8.5 Coding now available in OBD11 & Carista.

[Tarmac_Terrorist]

I’ve tried with the bonnet open but the app isn’t even there to find unfortunately.

[Carlosfandango]

Will using tools like odbeleven not cause problems with the warranty?

No, the one click apps are essentially just a box ticking exercise, the parameters are already set by VW and are available to activate, a different model or spec car may already be set up like that from new, you’re not changing anything not already programmed in. A remap or such like is a different story though, but even then it wouldn’t void warranty on the whole car, only on components directly linked to the ECU in question. They cannot (and won’t) void warranty on a faulty infotainment screen for example, just because the boost pressure was set to be out of factory tolerances. But blow the turbo up and you’d likely be out of pocket.

[BikeSausage]

Having had my car for 3 weeks now, I looked into Carista /OBD11 as I want to turn off the Soundaktor. I’m not a fan of loud exhausts especially fake ones.

After some digging, it appears that the 8.5 has additional security - abbreviated to SFD2 (Cybersecurity regs?) which the 3rd party dongles have not yet managed to gain access to.

Some diagnostic functions are available but adaptations are mostly not. Which is a shame as I also wanted to enable rear DRLs as my wife always turns the light switch form auto to off and drives around in the darkness with front lights and no rears. 🫣

[Carlosfandango]

Having had my car for 3 weeks now, I looked into Carista /OBD11 as I want to turn off the Soundaktor. I’m not a fan of loud exhausts especially fake ones.

After some digging, it appears that the 8.5 has additional security - abbreviated to SFD2 (Cybersecurity regs?) which the 3rd party dongles have not yet managed to gain access to.

Some diagnostic functions are available but adaptations are mostly not. Which is a shame as I also wanted to enable rear DRLs as my wife always turns the light switch form auto to off and drives around in the darkness with front lights and no rears. 🫣

I’ve just been out in the car, so had a check for you, the Soundaktor adjustment one click app is available for ten credits in my 8.5 using OBDeleven, no rear DRLs from them yet though. Using Carista however there is the option to turn on rear ‘Scandinavian’ DRLs, so both are possible, but sadly only by using both dongles at present.😩

[monkeyhanger]

On my new RS3 (same architecture I presume), my OBD11 (old style, lifetime pro license) won't connect to the car within the app to even try a scan and long coding. I thought it might need the bonnet popped to connect - nope. Thought it might be broken, but works fine on our Cupra Born.

[Paul_GTI]

I found entering the VIN (continue option I think) works, then selecting the car the next time you connect. Seemed to work for me with the OG dongle.

[monkeyhanger]

I found entering the VIN (continue option I think) works, then selecting the car the next time you connect. Seemed to work for me with the OG dongle.

I will give that a go. Looking at the original OBD11 dongle when plugged in, it's visually doing stuff as you're trying to connect - amber and green LEDs flashing in the casing etc

[BikeSausage]

Having had my car for 3 weeks now, I looked into Carista /OBD11 as I want to turn off the Soundaktor. I’m not a fan of loud exhausts especially fake ones.

After some digging, it appears that the 8.5 has additional security - abbreviated to SFD2 (Cybersecurity regs?) which the 3rd party dongles have not yet managed to gain access to.

Some diagnostic functions are available but adaptations are mostly not. Which is a shame as I also wanted to enable rear DRLs as my wife always turns the light switch form auto to off and drives around in the darkness with front lights and no rears. 🫣

I’ve just been out in the car, so had a check for you, the Soundaktor adjustment one click app is available for ten credits in my 8.5 using OBDeleven, no rear DRLs from them yet though. Using Carista however there is the option to turn on rear ‘Scandinavian’ DRLs, so both are possible, but sadly only by using both dongles at present.😩

Thanks. I shall have another go with Carista, although it would not connect a couple of weeks ago.