View Full Version : Disabling Corner Fogs
andrewfx1
02-10-2010, 02:20
Ok, I've only had this car since Monday and already the pointless cornering lights are driving me mad. They just look stupid, like when sat behind a car at the roundabout waiting with some small degree of lock on the steering wheel and you have one fog light on! WTF?
It looks as if you only have one fog light working and you can see people looking at the front thinking whats that all about? Also, when they are constantly going on and off say for example over a series of several roundabouts it looks to the person in front that you are flashing your fogs at them....
Who's stupid idea was it to add this "feature"? [:@]
Please, please, can someone tell me how to disable this pointless feature? :funk:
http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/7827/dsfs2.jpg
In 09 Central Electronics, Long coding, Byte 12
just uncheck bit 6 in byte 12!
i have mine switched off!:p
Ibiza 09
09-12-2010, 21:17
i guess you cant do this without the use of vagcom
That would be right mate.
Ibiza 09
09-12-2010, 21:40
i thought so, luckily the cornering fogs dont bother me i was just asking a question
thanks for this useful post
cheers!
I've been in a mate's car with it and thought they were annoying too. Sure you're tjust gonna get used to it?
alpha955
11-02-2011, 21:49
Thanks to andrewfx1 for sharing that info, just waiting for VCDS to turn up via snail-mail.:lol:
BTW, would you know how to turn off the dash warning light that indicates blown bulbs? want to replace sidelight bulbs with LEDs.
Thanks.
Buy LEDs that don't put the light on.
Buy LEDs that don't put the light on.
Agreed, Ultra 501s
alpha955
12-02-2011, 08:59
Agreed, Ultra 501s
I have bought 4 ultra 501's with built in resistors & using ALL 4 throws up the warning. Using 2 ultras + 2 normal 501's and all's ok. I've even added extra resistors to the 4 ultra 501's and it still gives the warning. Any ideas? I would like to sort it out using VCDS.
Thanks.
alpha955
14-02-2011, 10:12
Sorry to ba a pain, but has anyone got an update to the above questions regarding turning off the bulb failure warning light?
Thanks
You got a reply straight after!
alpha955
15-02-2011, 07:50
You got a reply straight after!
so "replace the bulbs with ultra 501's" which I have, is the best reply?
Thanks for all your help.
I thought "Buy LEDs that don't put the light on" was the 'right' answer
Easy enough to spot on ebay
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c69/dav-pug106/ibiza%20cupra%20mk5/screenprint.png
I don't seem to have the 4th section in byte 12. The drop down part in long coding?
Any ideas?
so "replace the bulbs with ultra 501's" which I have, is the best reply?
Thanks for all your help.
I don't know why the Ultra bulbs are putting your warning light on as they are the same as the original bulbs :confused:
alpha955
19-02-2011, 15:55
sorry my bad. Should have explained it better. I have 2xCanbus LEDS 5 watt (the same as a normal 501 / w5w bulb) & 2 Ultra 501, no bulb failure warning shown, but if I remove the ultra's and fit 2 more Canbus LED's then the warning shows. Does this make sense?:confused:
Hope someone can throw some light on it (no pun intended).
Ahhh gotcha mate, yeah I had the same problem, even though they are "Error Free" you can't use x4 of them :(
alpha955
19-02-2011, 17:50
Thanks for the reply, going to stick with the ultra's till I can get it switched off with VCDS.
Regards
alpha955
25-02-2011, 20:37
Seatbelt chime....disabled
Cornering fog lights.......disabled
just have to find the correct bit for bulb warning in cold dignostics
luv this VCDS 10.6 :clap:
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c69/dav-pug106/ibiza%20cupra%20mk5/screenprint.png
I don't seem to have the 4th section in byte 12. The drop down part in long coding?
Any ideas?
Anyone had this, I can't get into the coding to change anything :(
Had mine switched off by a mate.
has anyone had what i get when i try to get into the long coding via vagcom? these lights are going to be the end of me....
When i had mine turned last weekend it was a case of scrolling through a screen with lots different options till you came to corner lighting, then you went into that screen option which then gave you a choice of activate/deactive and that was it. Nothing like your screen shot on a previous post it took seconds to do.
Not sure can find out if you want.
That'd be useful thanks. It might have been updated to show the coding translation
I'm away for the next couple of days, I'll try and post the info the middle of next week.
That'd be useful thanks. It might have been updated to show the coding translation
I've spoke to my cuz today and he said it's the most upto date version there currently is, as they have service contracts for the whole VAG group. I will be talkin to the tech guy who did my fogs soon as he's fitting my springs for me, so I'll ask him for more info. But I can tell you the computer/monitor wouldn't look out place in an intensive care unit. It wasn't a small hand held unit.
adambolus
21-05-2011, 11:05
i wanted to turn mine off, would seat be able to do this when i go in for a service?
