VCDS Tweaks

[mikeb27rs]

Hi, I have a White MY17 2016 Passat R-line with sunroof, I love it but I hate not having Traffic Information and hate stop start.
What equipment/cable/software do you have to make the changes. I want to get one so I can change my Passat.
Any help would be great.
Thanks - Mike

[DV52]

Hi, I have a White MY17 2016 Passat R-line with sunroof, I love it but I hate not having Traffic Information and hate stop start.
What equipment/cable/software do you have to make the changes. I want to get one so I can change my Passat.
Any help would be great.
Thanks - Mike

Mike: hi
As to your question about Traffic Information, this should be relatively easy to enable - it's just a matter of setting a software switch in one of the control modules in the car like THIS,

As to your question about Start Stop, you could buy a third party device like THIS, or you could make a simple device like THIS. But - given that you will need access to a diagnostic for the Traffic Management tweak, the easiest method would be to also use the cable to do THIS.

Don't be concerned that the information that I have provided relates to Golf mk7. Your Passat is built on a MQB platform - like the Golf and it therefore shares a similar CAN network topology making it likely that the same tweaks will be useable

Don

[Diegothecat]

Ive have been able to make massive changes to the LCD dashboard. I can choose from 4 different gauges types some with a higher top speed of 320kph. I have also given the dash a selectable 10 colour choice mod to the digital dash. Each of the 10 colours can be completely adjusted to your liking. Each has 255 point for red green and blue value, so its infinite the colour options available. This also carries through to the touch screen display, where the colour options can be adjusted. Unfortunitly I cant give this info away for free, sorry. Pm me and if you in Brisbane I can help you to do this.

Im sorry I cant remember ATM what the coding is for all the below mods but I will be re doing my car as it has to go to VW next week and they will be resetting everything so I can take notes when I do these mods again.

I've modded the sunroof, so it opens fully with one press and the sun shade operated independently of the glass roof, it too opens all the way with one press. Also closes and opens from key.

Turn off ignition with the key, this only works with the engine off but the car in accessories mode at this stage, but Im working on being able to turn the car on and off via the remote.

Rear indicators and parker lights cycle in differing light phases as I did this as when the lights are activated the red parker light goes off and stays off when the indicators where engaged. i though that it looked weird.

Rear outer red led light flashes with indicators, as rear indicators are just not bright enough. But when braking the lights default back to brake lights.

Mirror indicators operate in the dark phase of the main indicators.

Center brake light used as a rear parker light.

High beam assist with auto retention of the high beam setting. also changed the reaction speed of the high beam assist function. Also included range control.

Adapted the windows to keep going up even after the drivers door has been opened.

When the engine turns off the drivers seat moves back automatically so its easier to get in and out of the car.

If you want to turn off all traction aids and I mean have them absolutely disengaged for track use or maybe skid pan. This was done by faulting the steering angle sensor. This is easy to rectify once the traction aids are required again, just carry out the basic setting for the steering angle sensor and it all comes back.

When boot is open, I have codded the reverse lights to be on full.

Dropped the licence plate light to 20% so its a little harder to see lol.

Added strong front differential grip through cornering, no more traction control preventing power to the wheel when it starts to spin.

Removed the vibration control of the engine, this was causing issues under launch control. It now pulls harder in 1st and 2nd.

Adjusted the preload on the ABS so the brake peddle feels much harder and uses less effort when braking.

Brightened headlights and DTRL's from 10v to 12.7v output, this makes a massive difference to the headlight and high beam output.

Added traffic sigh recognition, I love this, this also comes with an over the speed limit warning which I wish I used before my 3 speeding tickets in less than 5 weeks and all for over 20 kph the limit grrr.

Added trailer stability control and supposedly this will also work with park assist, so the car will park the trailer when needed.

Changed the output volume of any of the inputs on the stereo, as i found that after installing a sub in the spare wheel the speakers topped out around the middle of the volume adjustment. This caused them to be no were near loud enough but lucky these are all controllable.

Added adjustability to most of the driver aids through the touch screen.

Iv also made an excel file with all the German words translated to English for all of the control modules. It makes it so much easier to change things when you actually know what it is you are changing lol. God I spent some time on this one but please PM me if you would like a copy.

