The Volkswagen Touareg is a capable and luxurious SUV, but with the right tweaks, you can unlock even more potential. Using a VCDS (Vag-Com Diagnostic System) interface, you can access and modify hidden settings to customize your Touareg to your liking. This guide explores popular Touareg Vcds Mods, covering areas like battery coding, sound system enhancements, auxiliary heating, climate control, comfort features, park assist, ACC, seat belts, time synchronization, key warnings, comfort opening/closing, and RNS850 infotainment system adjustments.
Popular Touareg VCDS Mods: A Comprehensive Guide
This guide provides step-by-step instructions for various modifications. Always proceed with caution when modifying vehicle settings and ensure you have a proper understanding of VCDS before making any changes. Incorrect modifications could potentially damage your vehicle.
Battery Coding
Access the 19-CAN gateway and navigate to Adaptation-10. Here, you can adjust battery parameters including:
- Size (Ah): Input the Ampere-hour rating of your battery.
- Manufacturer: Enter the first three letters of the manufacturer as found on the battery sticker.
- Serial Number: Input the battery’s serial number.
Dynaudio Sound Profile for Non-Dynaudio Systems
Enhance your Touareg’s audio by enabling the Dynaudio profile even without the Dynaudio sound system.
- Select “56 – Radio.”
- Go to “07 – Encoding” and select “Long Encoding.”
- In Byte 4, change the value from 01 to 00.
- Save and exit.
Activating the Auxiliary Heater as a Parking Heater
Enable your auxiliary heater to function as a parking heater and access timer settings in the RNS850.
- In the Hidden menu, enable “car/cardevicelist – Auxiliary Heater (RNS850).”
- Set “Auxiliary Heater” to 5 in “car/carmenuoperation (RNS850).”
- Enable bit 4 in byte 1 of module “08-AutoHVAC” using VCDS.
- Reboot the RNS850.
Miscellaneous Climate Control Adjustments
Within Adaptation-10, you can customize various climate control settings:
- Adjust the retention time for driver/passenger seat heater levels (default is 10 minutes).
- Enable/disable air recirculation when reversing.
- Modify air quality sensor sensitivity.
- Store manual fan and recirculation settings for when the ignition is off.
Enhancing Comfort and Convenience
Module 09-Cent. Elect. offers numerous customization options (Security Code: 20113):
- Tear Wipe: Enable/disable automatic tear wiping (Byte 1, Bit 3).
- Dim Wink: Enable/disable the dimming feature for the turn signals (Byte 2, Bit 6).
- LED Brightness: Maintain constant LED brightness (Byte 3, Bit 2) and turn off the LED strip with the indicator (Byte 3, Bit 7).
- Lights On Warning: Disable the “lights are on” warning when opening the door (Byte 5, Bit 3).
- Amber Corner Lights: Enable amber corner lights in the front (Byte 10, Bit 3).
Park Assist, ACC, and Seat Belt Modifications
- Park Assist Speed: Adjust the switch-off speed for park assist in module 10-Park/Steer Assist (Adaptation-10).
- ACC Distance: Change the default distance for Adaptive Cruise Control in module 13-Auto Dist. Reg (Adaptation-10).
- Seatbelt Chime: Activate or deactivate the seatbelt warning chime in module 17-Instruments (Coding-07, Byte 0).
Time Synchronization and Key Warning
- Time Source: Choose between manual or GPS time synchronization in Adaptation-10.
- Key Warning Chime: Enable/disable the key warning chime in module 46-Central Conv (Coding-07, Byte 9, Bit 7).
Comfort Opening/Closing
Enable comfort operation in module “Coding – 07” (Byte 2, Bit 0). Then, within Adaptation-10, customize various comfort opening and closing options for your keys. Consult VCDS help menus for specific configuration codes.
RNS850 Infotainment System Tweaks (Security Code: 02002)
- Disable Navigation & Phone Warnings: Set Channel 2 to 250 and Channel 3 to a small number (e.g., 5) in Adaptation-10.
- Enable Green Menu: Change Channel 6 to 1 and press SETUP + CAR for several seconds. Within the Green Menu, you can adjust microphone sensitivity, increase radio play time after ignition off, and enable CD importing to the MMI’s hard drive.
- Video In Motion (VIM): Generate a login code using your serial number (digits 6, 13, 10, 14, 11, with “-” representing “0”). Enter this code in Security Access-16 and change Channel 48 to 255 in Adaptation-10. Reboot the RNS850 by pressing Phone + Climate + Nav + Traffic + Central Knob simultaneously.
Trunk Functionality
Module 6D-Trunk Elect. allows for these adjustments:
- Tailgate Open with Trailer: Enable tailgate opening even with a trailer detected (Adaptation-10).
- Tailgate Open with Long Remote Press: Activate tailgate opening with a long press of the remote button (Adaptation-10).
This guide provides a starting point for exploring the world of Touareg VCDS mods. Remember to research each modification thoroughly before implementing it and always back up your original settings. Enjoy customizing your Touareg!
