VCDS For 6R Polo (primarily GTI)

[danielv10]

Got a few good ones here, especially for the GTI owners out there!

In VCDS Select Control Module, go to 03 ABS Brakes, then 10 Adaptation, go to Channel:

Channel 09 Brake Assist
There are 3 settings for this
0-center (stock setting)
1-small
2-hard

The stock setting is 0, change it to 2 and this makes the brake pedal more responsive to smaller inputs. Feels more positive in use, especially under enthusiastic motoring.

Channel 36 XDS
There are 3 settings
0-center (stock setting)
1-weak
2-strong

Change this from 0 to 2 and this one mod alone apparently makes the Polo into a different/better beast under hard driving.

Changed these settings last week and WOW what a difference with the XDS setting at strong. Definitely noticeably flatter over corners and the steering seems a tad heavier too. Should have been like this from the dealership!!
The brake assist set to hard didn't seem too much different except unless I press down half pedal then it seems to stop bit harder than normal.

[iigx]

Finally invested in a Ross-tech cable tonight and have applied the Auto lock/unlock and XDS changes.

[achilles6R]

Hi there guys...does anyone know if the staging/needle sweep can be done on my 2010 polo 6R?
which VCDS version do i need?
thanks!

[RUFNIT]

Evening, just got some time at work to try the "indicator celebration" on my 13.5 GTI and it does work, not sure if it has been covered earlier.

MR

[MrDeathLad]

have a future project in mind and was wondering who would be best to help out with the coding side of things. Not sure if this has been done to a polo yet so need the best person for the job.

Basically, i'm looking for a VCDS guru in melb or syd (prefer melb but willing to travel to sydney get this done). would love to chat more by pm, trying to keep this sneaky untill its compleated... though now buy posting this people will be curious.... still not telling...

thanks in advance,
Ben

[bradsm87]

Does anyone have the same problem as me where ABS > Adaptation > Channel 36 is "not accessible". I've tried VCDS 11 and 12 beta and have the HEX+CAN cable. Channel 36 is supposed to be the XDS channel but it must be a new controller. There is no documentation drop-down either. I'm keen to get and XDS or EDL settings for this car.

I think it's an MY11 thing because it has the 1-digit steering weight setting rather than the older 2-digit. I guess XDS may have changed too but nobody's documented the new settings

[greg32]

RE: VCDS For 6R Polo (primarily GTI)

I am in Orange and happy to assist. Realistically, you would be better buying a cable instead of fuel. The program isn't hard to use as long as you keep a log of pre and post settings to change back. VCDS generally won't let you do dopey things.

have a future project in mind and was wondering who would be best to help out with the coding side of things. Not sure if this has been done to a polo yet so need the best person for the job.

Basically, i'm looking for a VCDS guru in melb or syd (prefer melb but willing to travel to sydney get this done). would love to chat more by pm, trying to keep this sneaky untill its compleated... though now buy posting this people will be curious.... still not telling...

thanks in advance,
Ben

[LunchboxVRS]

have a future project in mind and was wondering who would be best to help out with the coding side of things. Not sure if this has been done to a polo yet so need the best person for the job.

Basically, i'm looking for a VCDS guru in melb or syd (prefer melb but willing to travel to sydney get this done). would love to chat more by pm, trying to keep this sneaky untill its compleated... though now buy posting this people will be curious.... still not telling...

thanks in advance,
Ben

Moving to wodonga in jan next year. but this doesn't help you now I know.

[Wolves1877]

I'm hoping someone can help me with two annoying "features" on my new GTI please:

1) I often like to drive with the climate control set to low without AC (i.e. just fresh air). When you turn off the ignition and later come back to the car the climate control defaults to "22C with AC". Is there any way to change the default to low with no AC?

2) Is there a way to change the default zoom level on the nav maps in the RNS510? It seems to default to "outer-space" distance so every time you get in the car you have to zoom back into 100m level. Don't want to wear out the dial

Many thanks.

[kevinctr]

I have discovered these few channels in the ABS module.

Channel 21 SMALL/LARGE
Channel 35 ON/OFF
Channel 51 ENABLED/DISABLED
Channel 58 Center/EARLY/LATE
Channel 73 On/OFF

Any VAG VCDS experts know what these controls? I am trying to delay ASR activating which allows some slipping and if possible activating it only after 30km/h

[kevinctr]

Nobody have knowledge on these few channels?

[DV52]

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.

readerr0r: Whilst all that you say in your post is perfectly logical, the values that I got from my Polo 6R are very different. I assume that your screen shot came from a different version of the Polo 6R to mine (mine is a 77TSI comfortline with comfort pack and reverse sensors - my14). But I don't think that this matters for the purpose of this discussion.

Anyhow, my Polo has DRLs active (I think they are a second set of filaments in the low-beam lamps). I haven't done any tweaks on the vehicle yet - it's brand new (I've only read the module controllers and taken screen shots). The default values on my Polo for Byte 23 are as shown below:




As you can see, Bit 6 is not ticked, but I can assure you that DRLs are activate on my Polo. I appologise for the impertinence of the following question, but have you actually tried to deactivate the DRLs on your car by getting rid of the tick on Bit 6? If so, did it actually work? The reason that I ask is because I want to de-activate DRLs on my Polo but clearly I can't do this through toggling the status of bit 6 (on my car).

[kevinctr]

Channel 09 Brake Assist
There are 3 settings for this
0-center (stock setting)
1-small
2-hard

Realised setting 2 Hard actually makes the brake more progressive and better in modulation. Small setting actually makes it bite more exponatially and brake assist come in harder. This is contrary to what many have reported here. Kindly clarify it.

[DV52]

Polo 6R Long Coding Sequence for 09-Cent. Elect. module

From various sources, I've been trying to put together an excel table of what appears to be the main control module in the Polo 6R (i.e. Cent, Elect. module). I've also included in the table the default bit values for my car (77TSI). Thought (hoped) that it might be useful to others, but the only way that I can post it is as a pic (too big to post as a text table). Apology for the size, but it is (just) readable if you click on the image twice then click again to enlarge the pic. PM if anyone wants an excel file version.

09: Cent. Elect. (J519)

Coding: 64B02B2F08A10000013808002D2B0ED100C0410F6006000020 0000000000

[DV52]

Needle Sweep on Polo 6R - VCDS Tweak

Hi there guys...does anyone know if the staging/needle sweep can be done on my 2010 polo 6R?
which VCDS version do i need?
thanks!

achilles6R: Here's how I activated the needle sweep function on my Polo 6R. I used a genuine Ross Tech cable HEX+CAN (USB version) and Beta SW (14.6.1), but I suspect that the current VCDS release SW (12.12.2) will work too. Please be aware that the latest RT software is not fully compatible with the 6R platform (it's mainly an issue with the long coding incorrectly displaying the status of the controller bits). Sebastian at Ross Tech says that he is aware of the problem and that it's still a work in progress. That said, the software is sufficiently compliant to be able to do (most) tweaks -including this one.


Needle Sweep on Polo 6R - VCDS Tweak

1. Select the installed controllers page from the main Ross Tech screen

2. Click 17-Instruments from the control module list

3. Click on Adaptation-10 tab

4. Click on the pull-down channel tab and select indicator_celebration (it's about 80% down the channel list)

5. Select Active in the "New Value" box and click Do It! tab

6. Click Add to Log and save a copy of the change report

7. Click Go Back tab and exit the VCDS software

That's it!
This is a whimsical tweak - it's fun to watch the needles dance when the ignition is turned-on (well.... perhaps fun for the first couple dozen times)!