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Did a bunch of tweaks & mods to my Volkswagen Virtus GT using VCDS

31st October 2023, 15:28 by Dev Shah

I know that many of these adaptations have already been done by several of you & it might come across as basic to you.

BHPian PatchyBoy recently shared this with other enthusiasts.

Got around doing some tweaks and mods using VCDS to my Volkswagen Virtus GT Plus.

Started the day with attempts to set the default value of Start/Stop to OFF, but no luck. 01 Engine control module has a channel - IDE04158-Activation of start/stop function with value "Active". There is a dropdown to select "Not Active", but it returns an error when trying to write back. More research needed. There is channel IDE04159-Deactivation of start/stop function with a value of "Not Active" in Control Modules 03 - ABS Brakes, 05 - Acc/Start Auth., 08- Auto HVAC and 19 - CAN Gateway. Perhaps turning them to False first & then changing the vaule for channel IDE04158 might help. Will give that a try tomorrow.

Prelude - I know that many of these adaptations have already been done by several of you & it might come across as basic to you. But for me it is a learning process. I Intend to document my experiences here, in the hope it will help someone. I know a few of you are not in favour of sharing details here, lest someone makes money out of it. Doesn't bother me. If someone learns from my posts & starts earning from doing these adaptations, good for them. They are more enterprising than I am. I wish them well. After all, I am no Charles Babbage or Dennis Ritchie, but make a living by using their hard work.

Last but not least - these adaptations worked on my 2022 Virtus GT Plus. YMMV. If you try these in your car & brick any of the electronics, that is on you. not me.

Here goes -

Lane Change indicator blink 5 times instead of 3:

Steps:

Start VCDS, after connecting to car (with ignition on) & laptop
Click on Select button under Control Modules
Click on 09 Cent. Elect.
Click on 16 Security Access and enter 31347. You should get a pop-up that it is accepted.
Click on 10 Adaptations
In the channels drop down, select ENG141649-ENG115854-Außenlicht_Blinker-Komfortblinken_Blinkzyklen
In the new value box enter 5 and click Do It

Disable 80 kmph & 120 kmph beeps:

Steps:

Start VCDS, after connecting to car (with ignition on) & laptop
Click on Select button under Control Modules
Click on 17 Instruments
Click on 10 Adaptations
In the channels drop down, select IDE14220-MAS00111-Vehicle speed warning for India-Seconds
In the new value box enter 0 and click Do It
Again, in the channels drop down, select IDE14220-Vehicle speed warning for India
In the dropdown below the channel, select NO and click Do It

Front DRL on only when light switch in Auto Position:

Steps:

Start VCDS, after connecting to car (with ignition on) & laptop
Click on Select button under Control Modules
Click on 09 Cent. Elect.
Click on 16 Security Access and enter 31347. You should get a pop-up that it is accepted.
Click on 10 Adaptations
In the channels drop down, select ENG141647-ENG149107-Außenlicht_Front-Tagfahrlicht_nur_in_Schalterstellung_AUTO
Change the value from not active to active and click Do It

Change colour on MID screen:

This is mostly cosmetic & a personal choice

Steps:

Start VCDS, after connecting to car (with ignition on) & laptop
Click on Select button under Control Modules
Click on 17 Instruments
Click on 10 Adaptations
Change the values of the following 3 channels. Search for Red, Green and Blue to find them -
IDE16921-MAS01877-Standard color-Red
IDE16921-MAS01878-Standard color-Green
IDE16921-MAS01879-Standard color-Blue
In the new value box enter 5 and click Do It

I changed mine to match the car colour . The values are Red - 227, Green 170 and Blue - 3.