MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: DSGAndy on July 19, 2011, 09:14:22 pm
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Does anyone know how to do this - or the steps needed to remove the light?!
The light popped on going round a roundabout. Had a little check of the tyres, wear n tear / pressures etc all seemed fine! :confused:
A freind driving a ED30 said it was easily re-settable - his method has thus far not worked!?
.... and is it possible there is a larger problem than i first anticpated. Are there common errors with the sensors etc etc? Any help much appreciated...
Thanks.
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Press and hold the button until it goes off :happy2:
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Press and hold the button until it goes off :happy2:
You should also hear a bong doing the above.
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Because it's a passive system, working on the rolling circumference (I think) of the wheel, any variation can set it off - new tyres, different alloys, lower pressures etc - all mean the system needs to be "reset".
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Press and hold the button until it goes off :happy2:
Excuse my ignorance.. eaxctly what button?
FYI - I have already held the reset button on the indicator lever for well over 20secs - NO joy?!
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Wtf? The reset button is next to the gear lever. Next to the esp button!!
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Wtf? The reset button is next to the gear lever. Next to the esp button!!
I suspect he is looking at the cruise control reset button.
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I thought it was the one that controls the MFD - allows you to reset lifetime mpg/average mpg etc.
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I thought it was the one that controls the MFD - allows you to reset lifetime mpg/average mpg etc.
Could be, but I was thinking about the cruise control on the left stalk has a set and reset switch at the end of the stalk.
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@DSGAndy.. this is the 'SET' button you're looking for.. the one with the symbol on that looks fairly similar to the warning light on the dash! :happy2:
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Ft36%2FTagnut_photos%2F07052008075-1.jpg&hash=14fd37c3efbcae90787d7ae880f22a9b6baea824)
No questions are too daft on here.. that is what this place is for!
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Also, remember that everytime you check pressures, add a little air or, as Stealth says, remove the wheels for any reason, always reset with the above button :happy2: When you hear the 'bong' you're light will extinguish & you're good to go.
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Think mine might of broke actually, I had 17's on months back, went to 19" Omanyt Reps with different tyres, sold them back to 17's and then to my Monza 2 Reps with new tyres and it never came on once? Normal :S
it has been on in the past when I hit a put hole when I first got the car? Any ideas on how to check it chaps? Common fault?
Sorry for the hijack!
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@Betty02 you should try VCDS scan. The system works by detecting a change in rolling resistance of one or more tyres as compared to the others. In a puncture, the rolling resistance increases at the affected corner & the system will see this & alert you. I think it uses the ABS sensors for this.
If all four wheels are changed & the rolling resistance of all are the same it can 'fool' the system into thinking there is no change, as no differential is noted between all four. I ve forgotten to reset after changing to winter tyres & wheels and it was several days before I got a warning.
The chances of the driver not noticing 4 punctures is very low, so that is why a comparative method is used. It isn't a true pressure monitor, in that is doesn't physically measure the inflated pressure, just the rolling resistance when you tell it with the button that pressures are correct. A deviation too far from your 'set' normal will alert the system.
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Wtf? The reset button is next to the gear lever. Next to the esp button!!
I suspect he is looking at the cruise control reset button.
Yeh fellas! It was the crusie control reset button. Tbh I thought it was a little odd when my mate (respected car journo for Parkers) told me that was the button to reset it - or at least it was for him on his ED30.. ??
Thanks for the help. - How the f@#k I missed the reset button next to ESP button I'll never know :ashamed:
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Interested to know ho it actually works though, like where are the sensors? same sensors used as the abs/esp?
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Interested to know ho it actually works though, like where are the sensors? same sensors used as the abs/esp?
Yes, the abs sensors are used by the esp system in the EU cars. Loucyffer explains how it works in a previous posting.
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@DSGAndy.. this is the 'SET' button you're looking for.. the one with the symbol on that looks fairly similar to the warning light on the dash! :happy2:
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Ft36%2FTagnut_photos%2F07052008075-1.jpg&hash=14fd37c3efbcae90787d7ae880f22a9b6baea824)
No questions are too daft on here.. that is what this place is for!
Ta. Appreciate your help! There aint no missing it with a pic!
....... us GOLF GTI'ers are a freindly bunch!!