Audi A6 MY17 Tow Bar Retrofit

[dtwort]

Hi,

I have retrofitted a genuine factory towbar and dedicated wiring kit to my MY17 A6 BE 2.0 TDI Quattro.

The parts were bought from my local Audi Main Dealer and I was reasonably confident because this is something that I have done to both my B6 Passat and my dads VW Golf.

However, the A6 has a lever in the boot to operate the swivel towbar mechanism and a status light on the bracket that shows whether the ball is locked into place.

The problem is I cant get the status light on the bracket to work at all.

I have tested all the lights with a trailer board and the trailer board is functioning properly and I have also tested the parking sensors and they are correctly disabled when I attach the trailer light board and I even get a picture of a trailer on the MMI display. So on the whole everything is working as it should.

I just cant get the status light on the handle in the boot to work though. I am sure there was an option in the coding somewhere to tell the car it had a lever mechanical swivel towbar when I looked in the past, but I cant for the life of me find it now?....

I have a feeling I'm missing some coding in the central electrics module but because the car is new there are no label files for the module yet.

Any thoughts?

[dtwort]

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[HannibalM-2008]

Hello. good job. Maybe it has already been written or asked, but I still ask the question: Is yours an S-line exterior right? Did you have to cut the bumper puller to release the hook or did you replace it with a specification for s-line bumper? If so, would I have a PR Number? Thank you very much.

[davebrannigan]

Mine was (is) an s-line black edition trim and I didn’t need to cut anything to get it to fit. I must admit I don’t know what you mean by the “bumper puller”, but I didn’t need to cut it whatever it is!

Dave

[DJM911]

Mine was (is) an s-line black edition trim and I didn’t need to cut anything to get it to fit. I must admit I don’t know what you mean by the “bumper puller”, but I didn’t need to cut it whatever it is!

Dave

Hi, looking to get some advice on this as I begin to research having the same fitted to my car. Can I pick your brains on what exactly I need to buy? Thanks

[dtwort]

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[dtwort]

I've added a couple of photos too just in case anyone was interested. I looked everywhere and couldn't find a post on a face lifted factory towbar install so decided to be the first!


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[dtwort]

Or.... maybe someone that has an original factory tow bar that swivels down with the lever in the boot could perform an auto scan with VCDS and send it to me so I can compare the coding?


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[RhysoTDI]

I can't help you, but kudos for tackling the install!!