Winter defrost while car locked hack?

zahg · #1 27th November 2015, 12:40 PM

Hi on my previous A8 2006 model I was able to start engine keylessly and get out of car and lock it using the soft close button on the door handles - great for unattended warming/defrosting car on winter mornings.

On my current A8 2007 model where only one of the soft door lock buttons work, I'm not able to lock the car with engine running. Was this a strange fault with my previous audi that allowed this? Or is there a VCDS hack to enable this?

thanks
-zahg

snapdragon · #2 27th November 2015, 01:46 PM

My 2006 is the same as your 2006 and I do as you did - here is my coding...

Code:

Address 05: Acc/Start Auth.        Labels: 4E0-910-131.LBL
   Part No SW: 4E0 910 131     HW: 4E0 909 131 K
   Component:     FBS AUDID3  H08 0160  
   Revision: 01604808    Serial number: AUX3Z0EN380732
   Coding: 0412672
   Shop #: WSC 02311 785 00200
   VCID: 58B401C5EB45FDE177B-800D

   Subsystem 1 - Part No: XXXXXXXXXXX 
   Component: ELV                 XXXX

Code:

Address 42: Door Elect, Driver        Labels: 4E1-910-802-42.LBL
   Part No SW: 4E1 910 802 B    HW: 4E2 959 802 B
   Component: T¸rsteuer.FS BRM003 0100  
   Coding: 0028462
   Shop #: WSC 02311 785 00200
   VCID: 20446925F39575214FB-8075

Witchfinder · #3 27th November 2015, 01:55 PM

I had the joy of getting in my frosty car on Monday, and having the heated windscreen clear it in under a minute. Far better than the heated screen on my old S-Max.

zahg · #4 27th November 2015, 04:21 PM

Thanks snapdragon, I'm just a beginner on the whole VCDS thing but here is my codings for my old 06 and new 07 A8s.

Audi 2006:

Code:

Address 05: Acc/Start Auth.        Labels: 4E0-910-131.lbl
   Part No SW: 4E0 910 131     HW: 4E0 909 131 K
   Component:     FBS AUDID3  H10 0190  
   Revision: 01904910    Serial number: AUX3Z0ED382601
   Coding: 0412672
   Shop #: WSC 02311 785 00200
   VCID: D8B964A86B9AD6DE037-808D

   Subsystem 1 - Part No: 4E0 905 852 E
   Component: ELV                 1940
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Address 42: Door Elect, Driver        Labels: 4E1-910-802-42.lbl
   Part No SW: 4E1 910 802 B    HW: 4E2 959 802 B
   Component: T¸rsteuer.FS BRM003 0100  
   Coding: 0028462
   Shop #: WSC 02311 785 00200
   VCID: 20498C48F34ADE1EBB7-8075

Audi 2007:

Code:

Address 05: Acc/Start Auth.        Labels: 4E0-910-131.lbl
   Part No SW: 4E0 910 131     HW: 4E0 909 131 K
   Component:     FBS AUDID3  H10 0190  
   Revision: 01904910    Serial number: AUX3Z0G2318326
   Coding: 0412672
   Shop #: WSC 02311 785 00200
   VCID: 58B9E4A8EB9A56FE45-800C

   Subsystem 1 - Part No: 4E0 905 852 E
   Component: ELV                 1940
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Address 42: Door Elect, Driver        Labels: 4E1-910-802-42.lbl
   Part No SW: 4E1 910 802 B    HW: 4E2 959 802 D
   Component: T¸rsteuer.FS BRM005 0180  
   Coding: 0028462
   Shop #: WSC 02313 785 00200
   VCID: 20498C48F34ADE3E7D-8074

There are some differences (even between our 06 models) but I don't understand enough to know what exactly would allow the engine on door lock.

cheers
-zahg

Quote:

Originally Posted by snapdragon

My 2006 is the same as your 2006 and I do as you did - here is my coding...

Code:

Address 05: Acc/Start Auth.        Labels: 4E0-910-131.LBL
   Part No SW: 4E0 910 131     HW: 4E0 909 131 K
   Component:     FBS AUDID3  H08 0160  
   Revision: 01604808    Serial number: AUX3Z0EN380732
   Coding: 0412672
   Shop #: WSC 02311 785 00200
   VCID: 58B401C5EB45FDE177B-800D

   Subsystem 1 - Part No: XXXXXXXXXXX 
   Component: ELV                 XXXX

Code:

Address 42: Door Elect, Driver        Labels: 4E1-910-802-42.LBL
   Part No SW: 4E1 910 802 B    HW: 4E2 959 802 B
   Component: T¸rsteuer.FS BRM003 0100  
   Coding: 0028462
   Shop #: WSC 02311 785 00200
   VCID: 20446925F39575214FB-8075

Mechcanico Lee · #5 27th November 2015, 08:01 PM

Will it lock on the fob as appose to the soft close button

zahg · #6 27th November 2015, 10:28 PM

No only on the soft lock buttons.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mechcanico Lee

Will it lock on the fob as appose to the soft close button

Mechcanico Lee · #7 29th November 2015, 12:12 PM

Does your car have the auxillary heater ?

zahg · #8 29th November 2015, 01:50 PM

Don't think so, not sure what that is how do you tell?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mechcanico Lee

Does your car have the auxillary heater ?

Mechcanico Lee · #9 29th November 2015, 07:48 PM

Do you have 'set up ' on the climate panel go into that can you see aux heating option , if it has you can do a modification to put it to a timed function but you need to fit a auxillary water pump and a couple of pipes to the aux heater unit and do some coding . There's a thread on it somewhere .

I have done this to my car ( 4.2 tdi ) it's superb , I set it for 30 min run before I go out in the morning , all windows demisted and the cars toasty warm inside , one of the best mods to do on the car in my opinion

zahg · #10 29th November 2015, 09:53 PM

Sounds like a really nice feature, but never saw any option for it in the mmi setup.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mechcanico Lee

Do you have 'set up ' on the climate panel go into that can you see aux heating option , if it has you can do a modification to put it to a timed function but you need to fit a auxillary water pump and a couple of pipes to the aux heater unit and do some coding . There's a thread on it somewhere .

I have done this to my car ( 4.2 tdi ) it's superb , I set it for 30 min run before I go out in the morning , all windows demisted and the cars toasty warm inside , one of the best mods to do on the car in my opinion