Cool features you didn't know your Passat had

TypeRod · Dec 4, 2012

In my SEL Prem. I have LED lighting on the interior door handles, never noticed this before until another member mentioned it.

Mr. Furious · Dec 4, 2012

unixb0y said:
If you leave the headlights on the car on and walk away the DRL's and headlights are off but the parking lights are left on.

I don't think I'd call this one a "cool" feature, though; there's no reason for the parking lights to stay on indefinitely like that.

yamaguy · Dec 4, 2012

IXLR8 said:
Hill Hold was the cause of the stalling. I would try to pull away from a stop with my foot off the brake pedal and Hill Hold still had the brakes on and I would kill the engine. Waiting a few seconds for HH to release the brakes after a stop was extremely annoying. Since I have been driving manual tranny's for over 40 years, HH was an unwanted intrusion and not a desired feature for me.

I feel the same way, I will have mine disabled soon.

VeeDubTDI · Dec 4, 2012

Hill hold releases as soon as you press the accelerator - it doesn't care what you do with the clutch.

usarmy132 · Dec 4, 2012

Memory seats in SEL are programed to a particular key fob. When driver door opened with my fob, after my wife drove a car, seat and mirrors adjust to my setting automatically. And same for my wife. Used to have this future on BMW, therefore was pleasantly surprised when discovered it on my passat.

Aja1 · Dec 5, 2012

Here's a good one:

The plastic plug for the outlet under the pop-up door beneath the climate control has a little indentation on it so you can clip it to whatever wire you have plugged in. This keeps the plug from rolling around (making annoying noises) when you drive.

kcox69 · Dec 5, 2012

StLouisMO said:
I would have to say:

2) you can open the door and hold the drivers side window button up or down for 5 seconds and it will open or close all the windows and the sun roof.

Dude, thanks! I thought this feature wasn't available on my Passat. I loved it on my Jetta. Every day I'm finding something new.

SMTM · Dec 6, 2012

Blue_Hen_TDI said:
I mentioned it in another thread, but I only recently discovered that the sun visors slide on their posts. I have a red light I catch every morning when I turn out of my development that just to the left of the rising sun in my field of vision. With the sliding feature, I'm able to unhook the visor, slide it three inches to the right, and look at the light with my left eye while the sun is completely blocked.

Winning.

This^

TDI2000Zim · Dec 6, 2012

Compared to my old 2000 Beetle TDi, the new Passat TDi not only feels like a Cadillac, but sounds as quiet one (I love it). I was used to the farm tractor sound in my Beetle, and when the muffler broke a few months ago, it felt as if was piloting a GA without earmuffs.

Another feature I like is that the new Passat is HUGE. Cars priced liked it, such as the Toyota Camry and the new Ford Taurus are smaller.

kcox69 · Dec 6, 2012

TypeRod said:
In my SEL Prem. I have LED lighting on the interior door handles, never noticed this before until another member mentioned it.

When do they come on?

Noxid · Dec 6, 2012

unixb0y said:
If you leave the headlights on the car on and walk away the DRL's and headlights are off but the parking lights are left on.

This happened to me too.

Can this me modified in the Vagcom/VSCS thingamajig I have been learning about?

Mr. Furious said:
I don't think I'd call this one a "cool" feature, though; there's no reason for the parking lights to stay on indefinitely like that.

I agree with you.

StLouisMO said:
I would have to say:

1) the indention on the driver and passenger door handle that you can touch to lock the doors.
2) you can open the door and hold the drivers side window button up or down for 5 seconds and it will open or close all the windows and the sun roof.

I did not know this one. Thanks for the heads up

50harleyrider · Dec 7, 2012

Don't forget the fog light "upgrade" on the 6mt SE which I'm doing now. Reminds me of my first Harley. Harley Davidson sells some nice "aftermarket " goodies too. My good deal on the car is shrinking rapidly lol.

VeeDubTDI · Dec 7, 2012

kcox69 said:
When do they come on?

Any time the headlights are on.

kcox69 · Dec 7, 2012

VeeDubTDI said:
Any time the headlights are on.

Yeah, I finally noticed them last night. I thought it was just a reflection from the LEDs next to the sunroof button. I also noticed that the lights are only on the passenger handles and not the driver door handle. Is it the same on yours or do I have a light out?

Also, I just found that I can disable the horn when locking the car from outside. I work nights and get home about 1 in the morning. That horn was starting to annoy me because it's so loud. Wish it was softer like my Jetta.

VeeDubTDI · Dec 7, 2012

Only SELs get the door handle ambient lighting. All four door handles should be lit on your car - if not, check the connections.

Yes - "ATA Confirm" in the MFI is how you disable the horn chirp. That setting is recalled by key so you can have the chirp off and another driver can have it on (along with all of the other settings in the MFI).

kcox69 · Dec 7, 2012

VeeDubTDI said:
Only SELs get the door handle ambient lighting. All four door handles should be lit on your car - if not, check the connections.

