Basher Posted December 28, 2020 Report Share Posted December 28, 2020 Hi All, (re my 2018 Golf R (had it a couple of years now, bought nearly new & all generally great) My ACC doesn't seem to remember setting as 'close' - I think! I've trawled through & like others find, I prefer to run ACC with close distance setting - else what I find is that other drivers cut in to the gap to the car in front in the lane you are travelling - then, annoyingly, your car actually brakes (instead of lifting the throttle as you would without ACC on). My issue is; next time I'm on a motorway journey & get the first instance of premature braking - I check the ACC setting, it shows as 'close' (as I've set to remember last setting). But I think it has gone back to standard really & is lying to me. So I set it back to normal - then set it to close again - then it seems to behave with short distance before reacting (unless you get a complete dickhead of course cutting in with really no gap....) Anyone else experienced this / what the issue is / know of a fix / advice? My first post - so as per many others - your help & advice much appreciated. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt7R Posted December 28, 2020 Report Share Posted December 28, 2020 Hi All, (re my 2018 Golf R (had it a couple of years now, bought nearly new & all generally great) My ACC doesn't seem to remember setting as 'close' - I think! I've trawled through & like others find, I prefer to run ACC with close distance setting - else what I find is that other drivers cut in to the gap to the car in front in the lane you are travelling - then, annoyingly, your car actually brakes (instead of lifting the throttle as you would without ACC on). My issue is; next time I'm on a motorway journey & get the first instance of premature braking - I check the ACC setting, it shows as 'close' (as I've set to remember last setting). But I think it has gone back to standard really & is lying to me. So I set it back to normal - then set it to close again - then it seems to behave with short distance before reacting (unless you get a complete dickhead of course cutting in with really no gap....) Anyone else experienced this / what the issue is / know of a fix / advice? My first post - so as per many others - your help & advice much appreciated. Cheers! Can you take a picture of the setting it's on? Also, what car mode are you using? ---------------------------------------------Come on, get up. Let me see your bruises.--------------------------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camelsac2002 Posted December 28, 2020 Report Share Posted December 28, 2020 Mine reverts to level 3 so to speak after the engine has been off. Not a major issue to change it each time.Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basher Posted December 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2020 No not a major issue - annoyance. If the config is there for 'remember last setting' you would think it would actually do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuono Posted December 28, 2020 Report Share Posted December 28, 2020 mines stays where i set it always Ignition1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basher Posted December 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2020 1 hour ago, tuono said: mines stays where i set it always Thanks tuono. I've just had another play with mine (& I don't think it used to act like this - so I wish I'd taken pics before) First pic preferred setting & second pic after ignition off changed to 'medium' (much like camelsac2002 states above) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechieAli Posted December 28, 2020 Report Share Posted December 28, 2020 Mine remembers I like it on 4 bars by default far I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basher Posted December 31, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2020 Cheers for the replies guy - I'll ask the dealer (not that I hold any hopes) when it goes in for service next month Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marshy Posted December 31, 2020 Report Share Posted December 31, 2020 Have you tried setting it to another distance and see if it remembers that?Maybe something to do with having it set to very close that for some reason it won’t save that.Worth a try to see.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basher Posted January 7, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2021 Thanks Marshy (& all) I've tried what you said / generally playing around - I really don't know what I've altered 😐 - but it's staying on very close setting now! So I'm leaving it alone😅👍 marshy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin2 Posted January 7, 2021 Report Share Posted January 7, 2021 Ours remembers the setting, it's something that annoys me about my car (non VW) because it always reverts to the longest distance which you could fit several cars into. One tip is in the individual setting you can change the ACC to Sport and that closes the gap slightly more than normal and it also accelerates a bit more strongly too. It's obviously the same if you put it into Race mode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignition1 Posted January 7, 2021 Report Share Posted January 7, 2021 Mine also saves the closest setting (2017 R, pre-facelift). As mentioned above, you can set the aggressiveness of ACC acceleration / deceleration (I think the latter) in the 'Individual' Drive Mode. Mine is set to Sport, and I was expecting it to kick-down and fire me back up to the speed I set but it's more like 10% throttle instead of 5% in Normal, or 1% in Eco lol. Though regardless of the distance set, like OP said, I find it rides the brakes too often for my liking when a car pulls in front. The short distance is still far enough away to allow other cars to slip in and push you back - I prefer lifting off throttle in advance of something I can see happening up ahead. I rarely use ACC because of that. One thing I have started using is speed limiter - I actually find it better than ACC - set it to 85 70mph and just let your foot relax on the pedal. It's like "old school" cruise control and gives you a bit of relaxation while still letting you lift-off etc. Although it also rides the brakes on downhill bits, so I don't use it often either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NRW Posted January 7, 2021 Report Share Posted January 7, 2021 23 minutes ago, Ignition1 said: One thing I have started using is speed limiter - I actually find it better than ACC - set it to 85 70mph and just let your foot relax on the pedal. It's like "old school" cruise control and gives you a bit of relaxation while still letting you lift-off etc. Although it also rides the brakes on downhill bits, so I don't use it often either. Nattering to a distant neighbour, a serving Police Officer, who was Caught by a Camera Van on the A1 in N. Yorks. Maybe 81 on the ACC is the only way to escape the Points and Fine after all. I Told him about Waze and it’s facilities, but it was a bit of Stable Door and bolted horse....will be of help in the future tho 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignition1 Posted January 7, 2021 Report Share Posted January 7, 2021 9 minutes ago, NRW said: Nattering to a distant neighbour, a serving Police Officer, who was Caught by a Camera Van on the A1 in N. Yorks. Maybe 81 on the ACC is the only way to escape the Points and Fine after all. I Told him about Waze and it’s facilities, but it was a bit of Stable Door and bolted horse....will be of help in the future tho 😀 Interesting! So blaming ACC is a valid counter to the ticket? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NRW Posted January 7, 2021 Report Share Posted January 7, 2021 10 minutes ago, Ignition1 said: Interesting! So blaming ACC is a valid counter to the ticket? 😂😂set at 81 and you’d be 78mph. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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