Living in north Worcestershire there are many narrow roads with overhanging trees and hedgerows that I use. The steering assistance on these roads is a pain in the butt. It’s the digital equivalent of my first driving instructor in 1971 who used to grab the steering wheel all the time. I know you can turn it off each time you get in the car but has anybody got any idea how to make it be off by default rather than the other way round?
BTW: I turned off my driving instructor by sacking him. The driving school did the same when I told them why I’d cancelled my lessons.
Re: Driver assistance
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2021 10:25 am
by Warrior
When you say "steering assistance", are you talking about Lane Keeping Assistance? If that's the case, then I'm afraid you're out of luck. This has beed discussed no end on another forum and it would appear that it's a safety feature implemented by VW which keeps it on unless you manually turn it off. Someone in the USA has managed to turn it off by default using Ross-Tech VCDS. This is widely used in the VAG community on ICE cars, but I don't know how well it's been implemented on electric vehicles yet. On my previous car, a VW Tiguan, the default setting was "off" and you turned it it on if you wanted that option.
Re: Driver assistance
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2021 3:04 pm
by AndyF
Warrior wrote: ↑Thu Oct 14, 2021 10:25 am
When you say "steering assistance", are you talking about Lane Keeping Assistance? If that's the case, then I'm afraid you're out of luck. This has beed discussed no end on another forum and it would appear that it's a safety feature implemented by VW which keeps it on unless you manually turn it off. Someone in the USA has managed to turn it off by default using Ross-Tech VCDS. This is widely used in the VAG community on ICE cars, but I don't know how well it's been implemented on electric vehicles yet. On my previous car, a VW Tiguan, the default setting was "off" and you turned it it on if you wanted that option.
Yes, Lane keeping. I really don’t like it. It’s fine on major roads/motorways but lesser roads it’s not so good.
Ah well.
Re: Driver assistance
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2021 4:48 pm
by Warrior
I totally agree with you.
Re: Driver assistance
Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2021 4:15 pm
by Warrior
I have just purchased OBDeleven and have been able to set the Lane Keeping Assist default to "Off" and it stays off. If I want to use it, say for motorway driving, I will now turn it on when I want to.
Re: Driver assistance
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 12:22 pm
by flashbarts
Warrior wrote: ↑Wed Dec 22, 2021 4:15 pm
I have just purchased OBDeleven and have been able to set the Lane Keeping Assist default to "Off" and it stays off. If I want to use it, say for motorway driving, I will now turn it on when I want to.
Can you share how ? This is the one thing that I hate with a passion about mine
Re: Driver assistance
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2022 2:25 pm
by Warrior
Just purchase Obdeleven. There’s an app within the main app to change the settings. If you’re not familiar with Obdeleven, here’s a link.
