Volkswagen Media Device Interface (MDI) Firmware Upgrade 0. KW2. 2- 2. 01. 1Firmware Changes. Version 0. 24. 0 – production (from week) KW2. MDI’s produced or fitted in the factory from week 2. General Notes. See Volkswagen Media Device Interface (MDI) Firmware Upgrades for general information on the firmware updates including restrictions, file formats and connectivity. Firmware is for units with a software version of 0. The ultimate Volkswagen Golf will get nearly 400bhp and four-wheel drive. Volkswagen (German pronunciation: Firmware Changes Version 0240 - production (from week) KW22/2011 (any MDI's produced or fitted in the factory from week 22 2011. The Volkswagen Golf ( listen (help · info)) is a small family car produced by the German manufacturer Volkswagen since 1974. ![]() You may be tempted to push your Datsun 280ZX into a lake. For it is charming in its own way.Download the firmware from the links below. Extract the file using your preferred ZIP or RAR tool. Copy the file mdi. USB flash drive and insert this into the USB cable. Turn the headunit on or start the car and the update will proceed. If the MDI is selected the status will be displayed. After around 1 minute the update will complete and the USB flash drive may be removed. VW MDI 0. 24. 0 KW2. Firmware – RARVW MDI 0. KW2. 2/2. 01. 1 Firmware – ZIPPossible Error Messages during the update process. Update with older version is not possible. The file on the USB flash drive is older than the software version on the MDI. Update on the same version is not possible. The file on the USB flash drive is the same as the software version on the MDI. Update file is corrupted or damaged. Re download the file and start again. Multiple update files found. There are multiple update files in the root of the USB flash drive, delete the older versions and start again. Update was terminated. An error has occurred in the update, start again. USB Memory Sticks and Hard Drivescoming soon. Portable Music Playerscoming soon. Known Characteristics of Devicescoming soon. VW Golf GTI (2. 01. Mk. 7 GTI by CAR Magazine. I’m often asked which is my favourite car and I like to reply . Not because it’s true, but because there isn’t a more impressive sounding car name on the planet. In fact, the Xenia looks like a 1. Zeppelin with a droopy sad- face, but I can’t tell the truth – I can’t say . That’s like being an interior decorator and painting your entire house magnolia. Or being a wine connoisseur and choosing the house red. Actually, I do want to drive a Golf every day – this Golf. Because over the last 1. GTI has proved itself a great family car, a commuter car, a long- distance car, and yes, a sports car too. The most damning thing I can think to say about it is that the Golf R is a bit better. It’s a Goldilocks car. Supercars can be a hassle – they’re amazing when you focus on them, but driving them to work, in a rush and distracted. At the other end of the scale, the average family cold porridge is no good if – like me – you want to turn the radio off every once in a while and drive home like a twit. The Golf GTI just fits every category. It’s the epitome of the practical five- door hatch – boxy and spacious. Over the last 1. 2 months it’s frequently been rammed to the ceiling with baggage for family holidays or trips to the rubbish tip. As a commuter car it’s well equipped, it’s comfortable on long journeys, and it’s full of connective tech. On cold mornings I get in, turn on the (optional) heated seat and the radio, my phone automatically connects to the Bluetooth and I tap my destination postcode into the (optional) 8in touchscreen sat- nav. And it’s not just that this car is new – I recently borrowed the latest Renault Scenic, and hated the software and ergonomics. No, the Golf just feels brilliantly designed, engineered and executed in the German style, and over the last year I haven’t found a single niggle or fault with the interior. The only glitch I did encounter was with the electric handbrake – it kept applying itself, unexpectedly, in reverse. Turns out it was because I have this absent- minded habit of popping my seatbelt off to look over my shoulder – the car notices, and thinks it’s dangerous. But more than anything, I’ve enjoyed my GTI as a sports car. The 2. 27bhp 2. 0- litre turbo (my car’s fitted with the optional Performance Pack) is sharp like a diamond- tipped blade, punching with torque from low revs and singing to the redline as sweetly as a race car. It’s proper fast – the official 0- 6. And unlike other hot hatches, this front- drive chassis feels comfortable with the power. As well as the extra 1. I love the steering (speed sensitive, but you never notice) and the leather- bound wheel too. Another option we have is Adaptive Chassis Control, which allows you to choose between Sport, Comfort and Normal suspension settings. If you’re mulling over the online configurator, and you have . After 4. 0 years, a verdict that says . If you already own one, I’m jealous. By Mark Walton. Month 1. Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk. And wish we hadn't. They said it was going to be a weather bomb, an Arctic blast, a deadly polar vortex that would have us all spinning into a new Ice Age. Better get some winter tyres then. Thing is, since then – in the south at least – we had some lovely sunshine and a couple of gusts of wind. As they say, never let the weather get in the way of a good story. Still, the Golf has spent winter on top- spec Pirelli Sottozero 3s, the latest . Impressive claim. Problem is, the chunky tread isn’t great for the handling when it’s warm and dry – blame the sipes, apparently. Interesting word that: sipes. John Sipe worked in an abattoir in 1. They made such a difference he patented the idea, and now these extra cuts in tyre blocks are called Sipes. I did not know that. Anyway, they’re playing havoc with my GTI’s normally super- sharp handling – the confidence- inspiring . Seriously, if we don’t get a terrifying Day After Tomorrow- style weather catastrophe soon, with icebergs, I’m going to be annoyed. By Mark Walton. Month 9 running a Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk. So we’re 1. 