VCDS For 6R Polo (primarily GTI)

[syd]

Yes, but don't understand why you would when it's one of the defining features of the car, but that's just me. Not sure where it is located but the dealerships can do it...

Nope - just been to dealership and was advised that it's "permanent" - cannot be disabled. Doesn't sound right to me so I thought I'd ask here.

[readerr0r]

Nope - just been to dealership and was advised that it's "permanent" - cannot be disabled. Doesn't sound right to me so I thought I'd ask here.

Im not a fan of the idea either, but it's good to have options. It's in the Central Electronics Module -> Coding -> Byte 23 -> Bit 6.
They will still be on in park and full mode.

[syd]

Thanks for the info. Would it be possible to turn this on/off without reprogramming? The manual describes a procedure via the indicator stalk to enable/disable, but this doesn't seem to work with the Bi-Xenon lights. Something about the Bi-Xenons being different to the standard lights.

[06eleven]

You can change the steering feel via VCDS as well. I'm currently on Program 21 (SEAT Ibiza) which has a heavier feel at slower speeds.
Default for GTI is 41
Edit: I'm now running Program 20 (9N GTI)
Now I'm on Program 11

(Copied from here)
STG 44 Steering Assistance
STG Codierung -> Channel 07

?xxxx: Airbag (See Notes!)
0 = Airbags not installed
1 = Airbags installed

x??xx: Steering Angle Sensor
01 = Steering Angle Sensor is Part of the Steering Aid
12 = Steering Angle Sensor is Part of the ABS/ESP

xxx??: Program Type
10 - Normal (9N: PR L05, L06, L07, L08, L19, L20, L21, L32, L33)
11 - Seat Ibiza (6J)
20 - Polo 9N GTI (PR G12)
21 - Seat Ibiza (6J)
30 - Comfort (Polo 6R Comfortline)
40 - Normal light vehicles (9N: PR L01, L02, L03, L04, L15, L16, L17, L18 )
41 - Skoda Fabia 2 RS / Polo GTI
50 - Comfort for light vehicles (Polo 6R Highline)
51 - Audi A1 (8X)
60 - Steering assistance for impaired (PR 1N5)

I'm assuming that this doesn't increase the amount of feedback you get through the wheel, just the weighting?

[gavs]

Correct, just the weighting of the steering.

Would it be possible to turn this on/off without reprogramming? The manual describes a procedure via the indicator stalk to enable/disable, but this doesn't seem to work with the Bi-Xenon lights. Something about the Bi-Xenons being different to the standard lights.

Nope, This doesn't work on australian delivered vehicles at all, unless they have changed the software in the last 6 months for it.

[kevinctr]

I wonder who knows the coding to turn the Aircon recirculating mode to On permanately. Thanks in advance

[Bassik]

Just having a read through these posts... Might be a silly question but is there a guide or anything on how to use VCDS. The coding seems complex and what does all the bits and bytes mean?

[readerr0r]

Just having a read through these posts... Might be a silly question but is there a guide or anything on how to use VCDS. The coding seems complex and what does all the bits and bytes mean?

It's pretty easy to follow once you have VCDS in front of you

[k0e1]

Hi everyone. I just received my polo gti R12.5 and was wondering what was the auto-lock/ unlock code via VCDS?

[readerr0r]

Here's a couple of interesting VCDS tweaks for Xenon Polos/Transporters (Copied from here)

- Byte 12 bit 0 = "Nordic" setting???
-> Front and rear parking lights plus license plate lights are switched on with ignition on, light switch at "0".

- Byte 23: Much of DRL functionality seems to be here;

My car has bi-xenon with LED parking/DRL lights. There are halogen cornering lights integrated in the main headlights. Separate fog lights are situated lower down, and these only act as fogs since DRL and cornering lights are integrated in the main headlight unit.

The car came factory configured with only the front LEDs on as DRL (ignition on, light switch in "0" position). No other lamps are on with the DRLs. The corresponding bit status of the Byte 23 is 01000001.

I then played with the long coding helper for the Byte 23. This is what I discovered:
- changing bit 4 from 0 to 1 switches off the LEDs
- changing bit 3 from 0 to 1 selects low beam xenon as DRL (plus LEDs are switched off)
- changing bit 2 from 0 to 1 selects cornering lights as DRL (plus LEDs are switched off)
- changing bit 6 from 1 to 0 turns off any of the three above DRL light sources. This bit would seem to be the "master" DRL enable/disable switch?
- changing bit 7 from 0 to 1 switches off the LED DRL on the side where indicator is blinking. Didn't test this bit with the other DRL light sources, but may well be that this switching off is for the LED strip only? With this setting the LEDs on that side didn't dim but shut off completely. I believe that a dimming function could be achieved together with some other bit (yet to be discovered in some other Byte)?