Could anyone point me in the right direction of anyone who could enable hill hold for me on my superb 2 dsg 4x4 in the derry/l'derry NI area?

 

Did try searching but all the listed people with vcds locally seem to have not been active in a number of years.

 

Cheers

14 hours ago, kazza said:

Could anyone point me in the right direction of anyone who could enable hill hold for me on my superb 2 dsg 4x4 in the derry/l'derry NI area?

 

Did try searching but all the listed people with vcds locally seem to have not been active in a number of years.

 

Cheers

Please note that HHC is I believe dependant on the version of ABS pump/controller that you have fitted so no guarantee your car supports it.

 

 

HHC is the best mod I ever had done on my own car (facelift version of yours) as totally transforms it when in traffic around town as totally negates the need to ever use handbrake apart from parking, just makes the driving experience so much more relaxing and makes the DSG box the prefect solution for me.  No idea why wasn't standard from the factory?

 

Can't help you with a local lead but another alternative to Briskoda map of friendly VCDS owners is to do an Ebay search for VCDS and order the results in distance from your location.  Plenty of people on there offering fault scans and adaptations for sensible money, maybe someone local to you?.  Another possibility is for you to purchase a cheaper tool than VCDS and do it yourself.  Carista should be able to enable HHC (if car supports it) and the adapter is available for £17.49 at the moment from Amazon (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Carista-Bluetooth-Adapter-Scanner-Technology/dp/B00YVHGTBM).  You get a free month's trial of pro features that are needed to make adaptations, just remember to cancel at end of the month to avoid your card being charged for a year's subscription.  Even then without the pro features it's still a useful tool to diagnose faults and if you do see faults beyond basic OBD functionality (i.e. the Skoda specific modules) on a scan you can temporarily unlock pro features for another month for a tenner to get full details of the fault code and reset it.  Obviously not as powerful as VCDS (or OBDeleven) but a fraction of their cost.

On 24/08/2022 at 12:28, DrCorbyLee said:

No idea why wasn't standard from the factory?

Because they could charge an extra £500 to enable it.

On 24/08/2022 at 12:28, DrCorbyLee said:

Please note that HHC is I believe dependant on the version of ABS pump/controller that you have fitted so no guarantee your car supports it.

 

 

HHC is the best mod I ever had done on my own car (facelift version of yours) as totally transforms it when in traffic around town as totally negates the need to ever use handbrake apart from parking, just makes the driving experience so much more relaxing and makes the DSG box the prefect solution for me.  No idea why wasn't standard from the factory?

 

Can't help you with a local lead but another alternative to Briskoda map of friendly VCDS owners is to do an Ebay search for VCDS and order the results in distance from your location.  Plenty of people on there offering fault scans and adaptations for sensible money, maybe someone local to you?.  Another possibility is for you to purchase a cheaper tool than VCDS and do it yourself.  Carista should be able to enable HHC (if car supports it) and the adapter is available for £17.49 at the moment from Amazon (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Carista-Bluetooth-Adapter-Scanner-Technology/dp/B00YVHGTBM).  You get a free month's trial of pro features that are needed to make adaptations, just remember to cancel at end of the month to avoid your card being charged for a year's subscription.  Even then without the pro features it's still a useful tool to diagnose faults and if you do see faults beyond basic OBD functionality (i.e. the Skoda specific modules) on a scan you can temporarily unlock pro features for another month for a tenner to get full details of the fault code and reset it.  Obviously not as powerful as VCDS (or OBDeleven) but a fraction of their cost.

@DrCorbyLee thanks for this, I bought a carista today and had it enabled and working perfect within about 10 minutes.

 

Can't believe it was that simple.

 

Cheers

1 hour ago, kazza said:

@DrCorbyLee thanks for this, I bought a carista today and had it enabled and working perfect within about 10 minutes.

 

Can't believe it was that simple.

 

Cheers

Nice one, just don't forget to cancel the pro subscription just before they charge you the subscription in just under a month's time.

 

You can also adjust the HHC setting to one of 3 "strengths" to suit your driving style, including one specifically for towing if that's your bag. 

 

I'm assuming your car's a diesel? If so worth getting VAG DPF app (which works perfectly with the Carista Dongle) to monitor DPF performance and minimise the risk of expensive DPF problems.  Try the free version first as some engine variant / firmware options don't work correctly e.g. the dieselgate fix firmware on the 170 diesel in my car, fortunately I didn't go for the fix.  If it works OK then well worth 3 quid for paid version.