My 2012 GTI requires the brake to be depressed to start up, and I wasn't able to get my remote starter to work with it even after wiring up a relay to the brake light pin in the Brown VESCM connecter (I think because there is another signal line from the brake light switch that is only accessible from the brake master cylinder in the engine bay).
I found an alternative that might be able to help someone else with the same issue.
If you pull the fuse for the brake light switch under the hood, the car will start without the brake depressed, so I just wired up a normally closed relay to the brake light switch fuse and had it set to open when the remote starter is trying to start the car.
Starts up fine now and the brake lights work normally.
I found an alternative that might be able to help someone else with the same issue.
If you pull the fuse for the brake light switch under the hood, the car will start without the brake depressed, so I just wired up a normally closed relay to the brake light switch fuse and had it set to open when the remote starter is trying to start the car.
Starts up fine now and the brake lights work normally.