@chewblekka is the retrofit junky - anything??

 

@chewblekka or @nickyt is the retrofit junky - anything??

@chewblekka is there any chance you could share a wire diagram for:

- driver seat w/ memory - I need to connect two additional wires from seat module to CAM)

- driver door wiring harness - I bought new wire harness for the door card and also door to body but I want to make sure the pins are all the same and I do not need to re-pin the door

- rear view side mirrors - I am still not sure if I will replace and connect mirrors to memory (may as well) but in case I do.

I will try to get access to either ELSA or ERWIN when get all the hardware. Thank you anyways!

 

Sorry for the delay, in the intense process of selling my house and buying another house.

Drivers seat with memory wiring diagram:

Driver's memory mirrors and memory buttons:

And here's the connector diagrams/pinouts at the various modules:

Seat modules shouldn't have component protection.

 

Sorry for the delay, in the intense process of selling my house and buying another house.

Drivers seat with memory wiring diagram:
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Driver's memory mirrors and memory buttons:
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No worries at all! Thank you so much for getting back to me. I hope there’s too much hassle with a house swap! Hopemits
I am trying to compare this driver diagram to non-memory seat one - to see which two cables I should add for CAM bus. Might take me some time to go over it. Where did you get the diagrams from, if you don’t mind me asking?
Since I’d be taking the door apart, decided to also retrofit power folding mirrors and according to this article - HERE , if I have a correct window switch and mirrors (with auto folding motors and hopefully auto dimming for the drive side), its plug and play in terms of wiring. Of course some coding needed.

 

Hi @chewblekka , could you please share a diagram of
1) 25 pin connector connector that comes out of the driver door (see picture below) and
2) the other side of it that goes from the doorway inside? This is for the car with memory seat. Thank you l!
I bought a wiring harness for the driver door of a car that comes with memory seat. So I just need to figure out a) which of these white wires are for the memory seat (T25/3 and T25/2) and the corresponding side that goes from the doorway connector to the seat (J810 T32/15 or/br and T32/16 or/gr) as shown in one your pics (4).

 

Hi! I'm thinking about doing the same. It's just some bizarre misunderstanding that US Wolfsburg Edition do not have memory seats. Anyway, in my research I came into a conclusion that you don't have to replace the entire seat (that's my theory, correct me if I'm wrong😅) but you need:

Different seat front/back/down/up/recline/angle up/angle down/back/recline front switch
Different lumbar support switch
Seat module
Seat bottom harness (wiring is completely different, everything goes through the seat module)
Seat backrest harness (maybe just adding hall sensors wires and connectors will be sufficient)

After rewiring it should be the same seat as memory one. Had a look at motor numbers and they look the same for memory and non-memory, on electrical diagrams there is a difference in lumbar support motors where they have hall sensors connected but again motor numbers are the same so hall sensors should already be there. Seat front/back, down/up, angle up/angle down, recline back/recline front motors look like they don't have hall sensors and they are not present in memory seats either. Don't really know how difficult it is to rewire the backrest, bottom harness should be fairly easy.

It would be good for somebody with access to ETKA to confirm that... That's my angle on that.

Will the seat module really go into component protection after plugging it in? Replaced seat module a few times in a Skoda Superb 2 and there was no issue with that.

BTW Great write-up!, when I will decide to go with that retrofit I will try to add my remarks to this post.

 

Hey! Totally agree that it’s nonsense that the car came in 2017 to “replace” Lux trim and does not have folding mirrors or memory seat!
As far the the retrofit, my honest opinion is that if your Touareg is not unique, in terms of condition, mileage or anything else (like history or just love the car) I would probably just get with memory seat of the factory, like Lux or Executive.

But now back to retrofit! First of all, replacing the seat is easier if you have one available locally. Just get it of the tight trim! The wiring can be b*tch and as far as I understand (based of research on Ukrainian internet space), the wiring is different for memory and non-memory seat. Because you are adding 2 more wires to each adjustment - CAN requests current position and CAN readjust seats as per memory. It is however possible that Wolsburg edition or cars made in last 2017 year have all the wiring in place. But I have another problem!

Memory seat module is not responding - it does not come up as installed module in VCDS. I was suggested to replace the drive door module which I have already got from the same car I bought all other parts. Once I install that, 1) I will update this list of parts to include the door module (it also seems to be needed for auto-dimming driver door mirror) and 2) see if memory seat module 36 comes up (I think 06 module for passages side and 36 for driver in VCDS).

I am keeping this thread alive but I am struggling with finding a seat near me. I would prefer that over doing a wiring and getting different parts. Seats go for $250-300 used with Ventilation and Memory. It’s the delivery price that stinks. So I am looking for some local options.

But hey, keep me posted! Btw, don’t forget about two CAM wires from the seat module to driver door module.

 

I had a look at the lumbar support inside my current seat and it also requires changing - current part number is 7P6881879A, required 7P0881879A. Motors are different (hall sensors are missing). Part diagrams that I was looking at mislead me for the first time 😅

 

Yeah man, I’m sure there’s a ton of wires, modules and buttons that need to be replaced and added. Which is why I am looking to get the whole seat assembly when it comes up.

 

@chewblekka could you please provide a diagram for an auto-dimming mirror on the driver door? My understanding is that there supposed to be a wire or two coming from central rear view mirror to the driver door module and then to the mirror itself for auto-dim to work?

what a headache just because German decided to save on two wires in the car, especially in the last year of production for this Touareg gen…

 

I’ll look later.

@chewblekka
what a headache just because German decided to save on two wires in the car, especially in the last year of production for this Touareg gen…

Pretty much every single manufacturer provides wiring harness that are specific to the vehicles trim. It costs millions to include unused wires over the production run.

 

Here's the wiring diagrams. You really should download the complete 7P service manual that I have uploaded here, it includes all the wiring diagrams.