Merlin Garage Door Remote Mod - B6 Passat R36

[Cossor]

Gee Guys
The never ending search for perfection.
I will trade present Passat in about two-three years time.
In the meantime, have simply stuck the remote to below the bottom RH button on
the gear shift facia. decidedly NOT cool.

Re porting Merlin button to another location, unlike B&D, no programming switches
(Very simply, no room!)
However, contact Merlin for possible solution.
In my case, had Merlin installed as replacement for B&D, So much much better

[Passat R36]

Received the button today. Ordered on 10 June.

The button does not seem brand new, hope it works, will test tonight and hopeful I can finish the install today.

[snerlo]

good stuff mate. Let us know how you go

[Passat R36]

Done! Best Mod for $20!

Tips:
1, To remove the blank button/cover, just push it upwards.

2, Left up the gear panel fisrt then the buttons panel. will be easier to grab.

3, I got power for the LED in the Sunshade Button from parking assist button. Unstrip the connector cover, insect two wires in socket 3 and 6, then put it back and cable tied. Then use these two wires to connect the 3 and 6 pins in the Sunshade Button respectively. I used parking assist button simply because the cable of the tyre pressure button is not long enough.

4, I recycled some wires from an old desktop's motherboard. The wires have suitable clips on the ends to connect Sunshade Button pins tightly. I used tiny rubber tube to cover the clips for the insulation.

5, The hardest part for me was the soldering wires to the garage door remote as that's the first time for me. Be careful.


Original parking assist connector



Two wires insected and cable tied ready to go back


How it looks! Great!

[snerlo]

Looks good mate. Well done. I think it is the best mod that I've done too, very closely followed by the RVC install
Ps. Funny how they changed the position of the parking sensors button between years!! Very strange

[Passat R36]

yes mate, good find! thanks!
my next mod is the dead pedal aluminum cover from ebay ($30 one), will arrive this week hopefully, decided to stick on using 3M double sided tape, will see how it goes.

[snerlo]

Cool. Remember, pictures or it didnt happen!

[kleung]

Ps. Funny how they changed the position of the parking sensors button between years!! Very strange

The two possibilities I can think of are new park assist electronics as part of the facelift, or new options needing buttons that necessitated a new button layout.

OPS wasn't available with the red-MFD cars, was it?

Passat R36, thanks for the photos - one question though - how did you fix the wires into the park assist connector block? Ie aside from jamming the wires into the connector block and cable tying the wires in place, did you do anything to attach the wires to the existing contacts inside the connector block?

And regarding the recycled motherboard wires - are they the ones that connect the front panel buttons/LEDs to the motherboard?

[Passat R36]

Passat R36, thanks for the photos - one question though - how did you fix the wires into the park assist connector block? Ie aside from jamming the wires into the connector block and cable tying the wires in place, did you do anything to attach the wires to the existing contacts inside the connector block?

And regarding the recycled motherboard wires - are they the ones that connect the front panel buttons/LEDs to the motherboard?

Hi kleung, Nothing else done on that part. I just removed 6-7mm plastic coat on the wire, jammed in, tested them then cable tied tightly so the wires wont slip off. You can add another cable tie to tie the wires to the existing loom for extra safety.

The wires I used were from the PC power supply to the motherboard, they have crimped pins on the ends, some of the pins match the pins in the Sunshade Button. Those are tough wires for this mod.

[rraudi]

reviving an old thread!!! lookin into doing the garage door mod but im having trouble finding the button. anyone have any ideas on where i'd be able to grab one?

i've done a search online and have been tot he links provided but doesnt seem that stock them anymore, unless i've got to email them and specifically mention i want one made for a 2009 passat R36?

thanks