Reassign Steering Wheel "Mode" Button

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Feb 21, 2015 | 08:15 AM

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Quadrphnia

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Golfer2000 - thanks a million for the diagrams.
I'm all over this come Spring. I put the word out to my fellow elec buddies for assistance / supervision.

Feb 22, 2015 | 04:37 PM

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Golfer2000 - thanks a million for the diagrams.
I'm all over this come Spring. I put the word out to my fellow elec buddies for assistance / supervision.

Not a problem hopefully someone can figure it out sooner than later. The car has only been out for 7 years lol

Feb 22, 2015 | 07:51 PM

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Fsport2UR

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I'd assume the way to do it would be to take the J24-5 (AU2) wire, cut it so that it isn't changing the inputs and then tap it into the J36-6 wire. Again this may be all wrong but that's what I came up. Let me know what you guys think.

That will work, BUT the VOICE and HOOK On/Off Switch buttons are tapped in to AU2 also. Meaning you will lose the VOICE and Hook On/Off buttons.
But what do I know, I only have a degree in the electronics field.

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Feb 23, 2015 | 06:06 PM

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Well that makes you light years more qualified than me.

tell us how to do it

Feb 24, 2015 | 09:53 AM

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Biggest problem I see is you have 1 wire functioning for multiple switches. If you splice this in you're going to lose functionality to other switches. I don't see an easy wiring work-around. I could be wrong

Feb 24, 2015 | 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Golfer2000

Well that makes you light years more qualified than me.

tell us how to do it

I already explained how I would do it on the previous page.

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Originally Posted by rmillsISF

Not correct. Yes in that one wire(AU2) runs up to the steering wheel controller switches, BUT from there splits in to the 4 switches(MODE, Hook On, Hook Off, and Voice). How I would do this is access the MODE switch itself, and cut that wire leading to it(the other 3 switches would still work). This is going by the documents posted, I would still have to crack the units open to actually see and be positive. And to be honest, I really don't care to have MODE switch set to Sport mode, so I doubt I will even take my steering wheel and dash apart. But if anyone else manages to experiment on their car and post photos, I'm willing to help or give advice.

Dec 7, 2018 | 09:04 AM

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thread bump,
So this is all great on paper, and looks like it will work.

Has anyone successfully done so?

Dec 11, 2018 | 08:16 PM

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Joker4096

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I'm tempted to try to tackle this when I have time.

Dec 11, 2018 | 08:23 PM

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viprez586

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I'm looking into remote start options since I got the major hookup on wiring locations from an installer.(saves me so much time researching every friggin wire)
while I'm doing that I'll look into modifying Pins as well.

Dec 14, 2018 | 05:33 AM

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Rickna

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Originally Posted by Kyle4207

I've successfully done the button swap and it's pretty easy after studying the wiring diagrams. I just haven't had time to do the write up. I've put in the 2013 steering wheel buttons into my 2010, using the factory wire harness I tapped into the factory wire harness after the spiral wiire connector in the steering column. Essentially you use the circuit that is there for the radar cruise control. If you have that option you shouldn't rewire it.

I tapped into the harness where the radar cruise control ECU would have been plugged into, then ran a wire over to the Sport button and tapped in there. This maintains the functionality of the stock button as well.

I don't have much time but will try to write something up in the next couple of months and post it.

Based on your solution I will be doing the same. I have ordered 2013 buttons from megazip (less than $200). Thank you for the inspiration!