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A couple more AliExpress upgrades today. The LED lights in the tailgate are very bright. All the light in that photo is from them. Next up will be front door speakers once they get delivered. And then wireless car play.

just ordered the parts from AliExpress to replicate this.

Fought my nemesis again this afternoon. Pulled a new wire through from plug under tailgate trim right back to plug behind trim on the left of the boot. Seemed much easier to navigate the route this time. To get through the rubber gaiter I taped the wire to a plastic chopstick, removed the rubber from the bodywork both ends and pushed it through. Lights now working well. Just waiting for the AliExpress super bright ones to be delivered.

I used to get this from time to time. Press and hold the power button on the radio until it restarts and it should connect ok.

Not on your model but I just installed an aliexpress camera and it was pretty straightforward and truly plug and play.

Hi Did you upgrade the speakers? I am looking at doing this, just some decent aftermarket 6.5" into standard wiring as one isnt working and the other crackles badly. Any advice? Thanks

I realise I am jumping onto an old thread here. If you only need one port to be data then theres posisibly a couple of options. I wonder if its possible to depin the front original USB port connector and leave just the power, then extend the data cables through to the armrest and piggyback power from the rear cigarette lighter (Or run new power) to effectively make the front USB power only and the armrest USB the data one? Or is that not how USB cables work? Equally could you effectively dismantle the existing port and just hide it away somewhere and plug a male to female cable in to it that, and reroute this cable to the arm rest, then replace the existing port in its normal position with one just connected to a power supply. or even if you can get a neat enough cable, just plug one in to the port but then route the other end of the cable to the arm rest.

No. Im pretty sure I damaged a wire when pulling the cable through for the camera. It was really tight getting it through the rubber and I got a bit angry and pulled hard on it. Not ideal.

Well it would seem in running the cable for the camera through the rubber gaiter by the boot hinge, I have damaged some cabling for the interior lights. Lights work ok until boot opens to full height then they go off. Have to close boot and lock/unlock for them to work again. I assume the BCM notices the break and cuts power to all interior lights and the lock/unlock reboots it. With boot part open I can wiggle the rubber faster gaiter and they go off so pretty certain the break is there. Found the red/blue wire in the wiring diagram and ordered some 22Awg wire and some crimp terminals. So sometime soon I will pull the trim off and trace wire in the loom to either side and try to find somewhere suitable to splice a new wire in. It does mean pulling yet another cable through the already very tight rubber gaiter!

I have this too. Any resolution to the issue?

Great thanks. So 3V0 035 411 K seems to be the ones to go for.

Hi. One of my front door bass speakers has no sound and the other is crackling badly. Does anyone know the correct part number as there seems to be at least three or four variants 3V0 035 411 (A, J, K or L?) Or as I’m in there changing speakers is it worth going aftermarket? Car is 65 plate SE L Executive 190 TDI DSG with standard (not canton) speakers.

Hi. I had this intermittently and just bought the bypass kit from aliexpress. Cost about £30 and took about an hour to install. A bit fiddly but not too bad. Check carefully the part number, as there are two for the white top gearbox where the part number is the same except for one doesnt have an A at the end. Im pretty sure the one without A is the one you need. This is the exact one I bought: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005009808126126.html Have a play with the plugs before you install so you can work out how they release, and get yourself some decent trim removal tools. You will also need Torx 10 and Torx 8 screwdrivers (I think) From memory this was the process: Ignition on and shift to N. Ignition off as much as you can. Remove trim from around gear stick (The trim with the buttons including parking brake etc) Push out from this trim the small surround for the gear stick Disconnect all wires from these trims and wiggle the larger trim off to give more access, then pull the small trim up until the leather gaiter is inside out. Pull up mounting for 12v socket/USB and disconnect all wires (This was quite tricky as every plug seems to have a different catch system) undo 2x torx 10 screws holding in "ashtray" and remove. Undo the interior light wire from this or I just tucked it to one side and left it hanging. I had to rip out some bits of foam from around the top of the gearbox for access. I just placed these back in place once done. Using a long thing screwdriver push the blue tab on the connector just in front on the left of the gearbox top to release the original plug. Then contort fingers in about 20 directions to connect the new plug and the existing into the bypass kit. Undo 3x Torx 8 screws on top of the white plastic and fit switch using supplied longer screws. Loosen off the two screws in the slider slots on the new switch Shift to P Pull switch hard against the gearstick shaft and tighten up the two slider screws Move from N to P a couple of times to check operation. You should hear the relay clicking in the fusebox. DON'T be tempted to turn the ignition on, as you will get a whole host of errors as all the buttons are disconnected. They clear once all reconnected but did make me panic a bit! Refit all the trim panels in the reverse order of above making sure wires are tucked out the way of the trim clips etc. Start car and operate park brake on and off a few times to clear any errors. Shift to P and make sure its happy! Unfortunately I didnt take any pictures as I was doing it. I might do whenever I work on the car in future so that I can post here to help others. Also while you are in there might be worth installing the start stop memory module. Well worth it in my opinion. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005009424334938.html

thanks. my issue with the AA/carplay wireless is always the "what about charging" issue. My phone battery is pretty poor now so the charging from plugging in every time is needed. I was thinking of rerouting the standard usb port to the arm rest to remove the need for trailing wire but this is a really neat solution.

