Indicators
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Indicators
Our 2005 Polo 9N has a nice feature on the above, if you just momentarily press the indicator stalk the indicator will flash for a few seconds, very handy. This feature is not on the 2019 Polo. I have VCDS, is there any setting I can adjust?.
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Re: Indicators
It used to show up at least on earlier cars as "comfort" or "convenience" and another word - if that is of any help, I've forgotten!
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Re: Indicators
My 2016 6c Polo had this feature, so does my 2020 AW Polo. It seems strange if VW deleted it and then re-added it.
Have you owned your car from new? If not, then maybe a previous owner deactivated it?
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Re: Indicators
All my VWs have had the function where, if you press the indicator once, it clicks three times. It’s in the menus, can’t remember the specific setting.
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Re: Indicators
The default flashes are 3 but you can increase this to 5 using Carista or other OBD device
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Re: Indicators
My 2020 Polo has the 3-flash function, I think most cars have it now.
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Re: Indicators
Owned it from new, reading the other posts, it can, maybe, be re configured, presume either from car menus or if not, from VCDS which I have.
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Re: Indicators
Found it after a bit of a search, was searching for the channel under "turn" "indicator" and a few others but "blink" found it, I think it was Eng141649 115854.
It was set to 3 secs even though not doing this for the past 3 years, I set to 5 secs, worked fine, set it back to 3 secs, again worked fine and finally reset it to 5 secs.
It was set to 3 secs even though not doing this for the past 3 years, I set to 5 secs, worked fine, set it back to 3 secs, again worked fine and finally reset it to 5 secs.
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Re: Indicators
I recently got a new Polo 1.0 TSI Life. When using the indicator, the sound it makes reminds me of when children use 2 halves of a coconut shell to mimic the sound horses’ hooves make when trotting by banging them together, much to the amusement of any passengers I have had. It is actually really annoying and I hate how loud it is. Is it something I am stuck with, or can the sound be softened somehow?
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Re: Indicators
Can’t say I’ve noticed the indicators making a horse’s hooves noise in my Polo GTI+. I’ll make a point of specifically listening to them next time I use the car .MarcB wrote: ↑Sat Jan 29, 2022 11:04 am I recently got a new Polo 1.0 TSI Life. When using the indicator, the sound it makes reminds me of when children use 2 halves of a coconut shell to mimic the sound horses’ hooves make when trotting by banging them together, much to the amusement of any passengers I have had. It is actually really annoying and I hate how loud it is. Is it something I am stuck with, or can the sound be softened somehow?
I do remember the indicators in my first VW (a mk4 Golf back in 2002) did seem noticeably louder compared to the car I’d just sold (not a VW) at the time. Maybe all VW indicators are loud. I’ve only owned VW’s since 2002 so don’t know how they compare to the indicators in other brands of modern car.