Lighting question

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My 2006 Jetta has euro lighting. When I leave a turn signal on and pull the key out- that side of the car stays lit. My 2008 Rabbit does not have this feature. Anyone know if this is something that can be turned on, or how to change the long coding to toggle it on.

 

[ReflexMkV]

What is the point of that...honestly?

 

[found]

Sometimes I park at my parents home and have to double park and like to leave the outside lights on near the street. It is more a safety reason so that there isn't an accident.

I can leave all the lights on and take the key out but then the buzzer reminding you to turn off the lights comes on. Doing the it the euro way does not make any buzzers go off and only lights up one side of the car.

 

[UMassJ77]

it can be doine via Vag-Com in Central Electronics Module.

Uncheck - Byte 17, bit 6 [Parking Light Function Inactive (USA/Canada)]and need to change instrument code to UK or EU...done via Instrument Module..then the 5th digit needs to be changed to either a "1" or a "4".

 

[dpham00]

you also need to enable coming home, if not already enabled.

remember that coding the instruments to euro or uk on the rabbit also changes to metric units, and afaik, there's no way to change it back to US as there is with the gti.

 

[ENRGZR]

you do not need to enable coming home.

 

[jimithing412]

There are a lot of countries (particularly in southeast Asia) that require vehicles parked over night to have a street side light illuminated. I had this feature on my Subie. Switch on top of the steering column that allowed just the marker lights to be lit with minimal battery loss. You can enable this feature with Vag-com and do not need the coming home feature.

 

[dpham00]

you do not need to enable coming home.

you're right...i misread the original post. :redface:

 

[g60_corrado_91]

remember that coding the instruments to euro or uk on the rabbit also changes to metric units, and afaik, there's no way to change it back to US as there is with the gti.

That's a good point. I was confused at first, but then I realized that Rabbit's don't have this. Although, isn't it an option on at least the 5 doors?

 

[dpham00]

That's a good point. I was confused at first, but then I realized that Rabbit's don't have this. Although, isn't it an option on at least the 5 doors?

i haven't heard of any rabbit owners being able to use the mfd to change it, but honestly, i don't know if it was ever an option.

 

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Coming home feature, is that outside lighting? I think my 01 Passat wgn had that turned on.

I just would rather have the side lights stay on when I leave my turn signal up or down. Really don't understand if that will convert the car to metrics or why it would since my 06 Jetta has that feature checked on and is not displaying metric readings on the dash.

 

[Rabbit GTI]

There are a lot of countries (particularly in southeast Asia) that require vehicles parked over night to have a street side light illuminated. I had this feature on my Subie. Switch on top of the steering column that allowed just the marker lights to be lit with minimal battery loss. You can enable this feature with Vag-com and do not need the coming home feature.

wow, i always wondered what practical uses there were for that switch on our subies :thumbsup:

learn something new everyday

 

[dpham00]

Coming home feature, is that outside lighting? I think my 01 Passat wgn had that turned on.

coming home will turn off all the lights (interior and exterior) after a certain time.