A3 8P LED Door Handles/Puddle/Warning Lights Retrofit question

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Hi all, looking for some advice,

My 2009 Facelift A3 is bottom bottom spec and today I bought some nice S line leather seats as well as all the door cards. My door cards had nothing but the minimum in them. Swapped over to the new ones which have the led in the door handle, the puddle lights and warning lights and when I turned the car on the window switches and everything wouldn't function...when I tried adjusting the passenger side mirror I heard clicking in the rear doors, like the window motor was trying to operate.

Anyway I swapped the loom back over to my original one on both the drivers and passenger side and everything functions again...phew.

Can I get my new loom and lights working? I really want the door handle LEDS to work! I'm guessing its maybe because the car doesn't know what to do with them? A VCDS update would maybe get it all back in line again?

Hope someone can help.

Thanks
 
Hi all, looking for some advice,

My 2009 Facelift A3 is bottom bottom spec and today I bought some nice S line leather seats as well as all the door cards. My door cards had nothing but the minimum in them. Swapped over to the new ones which have the led in the door handle, the puddle lights and warning lights and when I turned the car on the window switches and everything wouldn't function...when I tried adjusting the passenger side mirror I heard clicking in the rear doors, like the window motor was trying to operate.

Anyway I swapped the loom back over to my original one on both the drivers and passenger side and everything functions again...phew.

Can I get my new loom and lights working? I really want the door handle LEDS to work! I'm guessing its maybe because the car doesn't know what to do with them? A VCDS update would maybe get it all back in line again?

Hope someone can help.

Thanks

Hey,
Where did you manage to get hold of the door cards please?
Thanks.
 
I did this retrofit to my old 59 plate S3. Are the looms pre or post facelift?
What i found was that the looms are wired differently after the door modules in the facelift model compared to the pre facelift.
If you have pre facelift looms you will need to rewire the plugs coming out of the modules to suit your car.
It was a proverbial pain in the butt!
After that it's just vcds coding