2018 Tiguan remove Top speed limit

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All,

my 2018 US Tiguan SE is now road legal in Germany. The Autobahn is a bit frustrating though as there is a speed limiter of 180 km/h --> ENG01775,Top_speed_limitation,180.000, km/h

I believe there is no way to remove this with VCDS, is there any other tool or does someone knows a tuner who can do this? I already contacted a couple but a) the ECU seems to be quit tricky and b) its a US model so some companies here say while they can get into the ECU, they no touching US cars....
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I had a dutch company remove the one on my 2013 Tiguan after tuning. Only it was limited to 210km/h and not 180km/h. It took them a couple of tries and it was definitely in the ECU software itself and not in coding or adaptations.
My current one wasnt limited as far as i know (or at least, it steams on to stop at around 250 without issues).
 
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I do not think it's possible to do that with VCDS.

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Thanks guys,

I got a response from a German tuner who claims he is able to read/write the nasty Bosch MG1 in the Tiguan since 1 week (took 2 years for him).
He has a tune for the German version of this engine and would be more than happy to get a visit from me and see what he can do.

I will drive to his company in a couple weeks and will let you know what he was able to do, maybe even a nice tune to get this thing moving :D
 
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It is now possible, 3 or 4 tools in the market that are able to read/write MG1
 
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Did it work?
Did anyone get the vmax of 180 km/h removed to drive faster on the German Autobahn?
Who did it? How? And what was the cost?

I got a 2018 2.0TSI Tiguan Allspace SE from the US as well.
 
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muema111 said:
Did anyone get the vmax of 180 km/h removed to drive faster on the German Autobahn?
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Do you really need to drive faster with a SUV?
Wenn du mal bei 200km/h mit einem Audi A6 voll in die Eisen steigen musstest und dann mit einem SUV fällt dir vielleicht ein Unterschied auf.
Wenn es nach mir geht würde ich eine 180km/h Begrenzung für SUV hier auch einführen. ;)
 
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muema111 said:
Did it work?
Did anyone get the vmax of 180 km/h removed to drive faster on the German Autobahn?
Who did it? How? And what was the cost?

I got a 2018 2.0TSI Tiguan Allspace SE from the US as well.
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VCDS is not for this, you need somebody to flash the ECU to take care of the speed limit a "tuner" can do it.
 
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muema111 said:
Did it work?
Did anyone get the vmax of 180 km/h removed to drive faster on the German Autobahn?
Who did it? How? And what was the cost?

I got a 2018 2.0TSI Tiguan Allspace SE from the US as well.
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If you can read/write the Flash of your ecu-then its easy.
 
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etz2k said:
Do you really need to drive faster with a SUV?
Wenn du mal bei 200km/h mit einem Audi A6 voll in die Eisen steigen musstest und dann mit einem SUV fällt dir vielleicht ein Unterschied auf.
Wenn es nach mir geht würde ich eine 180km/h Begrenzung für SUV hier auch einführen. ;)
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This answer is irrelevant to my question and not at all appreciated
 
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If you can read/write the Flash of your ecu-then its easy.
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The prior thread covered this topic. The question is which tuner in Germany has done this before.
 
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It is not appropriate to use the Report function because you don't like the answers that long-term members here are giving you, especially when you already understand that VCDS can't help you with this.

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Thanks Uwe,
Too bad if they give useless answers just for answers sake.
I'll close my account once I'm done.
 
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muema111 said:
Too bad if they give useless answers just for answers sake.
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You posted no autoscan of your car, so nobody knows exaclty what for a tig you have, but you want a exact answer, you must be joking!
And if you only want to know the name of a tuner, there are more then one in bavaria and possible one near you, so simple call them.

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I'll close my account once I'm done.
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to use your own words
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Useless comment
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