One thing I've been trying to achieve but have had no luck so far. Is getting the rear tail lights to flash in cycle with the brake lights. As the tail lights are horizontal and the brake are vertical, I think it would be cool to have this happen. If anyone could shine some light onto how this can be done i would be greatly appreciated.

[ope126]

Well done with the above mentioned mods mate!
PM Sent...

[DV52]

Dieago: Hi - sounds like you have been a busy boy! Without intending any offense, we clearly have completely different views about using these type of forums and making data available to other forum members (for free) and I can entirely understand that your personal IP is the something that you have a right to keep (no offense intended - we just view this matter differently).

Fact is though that much of this stuff is readily translatable from tweaks from other MQB platform vehicles albeit that I have no doubt that you have probably made new discoveries regarding the B8. This means that information of the type related to the tweaks in your list really only have a very short term value - because fairly quickly after someone announces these changes in these forums, someone else will figure-out how to replicate the changes (it's simply the nature of community forums like this).

Incidentally, if you are missing any English translations from the BCM (or Central electrics module if you are using OBD11) adaptation channels, then I've made a long list available for the Golf mk7 HERE . The mk7 is one of those MQB platform vehicles, so many adaption channels should be similar (look at the "Child" part of the name in the channel descriptor - because newer model BCMs had a database change to the "Parent" name).

As for your specific question, the changes that you want to make should be available in the Leuchte20BR LA71 (left-side outer tail) and Leuchte21BR RC8 (right-side outer tail) Leuchte-sets. My understanding is that in the B8, thsee two lamps have a fairly simple programming, so it should be easy to add the turn-signal command to get your requirements (make sure that you think about what priority order you want in the conflict situation where both turn-signals and brake lights are switched-on).

If you need further help. simply paste a copy of one of these Leutche-sets here and I'll add the changes (or better still, load the admap file on a third party hosting site and include a link here so that we can all have a look at data settings - or I can include a link for an admap for the B8 from the RT forum if you want)

Don

[Diegothecat]

Yea Don I get what your saying, but u need to read closer as I'm happy to give info on all my mods except the dash lights.

I just can't remember where they are off the top of my head and I will fill in the how too when I redo them all in a week or so.

Thanks for the info. But I'm trying to get my brake and park lights to flash in conjunction while braking.
I think messing with switching off brake lights while in use is the issue.

[Wynnston]

Do you have pictures of the different gauge styles? Particularly interested if it can look similar to the Arteon gauges which look a lot nicer.

[Diegothecat]

Do you have pictures of the different gauge styles? Particularly interested if it can look similar to the Arteon gauges which look a lot nicer.

Yea thats one of the options but IMO there is a better one. This is the one Im using. Sorry for the blurry pic I dont think the person taking the pic was concentrating totally on their photography skills.

They look better with a different background colour but I am unable to get a pic atm sorry.

[Diegothecat]

Here is a little vid of the start up function with a different colour.

Dropbox - Start up in gold .mp4 one in gold

Dropbox - Purple Dash Lights.mp4 one in purple

But with the stock gauges.

DV52 Im not trying to make a profit or try and be reimbursed for my time and effort. I feel more that Im not quite ready to give up all of my secrets that Ive worked very hard on to make my car one that is different from the pack. Seeing that the only real differences between my 206 Passat model car and other factory vehicles is the option to have the vehicle fitted with or without a sunroof. I'll happily give a hearty thumbs up to the next person to figure out the coding and adaptations for this mod, as it is inevitable this is for sure.

In the pursuit of doing all of my mods, they didn't come without a cost to me or my cars. Weeks of work has gone into learning, trying and failing and in some cases requiring the manufacture to rectify the issues that I have created which has happened many times on various mods. As this video just shows that they dont always go to plan.

Dropbox - Many Farkups.mp4

[mikeb27rs]

Hi, I have done this on my Passat R and now works fine, thank you.
How do I get the traffic congestion overlay on the map, I had this on my 2014 Golf R and it was great to avoid congested routes.
Here in Melbourne you need it.
Thanks, Mike