Interesting I wil have a look and give it a go latter on today
nice will test this a bit later =)
nice will test this a bit later =)
Retrofit puddle lights & door warning lights to 8V - help please.
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Sorry I don't quite understand, Fronts ? My car came with B&O from factory, in the front I wired the ambient door trim strip to the B&O LED to get them to work with the ambient lighting in the MMI.
My rears I have wired back to pin 3 on my rear door module, both the Ambient trim I added and and the Rear B&O LED I retrofitted .... I know these work as I have managed to activate them with the test settings in OBDeleven.
I see... I thought you wired to pin #8 of the front control module.. But yeah, B&O LED works just the same...
Just want to mention that this thread helped me with my own install. I can confirm as well that my 2017 also already contains a brown wire in #5 and a blue with yellow stripe in #16. I removed said blue wire and inserted the new harness wire for the puddle lights. I spliced into the brown. Strangely they work without me doing any coding. Also my car came with B&O and the LEDs for the speaker grills still work. I traced the brown #5 and blue #16 and they run back to the small connector that only contains 3 wires and plugs into the door module just underneath all the larger connectors. Ive only done the drivers side and didnt take any pics but im sure you can see in the ones posted already.
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Hi guys, Sorry for bringing up an old thread,
I have just bought a 2015 Audi A3 8V S-Line 4 door saloon , the car has all the extras except for the Puddle lights, I was wondering will the kit from aliexpress that keeps showing up here (https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32244414920.html) will work in my car?
I have ordered the original Ross-Tech VCDS cable & software (240 odd euro!) from the ross-tech site to code them in, I have spent the last 2 days going over this thread and loads of others and now I am very confused, this is my first ever Audi
Thanks so much for everything
I have just bought a 2015 Audi A3 8V S-Line 4 door saloon , the car has all the extras except for the Puddle lights, I was wondering will the kit from aliexpress that keeps showing up here (https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32244414920.html) will work in my car?
I have ordered the original Ross-Tech VCDS cable & software (240 odd euro!) from the ross-tech site to code them in, I have spent the last 2 days going over this thread and loads of others and now I am very confused, this is my first ever Audi
Thanks so much for everything
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Hi I got mines from Ali Express fitted my self loads of help files on here. I just got it coded I didn't have any so I did door lights footwell and lights with aysi logo in
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I would like the puddle, footwell and cup holder lights but not confident to do it myself is there anyone local to Yorkshire that does it and what sort of price would it cost?
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Mate it's not really that hard I did my research first. Got all I needed then waited for a nice day there is some very good step by step instructions. And to be honest yeah you could pay someone and be stood there thinking is that it, but you cant beat the satisfaction of doing it your self.
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Just Google puddle lights. It links back to here and also loads of step by step vids..Need to start doing my research.
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So if I’m correct, according to your video, you can simply insert two ground wires next to eachother in just one single pin slot?
It's been awhile since I did mines but is it the repair wire your talking about
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If you look at my posts regarding puddle lights think you'll get your answers
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well i saw that video and he was referring to the ground wires and pointed to the pin slot in which two wires were pushed along together inside the slot. Actually i already have puddle lights (not installed by me) and i was just finding the answer in how to ground wire the door handle illumination led and saw that part of the video
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So I just took apart the drivers door on my 2017 S3 and have found the same. Pin 5 already has brown and Pin 16 already has blue-yellow. They trace back to the small connector on mine as well.
Not sure what to do here. Rather not remove pins that are already there.. Any ideas?
Update: used some Posi-taps to tap each wire and the puddle lights on the front doors work without any coding needed on my 2017 S3.
Will tackle the rear doors soon.
Final update, tackled the rear doors. Super easy! I slid the positive lead into pin 12 and did a posi-tap on the brown wire in pin 13.
In OBDEleven I went and did the following to BB and CC in the modules list. Long Coding -> activate "ambient_light" and "door_exit_light".
Did anyone ever figure out why those cars without lighting package have these wires in place already?
I installed footwell lighting this week and while I had the door sill trim off I recognized the ribbon cable for the illuminated sill plate. It’s connected But mine don’t light up. Now I’m wondering why. Did disconnecting the blue wire in the door cause it? Fuse?
Yep. The existing blue wire with green stripe that was in pin 16 powers the door illuminated door sill. Just plugged it back in and it worked
Edited. Thought my puddle/warning lights werent working but I had the wrong pin.
Just did the rear door warning lights and interior handle lights. All working beautifully thanks to this thread.
US model 2017 S3. {in #12 for power in the rear door module for the puddle/warning and #1 for the door handle lighting.
My new rear door module coding is 000E13204000048000000002
Just did the rear door warning lights and interior handle lights. All working beautifully thanks to this thread.
US model 2017 S3. {in #12 for power in the rear door module for the puddle/warning and #1 for the door handle lighting.
My new rear door module coding is 000E13204000048000000002
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I retrofitted PFL Door Cards with Puddle/Warning/Handle lights to an A3 SE PFL
Fronts are straight forwards to activate in VCDS, and select the appropriate option.
