VCDS (VAG-COM) codes and programmable options for Golf Mk7

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Hi everyone,

I thought I'd give it a shot here as well, since it's a pretty big community and our vehicles are not that different, mine being a 2019 VW Passat B8 Kombi (euro model).

Hopefully someone can give me some help in achieving something that I find important (safety wise, as I believe that the existing vehicle configuration does not offer sufficient visibiliy while using the rear turn signals).

Like I said above I own a 2019 VW Passat B8 (variant/kombi) with LED headlights (the Low version, without projectors) and LED tail lights.

I do not have for the moment a VCDS interface, however, I do have a PLX Kiwi 3 OBD adapter that I bought many years ago that still works, and an app from iOS store that allows me to modify most of the lighting blocks as a VCDS one would do (AB, CD, EF, GH, along with their settings).

I have managed to enable the rear strips to work as DRL in “Auto” mode. Some sort of Scandinavian DRLs for the tail lights. As I did not had a VCDS to just tick a toggle for this, I had to do some changes in 4 blocks? (is this the right word?) combining a miriad of sources from various forums and groups online.

The modified blocks were:

The inner part

Leuchte16BLK SLB35BLK
Leuchte17TFL R BLK SRB3TFL

and the outer part

Leuchte23SL
Leuchte24SL

So far so good. The rear DRLs are always ON while the the switch is in the “Auto” mode.

In addition to the above, what I want to achieve is something like US style turn signals, BUT, keep the rear DRLs at a lower intensity between the flashes, otherwise the tail light will be absolutely blank/dark for a fraction. This in addition to the yellow/amber turn signal that must go with the DRLs.

This video, though on a different car, does what I want to accomplish.



My current setup with the light switch in either position (O, Auto, parking lights or low beam):



Turn signals with DRLs ON in any light switch position (click the link below for the video, I tried to embed it but the function covers only YouTube videos I assume)



https://i.imgur.com/TQrKvWj.mp4

and here is a current setup of the blocks

Leuchte16BLK, Leuchte17TFL for the inner part and Leuchte23SL, Leuchte24SL for the outer part. I had to combine two screenshots for each block, as one would not cover all the options.









Sorry for the long read. I did my best to offer as many details as I could.

Many thanks,

Dan