A6 How to - Speed Limiter

[Ti Kan]

Tim Leonard writes:
> I recently bought a '01 A6 4.2. I have a "problem" with the car. I won't go
> past 130. I have looked through all the usual places to find the answer
> without luck. I have the Bentley CD and I have the Ross-Tech software and
> Hex-com. Speed limiter seems to be a secret along with how to keep the doors
> from locking automatically at 15 mph. Pisses me off when I pay for all the
> "necessary" tools and can't do anything with them. I did find info elsewhere
> for the door lock problem but the speed is still a problem. Anyone know?

You can't disable the speed limiter with VAG-COM.  It's not a "secret".
It's a hard limit imposed by the stock ECU programming.  To defeat it
will requires re-programming the engine ECU with aftermarket software
(aka "chip tuning").

What are you doing at 130mph+ anyway? :)

-Ti
2003 A4 1.8T multitronic
2001 S4 biturbo 6-sp
1984 5000S turbo
1980 4000 2.0 5-sp
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