Thread bump- any idea as to why VAGCOM isn’t recognizing my hardware? Do these adapt settings to individual cars?
It's not that doesn't recognize your hardware; it clearly does. This is a question of what's documented.
In the case of your lighting configuration, coding, Byte 2, bits 0-2, there are eight possible values for that bit field, only one of which is documented. It does not show your car has having halogens. It shows halogens as the only documented value for that bit-field.
As for your module, it's possible that the value for 00 Byte 01, bit 0~1 is incorrectly described. The other possibilities are:
01 Adaptive Cruise Control () with Follow-to-Stop (not documented)
02 Adaptive Cruise Control () with Follow-to-Stop/Stop-and-Go
Now since these "" sensors are also installed in plenty of cars that don't actually have in order to accommodate the regulatory requirement for automatic emergency braking, it's possible that 00 is what's used on those, in addition cars that have without follow-to-stop or stop-and-go.
It's also not clear that the cars in the Golf MK7 thread you're following have the same modules. Their Golfs are European produced ones, whereas your GTI is likely Hecho en Mexico.
Uwe-