Driver Select

[Navyseal#6]

I was exploring my MMI today and noticed my Drive Select is greyed out and cannot be changed. What is the easiest way change it? I don't have a vagcom cord. Would the dealer do it?

[14S4GWM]

I doubt the dealer would do it but you might get lucky. Other then that you will need Vagcom, ask in your regional forum and see if someone can help you out. Where are you in PA?

[cspcrx]

I had a loaner 2016 A4 and liked that it stayed on my last setting. Drives me nuts to have to select the mode every time I get in the car because it defaults to auto.

[Navyseal#6]

Bloomsburg Pa, Central

[superswiss]

Was your ignition on or engine running? If I remember correctly, it's greyed out unless the ignition is on at least. Just press the Start button w/o foot on brake.

[Navyseal#6]

Press the start button and not turn on the engine?

[Navyseal#6]

I pressed the start button, ignition not on, still grey.

[superswiss]

Press the start button and not turn on the engine?

I pressed the start button, ignition not on, still grey.

Yep, press start but don't turn on the engine. Is yours a B8 or B8.5? At least in the B8.5 it's greyed out if you just turn on the MMI, but if you turn on all the electronics by pressing the start button, then it's not greyed out. Try starting the engine. If it's still greyed out then I don't know what's going on. The fact that it even shows up indicates that your car is equipped with Drive Select, otherwise it wouldn't show up at all.

Do you have the Drive Select button on the console? If not then this is a case of a previous owner trying to activate Drive Select with VCDS and not succeeding or something got changed in the meantime and it got disabled again.

[Navyseal#6]

2011 S4 with no Drive Select buttons on console.

[anerbe]

Do you have the Drive Select button on the console? If not then this is a case of a previous owner trying to activate Drive Select with VCDS and not succeeding or something got changed in the meantime and it got disabled again.

This - your car from the factory will not even show up the option for ADS. You only see it because it was previously attempted to activate the Drive Select options thru coding.

Only options is to code it with a VAGCOM to properly activate it (or deactivate it), or flash your system back to factory.

[BaumerS4]

Search this forum for a thread about ADS Lite. For anyone with a non-ADS B8, I definitely recommend this mod. Changing the engine mapping from Auto to Dynamic causes a night and day difference to the throttle response.

[bronz]

Your car does not have Drive Select feature then.

[Navyseal#6]

I have the engine running, I hit car and the drive select is grey. I then turn off the car and drive select turns white, I press knob and all settings, Engine, Engine gearbox, steering, Dyn. Steering, suspension and sport differential is all grey and is comfort.

[BaumerS4]

As someone stated above, it seems like the previous owner may have tried to enable the "ADS Lite" and didn't properly accomplish it. Search this forum for the "ADS Lite" thread and find a local guy with VAG-COM to help you get it set up properly. As someone with a similar car to yours, I can say it is worth the effort.

[Navyseal#6]

Will do, thank you