Hi. What’s the 90degree usb cable for? So you have charger in the arm rest? Thanks

Hi 100% plug and play. The yellow plugs are quite tight to push together, and I had to do a hard reboot of the radio for it to recognise the camera (press and hold power button until it restarts) If you have an electric tailgate the inside of the button is a bit awkward to get to due to the closing motor but it can be done without removing it. There’s various versions on this link for different button types but it’s camera A that I ordered. https://a.aliexpress.com/_ExXiDWk You will need some cable pulling rods to be able to route the cable. And fitting all the cables back in behind the radio is a bit of a pig. There’s a couple of good videos here for fitting/cable route. Don’t worry about the cabling on the richter one, you don’t need to be splicing wires with this camera.

I only had the fault intermittently but haven’t seen it since installing it. Getting to the plug is a pig to remove it from existing. And there’s 3 versions of the switch so you have to make sure you get the right one depending on your gearbox. One is only different by part number by one “A” at the end of the part code. But I left the pin in as I didn’t have any instructions. There’s a couple of screws to adjust the switch position once it’s installed so I used them to make sure it was in the right place. You can hear a relay clicking when the switch activates to make sure it’s right. Seemed to go ok and not seen the fault since. My switch was £27 from AliExpress.

Hi. I’ve recently picked up a late 2015 SE L Exec 2.0Tdi DSG in moon white myself. My work on it so far have been cosmetic/ functional and it’s already had some simple things done. The wheels have been recently refurbed in dark grey and the calipers painted red, the interior lights have all been changed to bright white LED and it’s had the AdBlue coded out as well as a few other bits and pieces added to the options menus with VCDS in the past. So far I’ve done: Start/stop memory module from AliExpress Chrome bumper protector strip (to cover some scuffs on the paintwork) AliExpress reversing camera Replacement top for DSG lever Switch to top of DSG to correct “Workshop only” fault Floor Mats Number plates and frame holders Replace parking ticket clip that was broken Next on the list is to obtain a proper spare wheel and tool kit as I’ve only got the pump and foam, and the foam is out of date. I also need to replace the parking brake switch as the chrome is chipped, and the gear lever leather has seen better days so that’s on the list too. I’d love to do black badges and black out all the chrome as I think it would look really good against the white. But there’s quite a lot of chrome including the roof bars, window trim and grille. So that one will be for the long list. I also don’t want to go spending too much on it until it’s had its next service and had a once over from the local specialist garage just in case there’s any nasty surprises. Most of my parts have come from AliExpress and I was initially sceptical but all of them have been spot on so far.

Today I fitted an AliExpress reversing camera. All in all not too bad to fit. Just some awkward trim panels and cable routes. Had to hard reset the radio for it to recognise it but working nicely now. And for only £36 vs £770 that Richter advertise it for.

The mod that removes the “warning workshop only shift to P” error. It’s a dodgy switch on the top of the dsg that you can retrofit to the top of the shifter housing under the trim. There’s a genuine vag part for it but I got a copy from Ali express for a quarter of the price.

This evening I fitted the parking switch to the dsg. Not too bad of a job and the only awkward bit was disconnecting the plugs for the usb and power sockets. And also getting in to the impossible location for the plug for the switch itself. Once that was done the rest was ok.

Hi. I’m afraid I cannot help you with this detail as I didn’t end up modifying mine. A good local garage should be able to advise you on this.

Just invested in a cheap Amazon obd module and tried using car scanner app on iOS. It gives you a whole host of options for connection profile as per the picture, plus more. My car is a 2016 SE L Executive with the 2.0tdi 190PS engine and DSG. The basic obd profile at the top seems to bring up the code I was expecting to see (one glow plug out currently) but just wanted to make sure I was getting the most out of it possible. Thanks

I went for this one off aliexpress https://a.aliexpress.com/_EvNdlEu The reviews said it was tight to fit the wiring in but it seemed ok to me. I just had to untangle some of the wires that were already there and be careful ticking them down as you put the trim back. The trim removal tool it comes with is perfect for the job too. Easiest done with the car in N. It’s better than coding it out as it allows you to still use the button, it just remembers the setting from the last time you used it.

fitted new dsg shift knob top and start stop memory module. Also playing around with obd2 scanner.