Useful / Trivial Things You May Not Know About Your Leon . . .

[Stegor]

Found out by accident today that if you're in the Audio menu on the MFD you can change tracks on the CD using the up/down buttons on the right-hand side of the steering wheel.

This applies to the F/L model with the audio controls on the left-hand side of the steering wheel.

Now you can change tracks easily whether you're left or right handed.

Found out by accident today, if you don't press the middle peddle when approaching another stationary vehicle....

 

[Redemption]

Found out by accident today, if you don't press the middle peddle when approaching another stationary vehicle....

No middle pedal on mine...

 

[Stegor]

No middle pedal on mine...

Touche.

 

[jibba_128]

ive noticed a few things


my car alarm goes off if i bounce in the car when the doors are locked?

one time my car was locked and i pulled the door handle and the alarm went off, never happened since?? (alarms not broke)

also if i turn up audio fast on the steering wheel or head unit it keeps going down and i have to turn it like a million times to get to top volume, is this a dodgy connection? it happens with my steering wheel aswell so...

 

[wuhseer]

ive noticed a few things


my car alarm goes off if i bounce in the car when the doors are locked?

one time my car was locked and i pulled the door handle and the alarm went off, never happened since?? (alarms not broke)

also if i turn up audio fast on the steering wheel or head unit it keeps going down and i have to turn it like a million times to get to top volume, is this a dodgy connection? it happens with my steering wheel aswell so...

Believe you can change the alarms sensitivity in the MFD settings somewhere.......

 

[Buzz123]

Some of these are pretty good haha I am loving the windows going if you hold

 

[jibba_128]

Believe you can change the alarms sensitivity in the MFD settings somewhere.......

How? Using the wiper blades etc? I only have the small mfd

 

[GrahamFR]

my car alarm goes off if i bounce in the car when the doors are locked?

...

Why dont you just unlock your doors while you're out dogging?

 

[GrahamFR]

here's one for you, not useful just trivial. Noticed it with my PD and CR.

Say your on the motorway, set CC @ 70 and then reset your MFD and put it on Average speed, on both cars now it has stayed at 65 for many miles, just a fault with the calculation? or are the speedo's 5mph too high (would explain a few ppl's top speed figures )

 

[G.P]

Not strictly true. The hazards are only activated automatically if EBA (emergency brake assist) has kicked in, i.e. if you move your foot quickly from accelerator to brake and apply enough force for the car to think you're trying to perform an emergency stop. It'll apply full brake force until ABS kicks in to prevent the wheels locking up. Only experienced this once for real in my FR and it frightened me half to death, although it did probably prevent an accident...

If you trigger ABS without EBA, such as at a greasy/icy junction, the hazards won't come on.

This feature I think must only work when you come to a stop as I've never had the hazard on when on A/B roads into corners however, at some junction's/traffic lights (in the dry I might add) come to a stop and the hazards are on, way to sensitive.

 

[GainfulShrimp]

at some junction's/traffic lights (in the dry I might add) come to a stop and the hazards are on, way to sensitive.

Unless your car is set up differently to mine, I think you perhaps need to be easier on the brakes. I've never triggered EBA in my Ecomotive and only triggered it in my FR when I wanted a genuine emergency stop...

 

[G.P]

Unless your car is set up differently to mine, I think you perhaps need to be easier on the brakes. I've never triggered EBA in my Ecomotive and only triggered it in my FR when I wanted a genuine emergency stop...

Well perhaps, but I think I'll keep enjoying the car even through the hazards flash from time to time. . .

 

[Hugo Nebula]

Say your on the motorway, set CC @ 70 and then reset your MFD and put it on Average speed, on both cars now it has stayed at 65 for many miles, just a fault with the calculation? or are the speedo's 5mph too high (would explain a few ppl's top speed figures )

I think it's widely known that the speedometer will over-read the actual speed by about 5%.

The legal requirement is that it should not under-read the speed (so that you can't exceed the speed limit when it's showing that speed), and should not over-read the actual speed by more than 10% (not strictly true as there are variations at higher speeds). Most manufacturers will aim for a figure in the middle, so most speedos read at +5% of the actual speed.

As Graham suggests, I also suspect that manufacturers take advantage to make their cars appear faster. I'm sure these days they could make a speedo that comes closer to 100% accurate, but still prefer to have their cars appear to be quicker to 60mph than in reality. Try it against a sat-nav that shows your actual speed as determined by GPS. That will be accurate. It may be that the MFD average speed is the more accurate measure (and presumably is linked to the odometer).

This is why I pass people at speed cameras at about 10mph faster (when it's safe to do so, of course). Most people will slow down until the speed on their dial matches the speed limit, not realising that they are going at least 2-3mph under the limit. Add to that the threshold value for the camera is usually 10%+2mph over, then a camera on a 70mph limit road won't trigger at less than (77+2)+5%=83mph as shown on most speedos. Stick to 80mph on your speedo and you won't get a ticket.

 

[/dev/null]

Stick to 80mph on your speedo and you won't get a ticket.

In theory you can be done for doing 70.1 mph as speeding is an absolute offence. Those grace limits are just guidelines.

 

[tonto]

im surprised my battery didnt die when i first found out i could do my window trick! . . .they were up and down like a frikkin yoyo!

 

[Websta]

. Stick to 80mph on your speedo and you won't get a ticket.

I'll leave that one for you!

 

[Hugo Nebula]

I'll leave that one for you!

The advice you get here is worth every penny you pay for it!

 

[richpaul]

This feature I think must only work when you come to a stop as I've never had the hazard on when on A/B roads into corners however, at some junction's/traffic lights (in the dry I might add) come to a stop and the hazards are on, way to sensitive.

I have a 56 plate FR and this feature was disabled by default, had to enable it using VAGCOM.

Another tip is on the SAT NAV if youhold down setup for 30 seconds you get the secret setup menus. This depends on firmware (the newer ones need vagcom to enable this feature). You can see the speed in there and set up the speed dependent volume trigger levels and all sorts.

 

[AndyVTR]

Why dont you just unlock your doors while you're out dogging?

Think double clicking the lock turns off interior sensors and deadlocks.

 

[Redemption]

Found out today if you leave the DSG box in Neutral (even with the handbrake on) it won't let you take the key out of the ignition when you switch the engine off.

To get the key out you have to stick it back into Park and switch the ignition back on and off again.