Yes - "ATA Confirm" in the MFI is how you disable the horn chirp. That setting is recalled by key so you can have the chirp off and another driver can have it on (along with all of the other settings in the MFI).

Wow, this is the smartest car I've ever owned. Now, I really do feel like Michael Knight.

Think I might try to turbo-boost over some buildings on the way home from work tonight.

VeeDubTDI · Dec 7, 2012

For those if you experimenting with your MFI settings and multiple keys, settings are recalled when a key UNLOCKS the vehicle.

Papachristou · Dec 8, 2012

Driver_found said:
The ability to blow by a Prius while still getting better MPG.

+1, best feature!

in2dwww · Dec 8, 2012

The passenger side mirror will dip down when you put the car in reverse. The mirror switch must be in the "R" or passenger selection. I think it's only for models with DSG.

Glad to see this "technology" is still around! My 1990 BMW 735i had this feature.

VeeDubTDI · Dec 8, 2012

in2dwww said:
The passenger side mirror will dip down when you put the car in reverse. The mirror switch must be in the "R" or passenger selection. I think it's only for models with DSG.

Glad to see this "technology" is still around! My 1990 BMW 735i had this feature.

It's only on models with memory seats (SEL).

Nebelwerfer · Dec 14, 2012

Today, I was on my cell phone via the hands free system in the car when I noticed an ambulance coming up from behind me. I pulled over immediately and told the person I was talking what was going on well in advance and to hang on.

The next thing I knew, the car disconnected from the cell phone....pretty much hanging up on the call just before the amb passed.

After the amb was gone, the car asked if I wanted to call the same person I was just talking to.

Pretty smart.

FirstJetta · Dec 17, 2012

Aja1 said:
Here's a good one:
The plastic plug for the outlet under the pop-up door beneath the climate control has a little indentation on it so you can clip it to whatever wire you have plugged in. This keeps the plug from rolling around (making annoying noises) when you drive.

Thanks so much. Never noticed this and it was bugging me rolling around.
Bruce

eprater1 · Dec 18, 2012

love how the radio automatically pauses any media playing if you turn down the volume all the way and that pressing the volume up button the wheel will unpause music that was previously paused.

TDI_Ryan · Dec 19, 2012

eprater1 said:
love how the radio automatically pauses any media playing if you turn down the volume all the way and that pressing the volume up button the wheel will unpause music that was previously paused.

I like that too. I never want to miss the song I'm listening to. I just want to hear it later WITHOUT cueing it back up.

Blue_Hen_TDI · Dec 19, 2012

TDI_Ryan said:
I like that too. I never want to miss the song I'm listening to. I just want to hear it later WITHOUT cueing it back up.

On a similar note, I like that the MDI connection will keep my iPod at the same spot it was at shutdown when I restart the car. The uConnect system in my Jeep used to restart the song from the beginning. Yuck.

Lightflyer1 · Dec 19, 2012

eprater1 said:
love how the radio automatically pauses any media playing if you turn down the volume all the way and that pressing the volume up button the wheel will unpause music that was previously paused.

To bad it doesn't seem to do this for nav commands coming over the music. Mine talks right over the music and is almost useless. I found some volume controls and can get it to lower the volume some on the radio when this happens, but I am used to using my phone and music and Google nav, and it paused the music until the voice commands finished and then came back up. Haven't been able to get the Passat system to do this correctly yet.

in2dwww · Dec 19, 2012

IF you mod VAGCOM to enable the window up/down feature with the remote buttons on the key, you can close the sunroof from KESSY by keeping your finger on the lock sensor for 3-5 seconds.

two passat man · Dec 23, 2012

When washing windsheild Climatronic switches to recirculation for 30 sec. to prevent washer fluid odor from entering car

passsattdi · Dec 26, 2012

Aja1 said:
Brilliant! If only Toyota had thought of that my wife's car wouldn't be on its second battery.

I believe the auto off feature for lights is for darn near everything in the car. It is kind of like the battery disconnect switch in an ambulance, with exception of the computer. My 05 had this as well.
Now in so far as Toyota goes, had they had the feature my 05 Passat TDI had they would not have had the crazy runaway cars. I have yet to try it on my new one, but cannot imagine that they did away with it, as it is a safety feature that was quite ingenous, considering the Toyota troubles. If you are on the gas, and press on the break, the engine would cut power. I will be that Toyota still does not have this.
I will need to try this when I am out and about again. Really cool feature, if they kept it.

passsattdi · Dec 26, 2012

VeeDubTDI said:
For those if you experimenting with your MFI settings and multiple keys, settings are recalled when a key UNLOCKS the vehicle.

That is a good point. No wonder it did not seem to work right..... Thanks VeeDub.... It's the little things in life that screw you up, huh.....

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