my car goes in to dealer tomorrow for
problem with fuel flap i was going to ask them about mirror as mine does not work so i take it they can check with vcds apparently mine has not got this but in all brochures the fr has this function
Hi Smurf, you are correct that all FR models have this tilt function but the feature has only been working properly on cars built from Dec 2013 onwards.
Did you check to see when your car was built? Once you find out the build week of your car then you can see which one of the following 3 scenarios you fall into as the tilt function was originally installed then removed and then reinstated again.
1) Cars which were built up to week 22 (w/c 27th May 2013) had this feature but users reported the mirror not returning after
lowering so not working correctly.
2) Cars built from week 23 (w/c 3rd June 2013) to week 48 (w/c25th Nov 2013) didn't have this feature added at factory as the removed the feature completely.
3) Cars built from week 49 (w/c 2nd Dec 2013) has this feature reinstated and the feature works correctly. I can confirm this works as I have a week 50 car and all is good
I believe cars in Scenario 2 can have the tilt function activated in VCDS but it will not work correctly like the cars in Scenario 1. From initial checks in another thread it looks like a possible hardware update which were included in cars in Scenario 3 hence they all work.
If you find yourself in Scenario 2 I don't think the Dealers can do anything about it either.
what exactly is vcds and vag cable is this used for dianostic
Yep it is a diagnostic tool, it can be used to read info from your car's controller units and make changes to them too. So effectively you can enable/disable certain features which have been disabled for the UK market for example.
