Vehicle 2015 Passat SEL TDI
To start out with it is a direct replacement and came with an adapter from the cars OEM output to the back of the new headlights.
Love the light output on low and high beams and NO blinding opposing traffic.
I do have one problem which Winpower has not been able to fix for me. These lights come with a LED DRL strip which also doubles as a yellow sequential turn signal.
All works fine in daytime running. But at night both the DRL/Turn signals now constantly flicker. When the left or right turn signal is activated it works as it is supposed to but goes back to flickering when the turn signal is turned off.
Has anyone experienced this? What did you do to fix it?
Failing that can someone assist me in accessing the suggested light setting please. I have the Hex-V2 Enthusiast VCDS.
Thanks in advance
A poster on the TDI club gave me this suggestion:
It sounds like you have a similar issue with the PWM signal for parking light. Because their strips aren't designed for that input level they then flash, probably asynchronously. I'm a few thousand miles from my Passat right now, and can't remember if this is even possible with the NMS Passat BCM.
If it is possible, with VCDS look under the BCM and somewhere near middle or end of the long coding helper pages there are some dedicated to output levels for lights. If there, you'd want to try lowering your front turns as parking lights to 0% brightness. That would end up cutting all power and they strips going dark until the turns activate. Otherwise you could play with turning the level up to a point where they stayed on steady. This is all of course if you can, I really can't remember if it is an option. It was in the MkV Jetta because it was sold all over the world and they needed a way to change the settings based on the rules of that country.
To start out with it is a direct replacement and came with an adapter from the cars OEM output to the back of the new headlights.
Love the light output on low and high beams and NO blinding opposing traffic.
I do have one problem which Winpower has not been able to fix for me. These lights come with a LED DRL strip which also doubles as a yellow sequential turn signal.
All works fine in daytime running. But at night both the DRL/Turn signals now constantly flicker. When the left or right turn signal is activated it works as it is supposed to but goes back to flickering when the turn signal is turned off.
Has anyone experienced this? What did you do to fix it?
Failing that can someone assist me in accessing the suggested light setting please. I have the Hex-V2 Enthusiast VCDS.
Thanks in advance
A poster on the TDI club gave me this suggestion:
It sounds like you have a similar issue with the PWM signal for parking light. Because their strips aren't designed for that input level they then flash, probably asynchronously. I'm a few thousand miles from my Passat right now, and can't remember if this is even possible with the NMS Passat BCM.
If it is possible, with VCDS look under the BCM and somewhere near middle or end of the long coding helper pages there are some dedicated to output levels for lights. If there, you'd want to try lowering your front turns as parking lights to 0% brightness. That would end up cutting all power and they strips going dark until the turns activate. Otherwise you could play with turning the level up to a point where they stayed on steady. This is all of course if you can, I really can't remember if it is an option. It was in the MkV Jetta because it was sold all over the world and they needed a way to change the settings based on the rules of that country.
