Mk2 Tiguan VCDS Tweaks

[PDMJO]

Hey Gents,
Lately I’ve done a lot of research and decided to buy my first VW TIguan and collect it on the 22nd of this month. I’ve ordered a Wolfsburg edition and have been reading up on this forum about all the various mods you have all done and there are some pretty cool
things.

The main wuestion I have is should I buy the obdeleven or go with the ross tech to get started on this? It seems most obdeleven posts when using the app don’t always work so just wondering which is best to go with? Also with the obdeleven token system, if you run out of tokens is it costly to get more or how do you get them? Open to either option as you guys are the pros.

background - I have good IT background Incase that sways decision.
cheers

Most of the information you need about a comparison can be found at the start of this forum.

That being said, personally, I’ve got OBD11 as it’s a cheap alternative and is enough for my needs - basic level modifications. You can download the app for free to see if it’s what you need. Credits can be obtained by watching ads through the app should you run out, but you can also just use long coding which doesn’t require any tokens.

Happy coding!

[MikeyT]

I followed the instructions to the end and ran basic settings. On starting the car and turning on the high beam I would still get a DLA fault which I couldn’t clear.
At the end of page 2 of the coding instructions there is some additional coding for if you continue to get a fault. I entered all of this coding and it cleared the DLA fault but created a new one with turning lights which I also could not clear.
For my car, activating Byte 11, Bit 2 was causing this issue. Once I deactivated this I could clear the faults and the system worked.

Hope that helps.

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Hi BushPig667,

I tried to do this using OBD11 and I'm getting all sorts of errors.

Do we run the basic setting for both 4B and A5 or just 4B? I'm not sure if I'm doing this right as there is no confirmation, it only say "Basic setting starting". What does Basic setting actually do?

Do you also need to undo the changes you made to High Beam assist for this to work? Thanks.

[Gregh]

Is it possible to re-activate the sunroof ambient lights via vcds/obdeleven?

My dealer is struggling. They’ve done the recall work(fuses) and when they did what they thought would reenable them(shouldn’t have ever been disabled according to their system...) nothing.

Cheers for any help.

Hi, do you have succed with the sunroof light?
Mine was build in september 2018. I've the LED on it but i don't find the way to activate it. I also do not the icon on the my discover. Some get the icon but still do not have the LED on this f*****g sunroof

I try to find a solution with VCDS but it seems to impossible

[Simonr23]

No luck for me yet

I have found options on obd11, but they did nothing.

[Spiked]

Hi, Is there anyone around the Parramatta NSW area who could assist with disabling having to hit OK on the screen every time I start the car and allow overtaking on the left and other recommendations in exchange for beer etc?

[Bushpig667]

Hi BushPig667,

I tried to do this using OBD11 and I'm getting all sorts of errors.

Do we run the basic setting for both 4B and A5 or just 4B? I'm not sure if I'm doing this right as there is no confirmation, it only say "Basic setting starting". What does Basic setting actually do?

Do you also need to undo the changes you made to High Beam assist for this to work? Thanks.

Hi Mikey

Just basic settings for 4B. One of the fault codes should be that you need to run basic settings after you make the other changes.
I’ll be honest, I don’t know what basic settings actually does. There is no confirmation that it completes.

I didn’t undo the changes for high beam assist but in hindsight it may have caused some of errors that I saw. Best of luck. For me it was perseverance that got all my faults cleared in the end rather than specific advice I can pass on.


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[MikeyT]

Hi Mikey

Just basic settings for 4B. One of the fault codes should be that you need to run basic settings after you make the other changes.
I’ll be honest, I don’t know what basic settings actually does. There is no confirmation that it completes.

I didn’t undo the changes for high beam assist but in hindsight it may have caused some of errors that I saw. Best of luck. For me it was perseverance that got all my faults cleared in the end rather than specific advice I can pass on.


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Hi Bushpig667,

Thanks for your response. I followed the guide and configured all but got an error. Then I did the extra 4B settings and my High Beam just stayed on and wouldn't turn off. I couldn't shut it off unless I turn the power off.

I reverted all my settings and now I have this "Error: Adaptive Front Lighting (AFS)" error that I can't get rid of.

Can you send my your 4B long coding of your car so I can compare? Also to make sure I did the right thing performing Basic setting, what are the steps for performing basic setting?

[Gregh]

Last question :

Is there anyone having the SA of HEX17? With my VCDS (old version 18.2) i can't go in adaptation.
Thank to a tips, i can go to HEX9 but not on HEX17 > adpatation. I think that if i enter the SA code, i will be able to enter in

[Username009]

you can download the latest VCDS from here Ross-Tech: VCDS: Downloads: Current Release and Manual

[veew]

Hi Bushpig667,

Thanks for your response. I followed the guide and configured all but got an error. Then I did the extra 4B settings and my High Beam just stayed on and wouldn't turn off. I couldn't shut it off unless I turn the power off.

I reverted all my settings and now I have this "Error: Adaptive Front Lighting (AFS)" error that I can't get rid of.

Can you send my your 4B long coding of your car so I can compare? Also to make sure I did the right thing performing Basic setting, what are the steps for performing basic setting?

Did you try doing the following?

[MikeyT]

Did you try doing the following?
[ATTACH=CONFIG]42844[/ATTACH]

Hi veew,

I did but I wasn't sure how to do basic setting before.

Anyhow, I've finally worked it out and I'm happy to report that I have successfully coded and tested it. It works beautifully and it is pretty obvious when you see it in action. I got so excited I turn my car around to test it again.

Here is what I did. Follow below link, page1 and half of page2
Activate Dynamic Light Assist (DLA) - from MY 2017 - AS.Coding

After the first 4B coding (top half of page 2), you should get an error (lights pointing to the ground). Do as the document says to perform basic setting and the error will go away and the light will readjust and go back to normal. Now clear the error on 4B.

We are nearly there but not quite. Now check the car Menu, lights and make sure Dynamic light assist is tick and push the light stalk forward. You should see the light with an A inside on the AID (exactly the same as light assist) but you should get another error at the same time. If you don't then you may be set to rock n roll.

So if you do get the error like me, refer to the bottom half of page 2. My advice is don't do all the 4 codings in one go, do one at a time. After each one, perform basic settings and clear error. You may not need them all. For my car, I only needed to do the second line and the error goes away and it works.

I hope this is helpful and good luck.

[Ozsko]

Hi bushpig667 just to let you know the DLA works a treat! Tried them tonight and boy do they work well! Thanks again bushpig667 for your help on this. Greatly appreciated. Owe you one!

Steve, referring to post 213 which headlights has your car got and what year model is it.

[jdstephens]

Hi veew,

I did but I wasn't sure how to do basic setting before.

Anyhow, I've finally worked it out and I'm happy to report that I have successfully coded and tested it. It works beautifully and it is pretty obvious when you see it in action. I got so excited I turn my car around to test it again.

Good work and thanks! Are you able to provide a video demonstrating it working?

[MikeyT]

Good work and thanks! Are you able to provide a video demonstrating it working?

Here you go. Not a very good video but you can see that it's masking the bright road signs, on coming cars on the right and it also created a U shape when there are cars in front of me.


I did not get any beep from on coming cars so I guess it's working well.

[jdstephens]

Here you go. Not a very good video but you can see that it's masking the bright road signs, on coming cars on the right and it also created a U shape when there are cars in front of me.


I did not get any beep from on coming cars so I guess it's working well.

Excellent work and thanks heaps for this!! Just boggles my mind why VW have this turned off in Australia when the cars here have all the hardware.