If not is anyone near nottingham or derby that is able to do it ? lol
Or how much is that VCDS?
phantombantam
15-07-2011, 17:06
Cheers, getting rid of this tomorrow. Crap idea from seat.
adambolus
15-07-2011, 17:10
I tried to do, but the system wouldnt let me into the lights section to turn it off
And then seat tried to charge me £10 just to do it!! lol
Least your seat dealer woudl do it. Mine said they didnt have the tools needed to do this. I advised them of what tools they are because anyone can do it with the right connection and surley a franchised dealer would have all the diagnostics equipment..
ahh well.
scoobie23
17-11-2011, 20:26
I like the cornering lights... handy when pulling into my parking space...it scares the cats in the way!!
Just got off the phone with a SEAT dealer. Made me lol. "it is illegal to turn the cornering function off". Hahahaha!
JonIbizaSC
17-01-2012, 11:26
Its amazing how many stories they come up with!
I got ''We cannot do that as its all connected up to the steering angle sensors...''
The first guy I spoke said that it couldn't be done lol. I immediately replyed, yes it can. You obviously dont know much about what you sell.
adambolus
17-01-2012, 14:38
lool, ask them why it is illegal to turn them off and ask which motoring law they are refering to :P
and just take a print out of one of the threads and how to do it, and say here do this.
Its just laziness from the dealer. i asked for mine to be done when i had my car serviced and they said we will have a look, and if it can be done we will have to charge you £5. and i asked why that much to press a couple buttons, in the end they didnt charge me :P
NathWraith
28-01-2012, 18:16
The first guy I spoke said that it couldn't be done lol. I immediately replyed, yes it can. You obviously dont know much about what you sell.
lool, ask them why it is illegal to turn them off and ask which motoring law they are refering to :P
and just take a print out of one of the threads and how to do it, and say here do this.
Its just laziness from the dealer. i asked for mine to be done when i had my car serviced and they said we will have a look, and if it can be done we will have to charge you £5. and i asked why that much to press a couple buttons, in the end they didnt charge me :P
Both SEAT dealerships I went told me they couldn't turn my cornering fogs off for "safety reasons", then i told them I had adaptive xenons (which turn anyway) so the dealership turned my fogs off.
Just say to them, "so what about new cars with no turning fogs? are they all illegal?" then watch them stutter lol
viperfire
19-03-2012, 08:27
tried four canbus 501s yesterday and it thru up the warning light!
So i need to use two ultras for the outers and two canbus 501 for the inners and ill have no warning light eh?
i also lost a 501 canbus doing this and is was too tight to pull out of the outer hole and fell down behind the headlight where i couldn't reach lol!
tried four canbus 501s yesterday and it thru up the warning light!
So i need to use two ultras for the outers and two canbus 501 for the inners and ill have no warning light eh?
i also lost a 501 canbus doing this and is was too tight to pull out of the outer hole and fell down behind the headlight where i couldn't reach lol!
I have managed to change all my side lights to the same Can Bus LED bulbs with no error lights, but for the inner pair I got myself some can bus Resistors off Ebay and used them with the LED bulbs. I did have an error light before i got the resistors but it was bugging like that.
I also quite like the Cornering Lights, but that may be because I have LED bulbs there too, so all of my lights are the same colour.
I have managed to change all my side lights to the same Can Bus LED bulbs with no error lights, but for the inner pair I got myself some can bus Resistors off Ebay and used them with the LED bulbs. I did have an error light before i got the resistors but it was bugging like that.
I also quite like the Cornering Lights, but that may be because I have LED bulbs there too, so all of my lights are the same colour.
Sorry for replying to an old thread but mxr how did you replace your fogs did you remove your bumper and is it the 2012 face lift version?
As I'm trying to get my bulbs sorted there too
I have a Pre-Facelift Cupra, but to change my fog lights I started to drop the bumper, but managed to reach from under the front of the wheel arch after removing the screws to remove and replace the lamps without removing the bumper, Its a bit fiddely but possible! It totally depends on the time you are willing to spend on the job.
Just got off the phone with a SEAT dealer. Made me lol. "it is illegal to turn the cornering function off". Hahahaha!
Well, in pure theory he's absolutely right actually. Cornering lights is something thats mentioned in the type approval of your specific car. Turning it on/off makes it not comply to it's own type approval anymore. Seat dealers are asked by Seat to only do stuff to the cars that's included in the type approval. That's also why alot of dealers will not mount parts supplied by yourself. They are only allowed by Seat to use original Seat parts that were made for your car (they look up parts by VIN-number).
Offcourse it wouldn't kill anybody to turn them on/off, but from an official dealers point of view I understand what he meant. Losing your oficial Seat dealership is like one of the worse things that can happen to a garage.
My question about this: If you have the OEM xenons with corner following function, is it also possible then to enable the cornering fogs? Or do you have to choose between the one or the other? My new Ibiza is only to be delivered in a few weeks but I'm already making a list of possible mods I want to make from the beginning. To me it is: the more lights the better!
Seatbelt chime....disabled
Cornering fog lights.......disabled
just have to find the correct bit for bulb warning in cold dignostics
luv this VCDS 10.6 :clap:
How do you turn the seatbelt chime off mate..?