Urgent - Help needed to register T6.1 Kombi in Germany. Updating T6.1 LED Lights to Right Hand Drive (European) Setting
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Are we now talking how to swap the lights temporarily for a few weeks holiday or permanently for the TUV test? If its for the test I doubt vcds will do it.
paulo_1979
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So before I bought the van I stated very clearly that the van needed to be able to pass a TuV lighting test. I have an email audit trail stating all of this.The dealer responded by saying they will set up the lights ready for European driving (in this case just a change to the LED lights to travel mode) the van has 2 fog lights at the back so no modification or alteration required.
I picked the van up and travelled back the same day. When I went through the paperwork at home (I had asked for a copy of the job sheet which I could take to the TuV centre to prove the lights had been altered) it wasn't there. To my horror, when I enquired it had not been done.
Hence the situation I find myself in. I chose the LED option from manufacture purely for this reason - as I had all of this in mind and I was assured it was very simple to sort. Had I known what I now know then, I would have gone standard lights and just bought European units to swap out.
Worst case scenario is that this forces me to swap to European LED lights at enormous cost. I just can't believe that VW insist this is a dealership modification given these things travel all over the continent. I can get the fact they have designed lights that meet TuV requirements but someone needs to tell TuV!
I am rapidly running out of time. I have a couple of options up my sleeve but this is just SOOOO annoying and taking a disproportionate amount of time to sort out.
I picked the van up and travelled back the same day. When I went through the paperwork at home (I had asked for a copy of the job sheet which I could take to the TuV centre to prove the lights had been altered) it wasn't there. To my horror, when I enquired it had not been done.
Hence the situation I find myself in. I chose the LED option from manufacture purely for this reason - as I had all of this in mind and I was assured it was very simple to sort. Had I known what I now know then, I would have gone standard lights and just bought European units to swap out.
Worst case scenario is that this forces me to swap to European LED lights at enormous cost. I just can't believe that VW insist this is a dealership modification given these things travel all over the continent. I can get the fact they have designed lights that meet TuV requirements but someone needs to tell TuV!
I am rapidly running out of time. I have a couple of options up my sleeve but this is just SOOOO annoying and taking a disproportionate amount of time to sort out.
Had a good look through and as far as i can see there is only one flavour of LED headlight with no variations
As per the pic below part 9 is the low beam LED module and comes for LHD (right hand traffic) or RHD (left hand traffic), your headlights should be fitted with 7E0 998 475 B and if they are swapped out with the A version this should make them suitable
Your dealer (if co-operative) will be able to give you discount on them, TBH if they have made a mistake selling you the van you kind of feel they should pay for them !
If they wont do anything for you come back to me and i may be able to get you 10% ish discount
As per the pic below part 9 is the low beam LED module and comes for LHD (right hand traffic) or RHD (left hand traffic), your headlights should be fitted with 7E0 998 475 B and if they are swapped out with the A version this should make them suitable
Your dealer (if co-operative) will be able to give you discount on them, TBH if they have made a mistake selling you the van you kind of feel they should pay for them !
If they wont do anything for you come back to me and i may be able to get you 10% ish discount
Would you mind to post this guide here?
EDIT:
Alternatively email it to me or send it via PM.
Can you also confirm that you have "Travel mode" option on your T6.1 infotainment configuration menu?
Like this one below on Golf MK7.
And does it function the same as T6(see below)?
That’s what I was thinking, VW have missed adding it to the list of options.
paulo_1979
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paulo_1979
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Will do
paulo_1979
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That is absolutely brilliant. Thank you. Can you order the European parts and have them delivered to UK. My UK dealer said their system wouldn't even allow them to order LHD bits.
paulo_1979
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I've sent an email to German dealer - we're going into a much tougher lock down from tomorrow over here so might not be able to get them
