Hi all,

I have swapped out a dead Tiptronic for a manual transmission in an 02 Jetta Wagon 1.8t.  Originally I thought I would be able to recode the ECU for a manual, as in earlier ECU versions and TDI's I guess this is pretty easy to do, but I have found out that I cannot do it with this ECU version.  I pulled the ECU part number with VCDS and it is a 06A906032LQ.  Would it be possible to flash the file from a 06A906032PL ECU (since it has the same memory layout) and make it work?  I have been doing a lot of reading and it seems as though a few people have done this but they never post details, other than "I flashed the manual trans file and it works".  IMMOB shouldn't be an issue if the cluster and ECU serial are the same, right?

I was able to get a .bin of the original ECU just in case I brick it, and even then, if this won't work and I need a manual ECU anyway I guess it is no big deal....

Thanks for any insight anyone might have.
Brendan

That's what I wanted to hear! 

So no Immob. issues to worry about either?

Thanks so much!!

Brendan

Success!  Flashed and car started up fine.  Ran VCDS, changed coding to manual, cleared codes, and no faults, ABS, ASR all good and no more complaining about TCM missing. 

Throttle body won't align but that is a different issue.  I did have one immobolizer error, but it could have been my fault, I had left the key in the ignition for a long time while I was reading.  I pulled the key and tried again and it was fine.

Thanks so much!  Going to do some more reading and see if I can successfully code out EVAP, SAI, CCV, etc..

Brendan