Steering Wheel Controls Not Working

[impulse]

Hi all,

My steering wheel controls such as the volume control and track change function don't work. Any insight on how to fix this? I looked in the fuse box and saw nothing. Is there an under dash relay that controls this?

Thanks in advance


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[dalmation53]

Hi all,

My steering wheel controls such as the volume control and track change function don't work. Any insight on how to fix this? I looked in the fuse box and saw nothing. Is there an under dash relay that controls this?

Thanks in advance


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

did you remove your steering wheel by any chance and moved the clockspring with your hand?

[impulse]

I did not remove the steering wheel. What happened leading up to it was this

I was tapping into the power source underneath the steering wheel to run a power wire for my compressor. Did that and when I was hooking it up my battery was still connected and I kept hearing the speakers make noise. Disconnected my battery and the controls didn't work anymore


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[QuattriumMT6]

I'm curious about this as well. However, my volume toggle works but the track change (left side) doesn't. I also noticed at night the left side of my steering wheel when lit is very dim compared to the volume switch.

[impulse]

I did not remove the steering wheel. What happened leading up to it was this

I was tapping into the power source underneath the steering wheel to run a power wire for my compressor. Did that and when I was hooking it up my battery was still connected and I kept hearing the speakers make noise. Disconnected my battery and the controls didn't

Edit: didn't work anymore after hooking the battery back up

Sorry I thought I edited my original post

[dalmation53]

I'm curious about this as well. However, my volume toggle works but the track change (left side) doesn't. I also noticed at night the left side of my steering wheel when lit is very dim compared to the volume switch.

that happen to me when i moved my clock spring out of the position it sits. removed the wheel and kind of played with it and got it ride and it was lit again not dim. but that's just what i did idk if that's your problem.

[Okedokey]

Same issue for me. Interested if anyone has a fix.

[QuattriumMT6]

Same issue for me. Interested if anyone has a fix.

Sadly for the past year+ I've just learned to live with it. Hoping the solution to fix it is rather simple and/or cheap. Otherwise I'll just continue to extend my right arm to reach over to the center console and switch stations.

[impulse]

Bump


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[Okedokey]

To assist in fault finding, I have the aftermarket 7" Erisin 2028AM stereo. When I first installed it, the controls worked fine. I messed around with settings and then decided to do a factory reset. This resulted in the car not communicating with stereo properly, in particular the mfsw controls. VCDS detects the steering controls, however the radio no longer is detected.

Any clues?

[BenMTL]

I've never touched my steering wheel and this happened to me too once last month...Both sides light up and everything but actually never did anything...Came to a stop, turned car off and on, and everything was back to normal

[impulse]

Bump. Same scenario as BenMTL except it never came back on


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[Aviator_35]

At the risk of sounding stupid, what does VCDS stand for? I'm having an issue with my SWC's also. I am installing a new Aftermarket HU, with a built-in CAN-BUS decoder. However, it still has wires out the back for SWC's, Illumination, ACC, Reverse, Grnd. I was under the impression that all of those functions are controlled by your CAN-BUS system, but maybe I am mistaken. Does anyone know or have seen where the SWC wires go once they leave the steering wheel column?

[dalmation53]

Guys no one knows a fix. it doesn't happen often or is an issue. like i said it happend to me and all i did was remove my wheel and turned the clockspring not a full turn just played with it and that's it it got fix. is it a fix? no is not but i'm saying try it to see what happens.

[KingWulfgar]

At the risk of sounding stupid, what does VCDS stand for?

VAG-COM Diagnostic Software. Everything you need to know is here: http://www.ross-tech.com/

[mtroxel]

I have both left and right steering wheel control units if anyone is in the market.

[Bigunit]

I have a 2004 Audi A8 , I had the dealership a long time ago install a new MMI control module head , but ever since then the steering wheel buttons do not work but when I go in with the VCDS software and check everything out and test the buttons all the buttons test are good stealing angle sensor is good rotation is good and it seems like all the programming is good so why do I see all the buttons working with my VCDS software but the buttons don't work for the car stereo or voice speech activation , if anyone could help me on this I would much appreciate it.