Audi steering wheel controls

**naiku** · 02-23-2013, 09:23 PM

Has anyone managed to successfully implement steering wheel controls in an Audi with can-bus, using something like the Joycon? I spent some time searching, and found a couple posts for VW/Audi, but nothing indicating anyone had managed to implement them.

While not the end of the world, I would like to be able to use them.

Thanks.

**that_kid** · 02-23-2013, 10:01 PM

You could disconnect the buttons from the Canbus system and connect it to the joycon or you could listen to the canbus and have that control things.

**naiku** · 02-24-2013, 06:39 AM

Originally Posted by that_kid

You could disconnect the buttons from the Canbus system and connect it to the joycon or you could listen to the canbus and have that control things.

What I am looking into first, is to see if one of the adapters available to retain steering wheel controls with an aftermarket head unit can be used. I think they plug into the existing harness, intercept the canbus signal and convert it to something that can be read by aftermarket head unit's.

**that_kid** · 02-24-2013, 08:04 AM

That should work. I saw a post where someone used a Pac steering wheel adapter with a joycon just in the way you described.

**naiku** · 04-14-2013, 04:46 PM

Picked up a Joycon, but, while it worked for a minute. For some reason it's now quit working, the test to see if its faulty came back negative. So I know that is good, but I am not sure why all of a sudden it is not recognizing any input from my steering wheel. Really odd.