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Old 06-07-2016, 02:24 AM
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A few of us changed the brakelight settings to make the light flashing under emergency braking conditions. Something like this:


Yesterday I was behind BMW 750 and I noticed that it had a different setup. When the driver pushed the brake hard, it went from regular brake lights to brake lights plus the rear fog lights. I (the guy behind) found it very helpful.

So is that a standard BMW feature or a custom one. Or maybe the driver pulled the switch manually?
So is there a way to wire Audi to do the same?
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Unless the code in the USA has changed recently, auto flashing lights are not compliant.


I agree that it can be helpful as a signal when the car ahead is under aggressive braking.
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Originally Posted by beep-beep
Yesterday I was behind BMW 750 and I noticed that it had a different setup. When the driver pushed the brake hard, it went from regular brake lights to brake lights plus the rear fog lights. I (the guy behind) found it very helpful.

So is that a standard BMW feature or a custom one. Or maybe the driver pulled the switch manually?
So is there a way to wire Audi to do the same?
I believe BMW has had the adaptive brake light feature on the 3, 5, and 7 series going back to the early 2000's?

There is a very similar function you can program for our cars, you can find pictures and coding here: https://www.audiworld.com/forums/a6-...-vcds-2878197/

Hope this helps!
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