Just got back from a weekend away in my caravan towing it with my VRS for the first time. What a great towcar, it pulled my Bailey Ranger 510/4 no problem. The DSG coped beautifully and overall got just over 30mpg.

I've got a dedicated wiring kit and a Briskoda member tweaked the setings in VCDS to let the car know it has a towbar and thus turn off fogs etc and alter the handling and I believe the DSG settings.

My query to other caravanners with auto lights on their car is do your caravan lights come on as soon as you put the light switch to auto even when car lights are off? It seems the 'van lights operate as soon as in auto.

Yes! we had a towbar fitted to our Yeti, and does exactly the same, neither the towbar fitters or Skoda seems to know why it does this!

Just got back from a weekend away in my caravan towing it with my VRS for the first time. What a great towcar, it pulled my Bailey Ranger 510/4 no problem. The DSG coped beautifully and overall got just over 30mpg.

I've got a dedicated wiring kit and a Briskoda member tweaked the setings in VCDS to let the car know it has a towbar and thus turn off fogs etc and alter the handling and I believe the DSG settings.

Please could you give more information on altering the handling and DSG settings which were changed.

Please could you give more information on altering the handling and DSG settings which were changed.

Mine does the caravan lights on when the switch is in auto. I would have thought the DSG wouldn't be affected by towing, but the gearbox will adapt to the extra loading provided by the caravan by holding onto the gears longer. The handling I would have thought would be the stability control which is adapted when the trailer is attached.

Ian

HI CHRIS

I DONT THINK WE ALTERED DSG SETTINGS

I AM SURE IT WAS A STABILITY SETTING WHEN BRAKING OR CARAVAN SNAKING

CONTACT ME SOON AND WE CAN CHECK IT OUT

REGARDS

SPLINT

When in trailer mode I know the stability control is altered to allow for the trailer - how it tells the difference between a lightweight unbraked or a big 4-berth caravan I don't know!

I don't know if the DSG is alerted to the trailer electronically or it is just damn clever, but it seems to alter its shift patterns to cope.

So, as Splinter says, we didn't actually alter any settings in VCDS for handling/DSG it appears the programming just needs to know the car is towing, well for stability anyway. So all we did is enable the towing module so when the trailer electrics are plugged in it changes settings accordingly.

Turns off the fogs and rear parking sensors without any further VCDS mods. When you put the car in reverse the Bolero displays a trailer instead of the distance to obstruction graphic.

Strange about the lights, but if others do it then I'm happy its not a fault and I can live with it.

Sorry to say, my behaves exactly as you would expect. Bar fitted by local specialist, no alterations to car programing.

13 pin connector, charges battery, runs frig etc. when engine revs over about 1000, lights just repeat the car lights.

Only thing not done was the reversing sensors detect caravan when reversing, however, useful for hitching.

Otherwise brill tow car!

The auto lights quirk baffled me for a while too. I just accept now that that's the way it is!

I think it's only those with the custom wiring which have the issue, people who have gone for bypass relays don't, so i'm therefore assuming it's something to do with the trailer control module.

Still it doesn't anoy me too much!