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Offline Exonian

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VCDS for T5 Towbar?
« on: 11 October 2012, 14:39 »
Would any of you very knowledgable people know how to activate the electrics on a VW T5 Transporter?

A work colleague of mine has just fitted a tow bar to his T5 and I said I'd code it in for him to save him the expense of having a garage do it.
I have the VCDS cable but I don't have a lot of familiarity with it having only used it to code a few things to my car and clear a few fault codes on people's cars at work.
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Re: VCDS for T5 Towbar?
« Reply #1 on: 11 October 2012, 15:50 »
I maybe wrong but when I removed the towbar from my mk4 I had to remove the wiring loom that was attached to the towbar FROM my headlight and indicator wiring etc...What sort of connections does he have on the towbar?

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Re: VCDS for T5 Towbar?
« Reply #2 on: 13 October 2012, 14:24 »
Just been and had a look at the tow bar. It's a decent quality one and looks like the loom plugs into the rear light cluster or similar. It all looks proper factory style with the right connectors. Just did a VCDS scan on it and can't find the module to enable the electrics. I'm a complete novice with VCDS. I re-set his service indicator though so all is not lost!
The van is a 55 plate and has a 7H chassis code if that is any use to anyone!
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