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Hi all - I've been spending the last couple days researching but figured I would ask here before potentially committing to purchasing VCDS just to make sure I can achieve what I wish to achieve with my car.
I have a Canadian 2010 B6 Passat Komfort 2.0t 6M/T (base model wooo) which I am wanting to add some extra features to. I picked up the car dirt cheap years ago with a busted clutch slave cylinder and fixed it up and have been using it as my disposable daily driver since. That said, I've been bitten by the mod bug and I've since K04/intake/intercooler/exhaust swapped it to be more fun, and now I am starting to work on some creature comforts such as the steering wheel. I have already fitted an RCD330 with back-up camera and fog lamps, so figure the MFSW will be one of the last things to do.
So I've acquired a wheel (3C8419091BEE74 that looks like this) and matching clock spring module (5K0.953.569.T) from a 2010ish Passat CC and have swapped them in to see what would happen (you can tell I am new to VAG cars, I mostly dabble in older Japanese vehicles) and to my surprise the steering wheel controls illuminate and work just fine, however I have the amber steering wheel and traction control warning lamps on the dash.
I tried to perform the usual steering angle calibration by turning the wheel lock to lock a few times (have had to do that once a couple winters ago when I went away for a couple months and the battery was dead flat on my return, but turning lock to lock did the trick back then, just not now). I suspect there is a lot more to it such as coding, as I've noticed the turn stalk doesn't toggle on the high beams when pushed down like it usually should (the high beams do come on momentarily though, so at least they work still), and I'm not entirely sure if the horn works yet either (I still have the airbag sitting just out from the clips as I wasn't sure if I had to remove the wheel and module or not).
I came across this Wiki article and these posts but they are closed, and I'm not a verified member so can't respond to them anyway.
I'm just relatively unfamiliar with these cars so some pointers would be greatly appreciated! Is it as simple as coding the new module with VCDS and I'm good to go, or is there much more to it? I'm not fully understanding the LIN1.3, LIN2.0 stuff either. I figured with the wheel and module coming from a similar era PQ46 car it would be more helpful in terms of compatibility with each other, but of course I could be completely wrong there.
Many thanks!
I have a Canadian 2010 B6 Passat Komfort 2.0t 6M/T (base model wooo) which I am wanting to add some extra features to. I picked up the car dirt cheap years ago with a busted clutch slave cylinder and fixed it up and have been using it as my disposable daily driver since. That said, I've been bitten by the mod bug and I've since K04/intake/intercooler/exhaust swapped it to be more fun, and now I am starting to work on some creature comforts such as the steering wheel. I have already fitted an RCD330 with back-up camera and fog lamps, so figure the MFSW will be one of the last things to do.
So I've acquired a wheel (3C8419091BEE74 that looks like this) and matching clock spring module (5K0.953.569.T) from a 2010ish Passat CC and have swapped them in to see what would happen (you can tell I am new to VAG cars, I mostly dabble in older Japanese vehicles) and to my surprise the steering wheel controls illuminate and work just fine, however I have the amber steering wheel and traction control warning lamps on the dash.
I tried to perform the usual steering angle calibration by turning the wheel lock to lock a few times (have had to do that once a couple winters ago when I went away for a couple months and the battery was dead flat on my return, but turning lock to lock did the trick back then, just not now). I suspect there is a lot more to it such as coding, as I've noticed the turn stalk doesn't toggle on the high beams when pushed down like it usually should (the high beams do come on momentarily though, so at least they work still), and I'm not entirely sure if the horn works yet either (I still have the airbag sitting just out from the clips as I wasn't sure if I had to remove the wheel and module or not).
I came across this Wiki article and these posts but they are closed, and I'm not a verified member so can't respond to them anyway.
I'm just relatively unfamiliar with these cars so some pointers would be greatly appreciated! Is it as simple as coding the new module with VCDS and I'm good to go, or is there much more to it? I'm not fully understanding the LIN1.3, LIN2.0 stuff either. I figured with the wheel and module coming from a similar era PQ46 car it would be more helpful in terms of compatibility with each other, but of course I could be completely wrong there.
Many thanks!
