VCDS (Vagcom) throwing false errors?

KudoWarrior

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So I visited my mate who has VCDS last night and thought I'd make a few tweaks.
After i was done I decided to do an Auto-Scan to see if there were any errors...wish I hadn't!

Got a bunch:

Whilst reading them I realised that some of them couldn't be an issue as the feature was working fine (as far as I can tell).
For example:

3 Faults Found:
02070 - Rear Parking Aid Sensors
011 - Open Circuit - Intermittent
Freeze Frame:
Fault Status: 00101011
Fault Priority: 3
Fault Frequency: 1
Reset counter: 199
Mileage: 80934 km
Time Indication: 0
Date: 2015.02.16
Time: 12:41:11

01520 - Rain and Light Recognition Sensor (G397)
004 - No Signal/Communication - Intermittent
Freeze Frame:
Fault Status: 00100100
Fault Priority: 3
Fault Frequency: 1
Reset counter: 231
Mileage: 82154 km
Time Indication: 0
Date: 2015.04.14
Time: 13:37:55

01229 - A/C Humidity Sensor (G260)
004 - No Signal/Communication - Intermittent
Freeze Frame:
Fault Status: 00100100
Fault Priority: 3
Fault Frequency: 1
Reset counter: 231
Mileage: 82154 km
Time Indication: 0
Date: 2015.04.14
Time: 13:37:55

I know it says "Intermittent" but I wanted to know if there was any way for the VCDS to throw up false errors depending on conditions?

I have the full list of error codes I got here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B90mX-lJ4my9Q2JMWGJxTFVhYmc/view?usp=sharing

Cheers
 
they are usuall pretty good, you could clear them and test again after a few days incase they was thrown by something like disconnecting a battery in the past.

My mk4 had the open circuit one and low behold the rubber around had worn and was letting water in the wiring.
 
Cheers guys. Good point @antowens

I've cleared them anyway and will retest again in a few days. Hopefully the list would have gone down a bit.