For the Rears, I followed DJAlix #114
Both below activate Puddle/Warning lights
0005... - Door Entry - Door Exit/Warning
0045... - Door Entry - Door Exit/Warning - Mirror/Door Handle/Speaker
To activate the Door handle light
000D... - Door Entry - Door Exit/Warning - Interior Door Handle
004D... - Door Entry - Door Exit/Warning - Interior Door Handle - Mirror/Door Handle/Speaker
Fronts are straight forwards to activate in VCDS, and select the appropriate option.
For the Rears, I followed DJAlix #114
- 19 - CAN Gatway
- Select Gateway installation List
- Scroll down and activate Modules "BB - Door Rear Drv Side" and "BC - Door Rear Pass Side"
- Save
- Code Modules as needed in order to activate lights
- 19 - CAN Gatway
- Select Gateway installation List
- Scroll down and remove modules "BB - Door Rear Drv Side" and "BC - Door Rear Pass Side"
- Save
- Run an AutoScan
- Clear DTC's
- Un-Tick display freeze frame
- Run AutoScan = Should be no errors
Both below activate Puddle/Warning lights
0005... - Door Entry - Door Exit/Warning
0045... - Door Entry - Door Exit/Warning - Mirror/Door Handle/Speaker
To activate the Door handle light
000D... - Door Entry - Door Exit/Warning - Interior Door Handle
004D... - Door Entry - Door Exit/Warning - Interior Door Handle - Mirror/Door Handle/Speaker
For anyone who wants to retrofit door and footwell lighting to their A3 then we supply kits for those who prefer not to have to splice into any wires.
The harnesses we supply are produced by us and are made to suit individual models of Audi's, they are not generic and as mentioned before we have designed them so that they require no soldering or splicing.
We can't match the aliexpress but the quality of our harnesses are much better and we also supply step by step instructions.
You can see our products: online-shop
The harnesses we supply are produced by us and are made to suit individual models of Audi's, they are not generic and as mentioned before we have designed them so that they require no soldering or splicing.
We can't match the aliexpress but the quality of our harnesses are much better and we also supply step by step instructions.
You can see our products: online-shop
Photo is gone, where is it located?I think your pictures are of the window regulator motor. The control module should be located here :-
The door controle module is just about the same location as the door handle
My 8v Sportback does not have the module in the rear door. Also not in the door cards!??
Anyone a idea how to connect the - and + for the doorcard lightning?
Anyone a idea how to connect the - and + for the doorcard lightning?
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Unfortunately it is not possible for the lighting kit to be fitted to your rear doors, we have seen this on a number of A3's in certain countries which don't have a door control module.
If you dont have rear door modules, you can always get +12V from the window motor and a switched ground from the door latch, try to do some research, there is a ton of info in the first pages of this thread (https://www.audi-sport.net/xf/threa...-lights-to-8v-help-please.236949/post-2628966).
Cheers!
For those who doesn’t have module for puddle lights I have found a way to circumvent it. Use the power window line for positive and the switched negative is the thin white and green wire.
Hi guys. I also have a 2017 A3 Black edition 3dr. I already have the puddle lights but no warning lights. Can anyone shed some light on what I need to fit the warning lights? Do I need to splice the existing loom with the puddle lights or do I need to purchase a pre made loom to accommodate both puddle and warning lights?
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Hey @milkyjoe01 , I’m going to guess you’ll need a new loom for both doors as I doubt someone would install only the puddle light if the wiring was there. Cheapest way would be for you to extend the wires yourself from the puddle lights.
Thanks for your reply Dunedin. I also forgot to say that the puddle lights came factory fitted! so like you say I would think Audi would not have the loom for both warning lights and puddle lights installed but only fit puddle lights! so my other question is will there be a spare pin to just connect the warning lights into the same block as the puddle lights or as you say splice into the existing puddle loom?
Cheers.
I see, I retro fitted mine and the loom I used spliced power and earthed through the module as far as I can remember, pop your door card off and have a look, take some photos when it’s off for reference and the forum can give further advice/assistance. You may just need to make your own short wiring loom for the warning lamps and splice to the puddle light.
Hi guys I’m new to the forum. I own a 2016 Audi A3 that does not have any door lights or bang and olufsen. I just bought 2020 Audi RS3 door panels and looking to get all the lighting to work. Not sure what pins are what and I have ODB11 pro. Hoping someone can help me with what coding I need to do in order to get all the lighting to work
Can some one please shed some light?
Hi to all
Today's job was semi successful!! I managed to add pins male and female to both sides in the door connector for the sill!! Also coded just fine through vcds and lights turned on and door handle too although too low, didnt check mmi for now if some kind of menu appeared. This was only on passengers door. Next tried to wire and connect a rear door too BUT check my photos...
Activated through 19-can gateway the rear modules BUT following msg appears
As soon as I click long coding helper and every byte is blank
Didnt have time for footwell kit and cupholder so didnt mess with bcm for now.
So can you help with rear module coding?
Hi to all
Today's job was semi successful!! I managed to add pins male and female to both sides in the door connector for the sill!! Also coded just fine through vcds and lights turned on and door handle too although too low, didnt check mmi for now if some kind of menu appeared. This was only on passengers door. Next tried to wire and connect a rear door too BUT check my photos...
Activated through 19-can gateway the rear modules BUT following msg appears
As soon as I click long coding helper and every byte is blank
Didnt have time for footwell kit and cupholder so didnt mess with bcm for now.
So can you help with rear module coding?
So can you please post your full coding or at least what needs to be changed exactly?
