Disclaimer - use this information at your own peril - I may have got things wrong.
I am hoping this "how to" will be a one stop place for all the information, owners of poverty spec, 2019, EU6, T6's need, to fit a multi function steering wheel (MFSW) and to enable the cruise control system (CCS). I have also list the coding needed. Most of this can be found in various threads on here and I thank all the contributors for all the time they have put in to enable us to do this especially -
Dnoermann, Pauly, Deaky, Loz and Dellmassive.
The problem is, the information is fragmented and gets confused with T5s and T6 EU5 vans which tripped me up more than once.
There are 6 sections -
1 - Introduction
2 - Selection of parts
3 - Fitting and Wiring up the Parts
4 - Coding to get it all working
5 - Problems Encountered
6 - Not for the squeamish - how to modify DSG flappy paddles to work the CCS "Set" and "Resume" functions which also increase or reduce speed by 1 MPH at a time.
Introduction (skip this ramble if you only want the guide)
My van is a company van that will be returned (as standard) in about 3 years so there was no point me spending much on this project. We only get the most basic poverty spec vans but this one actually has most of the kit I have been yearning for, for many years. The days of trying to wind down the passenger window on a hot summer day are at last gone. Electric windows + mirrors, air con, and now even reversing sensors but still no CCS. It is a £150 inc. VAT option on a £22000 van for crying out loud. I just missed out on a T6.1 that has CCS and an MFSW as standard. Then I thought "if they won't even let me have the chance to pay for it , I will cobble something together myself". Thus started my quest for a cheap CCS. My friend Ebay came up with a brand new, genuine VW CCS kit costing £133 (from vwdirect) that consisted of new stalks and a wiring loom with instructions. I then entered the world of coding, after a lot of research, I decided VCDS or VCP were my 2 choices that could do the job and diagnose any other problems I may cause or encounter. Even second hand they were way out of my budget so I went to the darkside and bought a clone of an old VCP (5.5.1) on Ebay for £20. I fitted the stalks and wired them up and then came the dangerous part of the job. With a nervous sweat on, I tried the VCP. The magic smoke was still contained but I could not get the BCM to accept my code so stopped before any damage could be done. A month later the £30 Aliexpress VCDS new style Hex V2 (19.6.0) arrived and despite my worst fears the BCM and instruments actually accepted the codes without any drama. However my joy was short lived as the ECU would not accept its code and just gave me error 30 no matter what I did - bonnet open, door open ignition on, engine running - nothing worked. Those cunning boffins at VW had introduced some barrier on this new van that no-one that I could find, online, had bypassed. So close, I was one bit away from CCS heaven. After a week or two I decided to give the VCP another shot and success, it coded the missing bit first try. Time for a test drive but no icon appeared on the display. A bit of diagnosing found no signals from the buttons which I quickly traced to a wrongly inserted fuse in the +12v wire I had fitted. At last all working fine apart from a CCS fault now and then that cleared with a key cycle. A few months later and I was still loving my CCS but wanted more - adaptive cruise control (ACC) was the new holy grail. So the research started again. I soon found that despite having all the kit needed, apart from the MFSW, that the VW boffins had made it an impossible dream - at this time. But after seeing all those lovely MFSW's, I wanted one and they seemed so easy to fit, in fact easier than changing the stalks but far more expensive. The hunt was on and Ebay came up trumps - a brand new leather MFSW for a T6 costing £130 but it had flappy paddles. I new it had the correct buttons but how would the paddles affect things. I took the gamble and after being told the wheel is scratched and I can have 30 Euros off the price, I paid the Lithuanian Ebay seller (600ene). It arrived a week later in a box that had almost lost its precious contents through a completely ripped edge of the box. Despite that the wheel was almost perfect so I definitely recommend him if you need a genuine wheel at a bargain price. I had already ordered an £11 MFSW harness from Aliexpress that arrived about the same time but it was the wrong type, so £30 and a couple of days later I had a suitable harness, done the button hack and armed with the right parts and was ready for the install. As to be expected things did not go smoothly but in the end I got it all working, even with the modifications which are a great improvement.
