T6.1 ‘Only Leave Vehicle In P Position’
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A quick Google search came back with this...
"Basically, all Auto/DSG models have a system where you shouldn't be able to take the keys out of the ignition unless the car's left in Park. The sensor that detects if you've left it in P fails and it doesn't know, so it starts warning you on the dashboard."
"Basically, all Auto/DSG models have a system where you shouldn't be able to take the keys out of the ignition unless the car's left in Park. The sensor that detects if you've left it in P fails and it doesn't know, so it starts warning you on the dashboard."
It's an issue with the selector mechanism, inside the vehicle.
My one was the sensor gone which VW replaced under warranty
Is this one of the few benefits of having a manual gearbox?!
Thanks for the replies guys. I'm in France and the local main dealer wants 169 EUR to do diagnostics only, and they need the van for the day! I'm taking it to a VW specialist tomorrow for him to quote. Hopefully you're experiences will convince him not to dismantle the gearbox .
Well .... strange happenings. While driving to the VW specialist (on Saturday) the Nav was playing up - poor-to-nonexistent GPS signal, which I attributed to meteorological conditions, so resorted to road signs. When we arrived at the destination town I searched the address on Apple Maps on iPhone and found no problem with GPS signals - but I couldn't connect to carplay, which had never been a problem in the past. Annoyingly the dealer was closed, but looked to be a very promising setup. So we decided to try again today.
Thinking about the Carplay and GPS problems, plus earlier thoughts that the problem had occurred after a software update, I decided to look into the updates. I went into the engineering menu and selected software update. Not much happened for a minute or two, so went back to the menu to try a couple of other entries. All seemed fine so exited the engineering menu. The system rebooted, taking longer than it had in the past, and low-and-behold I was asked which multi media I wanted to connect to and was able to reconnect carplay.
Later we set off again to the VW specialist. GPS was now fully functional and there was no warning triangle or "please visit workshop" message.
Thinking this was all down to an update that hadn't been fully installed or a further (corrective) update that had partially downloaded and installing. As the WSBK riders all say -we'll see.
Thinking about the Carplay and GPS problems, plus earlier thoughts that the problem had occurred after a software update, I decided to look into the updates. I went into the engineering menu and selected software update. Not much happened for a minute or two, so went back to the menu to try a couple of other entries. All seemed fine so exited the engineering menu. The system rebooted, taking longer than it had in the past, and low-and-behold I was asked which multi media I wanted to connect to and was able to reconnect carplay.
Later we set off again to the VW specialist. GPS was now fully functional and there was no warning triangle or "please visit workshop" message.
Thinking this was all down to an update that hadn't been fully installed or a further (corrective) update that had partially downloaded and installing. As the WSBK riders all say -we'll see.
Out of interest, where do you get these updates from? I've never noticed my van dong one.
If you have a T6.1 there is a built in LTE(4G) connection and software updates arrive automatically over the air.
I don't think that happens for safety critical systems but had quite a few updates to the media software and navigation recently on mine.
I do have a 6.1. How do I spot when the updates are happening.
Cheers.
Mine came up today on my infotainment system. Update available. Now or later option.
Pull down from the top of the infotainment screen (like you would do a phone), and then scroll across - there will be info there about any updates that are pending.
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