded.

The only issue you might have is if the steering angle sensor loses basic settings, with no vag com to start basic settings
Title: Re: Can I drive the car if I fit cruise control but don't code it in?
Post by: Dw1 on February 18, 2012, 11:13:21 am: Quote from: Eddie-NL on February 18, 2012, 10:46:24 am
The only issue you might have is if the steering angle sensor loses basic settings, with no vag com to start basic settings
What would cause it to lose settings and how would I know it has? Is it unsafe if it loses the angle settings?
Title: Re: Can I drive the car if I fit cruise control but don't code it in?
Post by: bacillus on February 18, 2012, 01:40:17 pm: Quote from: Dw1 on February 18, 2012, 11:13:21 am
What would cause it to lose settings and how would I know it has? Is it unsafe if it loses the angle settings?

You would get the yellow steering light illuminated in the instrument cluster.
Title: Re: Can I drive the car if I fit cruise control but don't code it in?
Post by: big al on February 18, 2012, 02:34:34 pm: I have the stalk fitted but not the wire so the cruise doesn't work. Never had any problems, just the fault code on the VCD.