VCDS setting to disable bulb-out warning... beyond "cold diagnosis"

[absolutt]

My car is a 2007 Audi A3 8P. I have LED bulbs installed for my rear turn signals that do not throw a CANBUS error. I went to install LED's for side turn signals (194 / T10), but this causes a bulb-out warning, even though seller sold as "CANBUS error free". I'm unsure if the turn signal circuit load is shared, or isolated (tail lights are a real pain to remove, so I don't want to go through that labor of removing to test this theory).

I found a video about disabling the bulb-out warning for the A3. The instructions are:
Select 09-Cent.Elect.
Select Advanced --> Coding-07
Open Long Coding Helper
Click on Byte 18
Bit 0 = License Plate Lights
Bit 1 = Brake Lights
Bit 2 = Fog Lights (front)
Bit 3 = Fog Lights (rear)
Bit 4 = High Beam
Bit 5 = Turn Signals
Bit 6 = Reverse (backup) Light
Bit 7 = Side Turn Signals

However... this is "cold diagnosis." Which means, that disabling this setting (e.g. Bit 7), will only avoid the CANBUS bulb check at power-up. Once you use the turn signals, the bulb load is checked and an error is thrown.

I paged through all of the Central Electric pages... and I don't see any other setting I could change. So can anyone here confirm if this is completely futile and that the only way to defeat it is to install resistors for the side turn signals? Or, is there some other technique that won't involve splicing wires? Thanks.

[Zoltar]

Are you talking about side fender LED's? I installed mine and left the stock headlamp halogens in and no bulb out light came on. Probably you didnt get canbus ones.

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[absolutt]

Are you talking about side fender LED's? I installed mine and left the stock headlamp halogens in and no bulb out light came on. Probably you didnt get canbus ones.

Yes, side fender turn signals. The seller assured me they are CANBUS error free. I sent them back. I do have LED's for my rear turn signals and no errors. But I'd also tried out front LED turn signals (7507 PY21W) and they threw an error only upon first use -- subsequent use & they were fine, until next car startup (if 10 mins or more from off). CANBUS error checking has segmented turn signals for front, side, and rear as individual circuits, but I have to wonder if there's some kind of shared load in play. Taking off the rear lights is a major PITA, so I didn't have the inspiration to remove them again and try front turn signals alone. ANYWAY... LED's draw so very little power. Now looking at a cluster solution with animation that draws 3W... which will be enough to fool CANBUS.

[Taybay29]

I think you are just going to have to install resistors. I have an 06 a3 8p and have swapped all bulbs in rear for "CANBUS error free bulbs" and still have the same issue. I have tried so many different bulbs and. Ulb companies but to no avail i put resistors on my front fogs and they dont send code.

[Silicon Voodoo]

Just put some LED in the rear turn signals in my 2006.
it beeps at startup. and hyperflash for 3 seconds during first usage. otherwise said, they just don't work, they advertise error free, but it is errory. so, there is no way I'll part with 200$ for a VCDS, but ODBeleven app support from android said they can support the long coding I need to remove the cold diag bit.
https://youtu.be/WmN01CSXbtQ