2,0. 00 miles into our long- term test of the Golf GTI, and suddenly the incidental running costs have flickered into life. Did I say incidental? I meant accidental – the first thing I needed to sort out was the damaged bumper, with the jagged split in the plastic caused by a parking accident. I wasn’t sure how big a job it might be – one of those scenarios where you imagine the guy saying . And we’ll probably have to take all the seats out, too’. I called my local, small- town VW dealership, Robinsons, who told me they no longer handle body repair on site, as their workshop isn’t big enough, so they use a small independent round the corner. So I popped round to see Tony Cousins of Stamford, in his back- street lock- up. Not quite the premium main dealer experience I was expecting, but it was homely, and Tony came straight out to see the car. So he gave me two options – melt the bumper to get it back into shape, fill, rub down and paint, . I like this informal approach to car repair. The car is booked in. The second cost was much more minor, but probably even more of a surprise than finding the damaged bumper: the oil light came on. I can’t remember the last time I drove a car that needed oil in the first nine months. Anyway, I checked the dipstick and sure enough it was low, so I stuck in a litre of expensive synthetic stuff. The GTI is on a long- life service regime, so doesn’t see a dealer until 3. A quick Google search came up with quite a few owners on forums talking about oil use. If you’ve got a GTI that drinks too much of the stuff, let us know. By Mark Walton Month 8 running a Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk. A weekend in North Yorkshire to see my family (see picture) meant a Friday night blast up the A1. It’s a pretty frustrating journey – the . I should count my blessings – there are single- lane sections north of Newcastle. I was playing with the Golf’s driving modes on the way up – there’s a menu on the touchscreen offering Comfort, Normal or Sport. I usually stick to Normal, but there’s also an Eco mode. I thought I’d try it. This reconfigures the engine, climate control and (bizarrely) the . I also monitored the instant consumption reading on the dashboard, to see if Eco made any difference. It did – toggling between Normal and Eco at 6. Eco registered an instant 1mpg gain. This made me feel strangely elated. Eco has since contributed to a slightly improved 2. A long way to the claimed 4. I’m not sure I can bear much more treacle. By Mark Walton Month 7 running a VW Golf GTI Mk. Golf R? Normally you’d expect the price to be the headline: at . But if, like me, you’re lucky enough to be driving a GTI that’s been optioned up to the eyeballs, and would set you back an astonishing . Power is up from 2. GTI’s 6. 4sec to 5. But in its character, the way it goes about its business, the R is so similar to the GTI, I’m glad the press car arrived in blue, to help distinguish it. In detail, I prefer the R’s front bumper, with the GTI’s . Otherwise, you’d need to be an expert to spot the discreet badging, or the 2. The biggest visual difference is probably the wheels, and I actually prefer my GTI’s optional . The GTI’s fancy front diff is amazing at dialling out the understeer and torque interference, but on the limit there’s no disguising all that energy feeding into your steering; whereas, if you chuck the R into a couple of corners – really load it up, so the 4. Motion Haldex system starts feeding power to the back axle – and you can really feel the R is more comfortable at speed. It feels like it’s lapping it up, rather than fighting you. I absolutely love our red GTI, it’s fast, and until now I’ve been happy with the handling. But the R has turned me: it’s undoubtedly a better car, and depending on how you spec it, it could be cheaper too. I’d probably lose my licence, but I want one. By Mark Walton Month 6 running a VW Golf GTI: someone's bashed the bumper. Sadly our Golf GTI has been damaged up the back bumper. More cynical readers will accuse me of reversing into something, despite the fact that our car is fitted with the standard parking sensors. A rear- view camera is an additional . Unfortunately the damage is more than just a surface scratch – there are two nasty puncture wounds that have broken through the bumper, so it must have made a really ugly, plasticky crunch when they did it. I need to get over to my local Volkswagen dealership and get the repair costed up. I dread to think how much it’ll be, for someone else’s stupid, momentary lapse of concentration. Care to take a guess? What a ball- ache. By Mark Walton. Month 5 running a VW Golf GTI: we want a manual handbrake! From the outside looking in, non- enthusiasts must think all car magazines are deadly dull and boring, and probably full of stories about camshafts and axles. Well, I’m about to write 2. It has an auto hill- hold, which is occasionally helpful, but most of the time I never know whether it’s going to engage or not, which kind of defeats the object. Worst of all, the handbrake itself (not the release- when- you- move hill- hold, I mean the actual grab- and- don’t- let- go handbrake) keeps coming on when I stop and put the car in reverse. I release the clutch, and instead of smoothly rolling backwards, the car jerks up at the rear as the chassis tries to drive over the stuck- fast rear wheels. When I look down, the handbrake is on. Why does it do this? Am I doing something wrong? And why don’t manufacturers offer a manual handbrake lever as an option? The other day I was crossing an empty junction when the front brakes suddenly engaged so violently, I almost head- butted the windscreen. I think the radar detected a pothole, and thought I was driving over a cliff. By Mark Walton. Month 4 running a VW Golf GTI: the fab multi- media screen.
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