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Old 01-04-2006, 02:13 PM
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Is it just me or did the new software updates make the steering wheel of cars with active steering stiffer?
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Originally Posted by MaTRiX' post='219246' date='Jan 4 2006, 11:13 PM
Is it just me or did the new software updates make the steering wheel of cars with active steering stiffer?
The software updates do change the active steering maps... Do you know which version you came from and to?
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The last version i had was 16 i believe, and jumped to the latest version 19.2 or something.
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Originally Posted by MaTRiX' post='219757' date='Jan 6 2006, 12:48 AM
The last version i had was 16 i believe, and jumped to the latest version 19.2 or something.
That makes sense - Changes were made between those versions and v19 should hopefully be the 'final' revision!? Mine is at v18 and I want v19!!!
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Originally Posted by MaTRiX' post='219246' date='Jan 4 2006, 06:13 PM
Is it just me or did the new software updates make the steering wheel of cars with active steering stiffer?
Not me with 19.01.01. I seldomly notice its presence or absence though.
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Is there a way to check what version is installed on my car?
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Originally Posted by Znod' post='219898
Is it just me or did the new software updates make the steering wheel of cars with active steering stiffer?
Not me with 19.01.01. I seldomly notice its presence or absense though.
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It has changed - the steering did seem to become stiffer with the later versions.
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Originally Posted by TexaZ3' post='219986' date='Jan 6 2006, 04:49 PM
Is there a way to check what version is installed on my car?
No there is not, not to my knowlage.

But your dealer can do it with the tester.
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Ok, thanks.
I'm going for a microfilter change next week anyway, I'll ask them to check it.
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Originally Posted by TexaZ3' post='220042
Originally Posted by MaTRiX' post='219246' date='Jan 4 2006, 06:13 PM
Is it just me or did the new software updates make the steering wheel of cars with active steering stiffer?
Not me with 19.01.01. I seldomly notice its presence or absense though.
Apparently, it was tweaked for speeds below 30mph... (I guess it depends on what version you're going from and to) I think v18 buggered it slightly as I'm sure it was more sensitive when I had v13.


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