Odd things I've noticed with my van

[HoopDub]

I've had my t6 for just over 8 months now and I've noticed a few odd things...

Strange beeping/high pitch sound coming from dash when accelerating and co stant at around 2200 rpm. Its very digital and not a mechanical sound, i cant pin pointbit, very annoying.

I've done a couple of thousand miles, a few full tanks of fuel and it hasnt once asked me to fill the adblue.

It seems a lot nippier than the 80bhp suggest it would be.

Today, literally 10 minutes ago, i was travelling on the motorway and found out my van is speed limited to 75mph. Never been that fast in it before to notice, i was overtaking a lorry so put my foot down and it just eased off accelerating at 75 and wouldn't let me go any faster.

Bit different to mynold t4

Tech

 

[Burner]

Hi
I to have a new to me 6.1, I was on the motorway , set the cruise to 70 , and all is well, then it just slowed down!?, I thought what the hell, then it sped up again?!, I worked out quickly it was the safety system, ACC I think it’s called, senses all around the van for other vehicles, beeps and buzzing all the time, , I do need to turn it all off , not sure how yet , not had a proper look!,

It might be that, someone more knowledgeable may be along to to comment

 

[kipperman]

Hi
I to have a new to me 6.1, I was on the motorway , set the cruise to 70 , and all is well, then it just slowed down!?, I thought what the hell, then it sped up again?!, I worked out quickly it was the safety system, ACC I think it’s called, senses all around the van for other vehicles, beeps and buzzing all the time, , I do need to turn it all off , not sure how yet , not had a proper look!,

It might be that, someone more knowledgeable may be along to to comment

Why would you want to turn it off? ACC in my opinion best thing since sliced bread - essentially a front radar that maintains a constant distance from the vehicle in front by slowing down/speeding up. Well worth reading the instructions about how it all works but I love it - and if coupled with a DSG gearbox, then even better. I would not buy a car/van without it now - it never gets tired or fatigued!

 

[Burner]

Can it be turned off??

 

[TallPaul_S]

Can it be turned off??

Can what be turned off? Adaptive cruise control can be, you just don't use it.

But it can't be turned back to 'dumb' cruise control, and I don't know why you'd want it to, unless you enjoy constantly adjusting speed and disengaging/engaging cruise control when coming up to slower vehicles.

Adaptive cruise control will keep you at the same speed as the vehicle you're following if it's the same or slower than you've set, then will automatically accelerate to your set speed when you change lanes. And if you have a DSG it'll brake you down to a complete stop if the traffic in front stops.

It's a game changer for long motorway trips.

 

[Burner]

I found it a bit intrusive to my driving , it slammed on the brakes to soon for me and didn’t give enough time to change lanes , but it was my first time using it so I’ll get more used to it!, I didn’t even know the van had it, I thought the dpf or egr was playing up

 

[TallPaul_S]

You can set the distance it keeps from the vehicle in front, on the biggest distance it will leave a huge gap, just adjust that to a smaller gap - once you get used to it (and trust it!) it's absolutely brilliant.

It may also prevent you from undertaking (it did on my Skoda but doesn't on my T6) but you can override that (or any time you need to go faster or override the auto braking) by pressing the accelerator.

 

[HoopDub]

Hi
I to have a new to me 6.1, I was on the motorway , set the cruise to 70 , and all is well, then it just slowed down!?, I thought what the hell, then it sped up again?!, I worked out quickly it was the safety system, ACC I think it’s called, senses all around the van for other vehicles, beeps and buzzing all the time, , I do need to turn it all off , not sure how yet , not had a proper look!,

It might be that, someone more knowledgeable may be along to to comment

I dont have acc on my t6 but i do have collision avoidance radar. I hate it. I do have acc and collision avoidance on my golf, i quite like the acc, but again hate the CO. A few times I've had the brakes slam on for no reason, a few times in thevgolf and once in the t6. Not one time was there anything physically in front of me, but every time it has been on aproach to overhead railway bridges on a roundabout. Every time it's happened like that, it must be the shadow of the overpass is all i can think of. It's not pleasant having the brakes slam on when your not expecting them too!!

 

[whodat]

(T6.1/22)
The 75mph alert can be switched off with Carista or similar.
The ACC is great most of the time, except when a car turns left or sometimes when going into overtaking lane if 'too close' you get the sudden braking. If you override it with the acceleration it is ok again.
Haven't had 'slam' brakes with any other objects though - just cars and not too slammy.
The beeps sound sound like the 'speed limit' setting has been set up. You need to disable that to stop the beeping. Can't tell you how as couldn't set up the speed limit thing in the first place - then managed it randomly - but can't remember how. The settings last between ignitions it seems.

Think lucky you don't have lane assist as I've seen a couple posts where the van just gently bounces between the lines.

 

[HoopDub]

I've recently found out what has been causing my "slam on" episodes in the van and car. It was always in the same spot on this particular road. In the highly detailed image that follows you can see the left hand turn where the road splits into 3 lanes, i need to go to the outer lane to come back around whatbis essentially a pentagonal roundabout. I initially thought it was the shadow of the bridge that caused it. But now I've noticed the left turn only sign post that does appear directly in front of you as you go around the corner. 9 times out of 10 i have to stop at the traffic lights and when green i roll through at low speed, but if i manage to catch the green and continue through at speed limit, my radar pings off the signpost and the van tried to buck me onto the railway bridge.
Needless to say, i try to avoid heading straaight through at speed and it hasnt happened since.

 

[Bav]

I've recently found out what has been causing my "slam on" episodes in the van and car. It was always in the same spot on this particular road. In the highly detailed image that follows you can see the left hand turn where the road splits into 3 lanes, i need to go to the outer lane to come back around whatbis essentially a pentagonal roundabout. I initially thought it was the shadow of the bridge that caused it. But now I've noticed the left turn only sign post that does appear directly in front of you as you go around the corner. 9 times out of 10 i have to stop at the traffic lights and when green i roll through at low speed, but if i manage to catch the green and continue through at speed limit, my radar pings off the signpost and the van tried to buck me onto the railway bridge.
Needless to say, i try to avoid heading straaight through at speed and it hasnt happened since.

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Driver assistance systems have advanced rapidly in recent years and it's easy to be lulled into thinking that full autonomous driving is imminent, but autonomous systems still have to get an awfully lot more sophisticated before they're as capable as even a bang-average driver across the myriad of scenarios that can occur on the roads.

 

[Salty Spuds]

Driver assistance systems have advanced rapidly in recent years and it's easy to be lulled into thinking that full autonomous driving is imminent, but autonomous systems still have to get an awfully lot more sophisticated before they're as capable as even a bang-average driver across the myriad of scenarios that can occur on the roads.

And therein lies the difference between Digital & Analogue