Portnellan
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Can anyone help. I have a T6 Leighton can with carbon effect flat bottom mfsw. Thing is, the paddles have never worked. Can they ever work? Has something been left unplugged. My van gearbox is DSG. Appreciate the help.
Steering wheel upgrade
- Thread starter StudleyGlass
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They plug into the back of the buttons I think. I did mine a couple of years ago and no coding was needed. I doubt Leighton would send them out not working so must be a loose connection possibly
Portnellan
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Thank you. Will investigate further.
I’ve bought a new flat bottomed & reupholstered wheel and it’s come with buttons. I’m reusing my air bag & currently waiting on a new leather & grey stitch airbag cover for it.
All looks the same apart from the middle button on the left. Mine is blank & the new wheel has a button for what I think is ACC (?)
I’m guessing I’ll need to transfer my existing buttons to this new wheel & I’ll be good to go, just wanted to double check I’m right before I remove my wheel & risk spoiling another weekend trying to make the van nicer.
All looks the same apart from the middle button on the left. Mine is blank & the new wheel has a button for what I think is ACC (?)
I’m guessing I’ll need to transfer my existing buttons to this new wheel & I’ll be good to go, just wanted to double check I’m right before I remove my wheel & risk spoiling another weekend trying to make the van nicer.
As you say, swap it all over and good to go
Thanks mate!
if you have access to VCDS check if they are enabled. Might me wrong on this though
where did you get that wheel from? most with paddles I've seen were made of plastic which I dislike
Might be a daft question but if you get a van that doesn’t have a MFSW can you buy one and the electrics etc are behind the old one to install the new one and get it all to work?
There’s no daft questions on here.
You can fit a MFSW to your van if it never came with one.
You need to have the correct T6 buttons on it to work properly and the correct loom at the back of it.
You also need to add 3 wires in.
They attach to the big connector behind the wheel.
One goes to the light switch
One to the BCM above the pedals
And the last is to activate cruise control and needs to go to the ecu below the battery in the engine bay.
It’s all possible to do with help from guys on here.
I did it myself and am super impressed with having cruise control now.
If you go for it theres lots of info on here how to do it.
I can also help with telling you what loom, wires and connectors to buy and give you exact pins/positions for them.
I bought a custom wheel from SScustomworks.
Sourcing the correct T6 buttons is the most difficult
Thanks for that, currently looking for a van and lots of startlines out there that I’d need to change, I’d probably get a new steering wheel from leighton vans so hopefully they’d be able to connect it all up for a price.
That's a sexy wheel!
Evening guys
I have read and read these threads on changing steering wheels and seem to be going ‘round in circles’ so hoping someone can help. My airbag is a angled type shape
A lot of flat bottom steering wheels on eBay seem to still have trims on that would suggest they are for steering wheels with round airbags. Like so
My question is if I bought the wheel in the second pic from eBay and removed the trims and switches, will my squarer shape airbag fit when I fit my trims and switches off my current steering wheel onto the new one.
Thanks in advance guys
I have read and read these threads on changing steering wheels and seem to be going ‘round in circles’ so hoping someone can help. My airbag is a angled type shape
A lot of flat bottom steering wheels on eBay seem to still have trims on that would suggest they are for steering wheels with round airbags. Like so
My question is if I bought the wheel in the second pic from eBay and removed the trims and switches, will my squarer shape airbag fit when I fit my trims and switches off my current steering wheel onto the new one.
Thanks in advance guys
Thanks guys, much appreciated
So take it as long as the airbags are the same shape and the switches are the same I’m good to go? for instance there’s Tiguan ones on eBay, would this be ok?
Really appreciate the help chaps
Really appreciate the help chaps
I’ve just noticed how the air bag fits on is different 
