mishar

I just wonder if you guys use this feature. When stopped in traffic with parking brake on (uphills for example), brake will automatically go off when gas pedal is pressed. US setting doesn't allow that but ROW does. Not absolutely necessary, but nice.

dvs_dave

Interesting. Never realized it could be enabled by changing the settings to ROW. I read it in the manual but just assumed it was an option not on my car. Means you can be sat at the lights without needing to have your foot on the brake and dazzling the guy behind with your brake lights. I think newer cars might even have an auto dim feature these days?

MP4.2+6.0

I found this same feature on the new Q5 while in Europe, and it' in the U.S. manual for it. Presumably it is also in at least the related A/S/RS 4 and 5's, and likely the other models by now. Also just found the the Q's apparently have a form of launch control that perhaps overlap some of the electronics here. Will be trying that when the vehicle gets shipped back since it's comfortably beyond break in miles now.

bmwm750

What's involved in coding this?

mishar

[53] Parking Brake > Coding > ROW instead of USA/Canada.

It works only in traffic. So you stop, apply parking brake, stay in gear and when you press gas pedal, even just touch it, brake will go off. But if you are parked with brake on and shifter in P you have to release parking brake manually.

I just wonder why this feature is not suitable for North America?

MP4.2+6.0

Perhaps they were gun shy about anything even remotely connected to the parking brake and gas pedal back then, since that was largely a U.S./60 Minutes phenomenon.

As I mentioned in other reply, it is now enabled for new U.S. Audi's like the Q5. It also ties in to how auto engine shut off/on is now enabled, and indirectly perhaps launch control. All are things that are new since the early millennium D3 design cycle.

bmwm750

I assume it's all about liability for us "stupid Americans."

That said, this sounds really cool, but I somewhat worry about wear and tear on that poor motor......

mishar

If you mean parking brake motor(s), they should be very durable. We are supposed to use them every time when we park our cars, so few thousand times over years. But I think we saved much of those cycles by just shifting in Park.

snapdragon

I didn't realist you couldn't be trusted with it in USA. You do need seatbelt on for it to autorelease here in the EU, so pretty foolproof.

Galco

Nice feature that i always wondered why it wasn't part of the original design. Now i understand it is for the rest of those outside the US.

So, I attempted to revise the coding to RoW and while it accept it, the feature was not activated. I must be doing something wrong. I see there is a note at the bottom of the codes, could someone help a VCDS novice understand what needs to be done.

Thanks in advance.