VW emissions software update problems

Kyo said:
It certainly did not go in broken. Considering i had a independent full system scan report taken before i gave it to them just precisely for this excuse. There was no errors and also remember the dealership confirmed this as well as the update wont work if the car is reporting any faults and errors.

So please don't automatically assume I have neglected the care of my car without knowing a thing about me. And yes had the pump was changed to follow good practise when the gearbox work was done as well as the cam belt when it wasn't required. Do you work for a,dealership or something per chance? Very quick to defend the dealership and automatically assume its my fault.
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Having a hidden fault does not imply neglect.

Nor does it imply that somebody else is at fault.

If you have a 6 year old car on its original battery, then that battery will be very tired by now. Being left in an "Ignition on, Engine stopped" condition for any significant time might well have pushed it over the edge.

This doesn't mean that the dealership has destroyed your car, It just means that the battery was already dying and failed now rather than in 3 months time.

Think of it from a positive POV, Left to its own devices the battery might have sat down and died at a really inconvenient time but for this "Stress Test"

DISCLAIMER

I am basing my opinion that this is a dying battery on a combination of limited information a my own personal experience.

Only time will tell as to what the problem actually is, but if it really is the original battery, I would change it before worrying about anything else.
 
Wasn't there many owners complaining of there cars feeling slower and having worse mpg'zzz after the updates on VW, Audi's etc think there was a thread on Ph about it. Should have just told them to get stuffed op rather than being bent over for other costs.
Maybe that's how VW are going to make some of the billions back that they have lost by billing every car that comes in for the update saying they need this and that replacing. :D
 
Type_R said:
This is why I kindly declined the software update on our 2014 A4 TDi. They were not impressed but I couldn't care less!

Lesson learnt, don't be an early adaptor when it comes to things like this.
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I've had 3 letters from Audi now and ignored all mine.

They claim that rectifying the cheat device has no negative impact on performance/efficiency/longevity etc of the car. Frankly i can't see how that's possible, if you stifle the emissions further then surely you end up reducing the performance and economy. There's also the matter of if you do notice negative effects, they won't reverse the change. And as UK owners aren't able to sue VAG like the American owners, it kinda puts less emphasis on rectifying their mistake.
 
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there is an absolutely massive thread on honestjohn about people with issues post vw software 'fix'mainly with issues of knocking low down in the rev range and egr valve gumming up shortly after. it appears the only way to fix it is a third party remap as vw wont revert to the pre emissions scandal map. i'm not getting it done on my tiguan
 
There are numerous reports of problems with these updates. I joined a facebook group "The Volkswagen Diesel Customer Forum (Emissions Scandal)" earlier in the year when it had around 600 members and that has now grown to over 2500. Every single day there are new reports of problems following the update, typically EGR failure but also limp mode, reduced mpg and some other issues. Some of these issues could have happened without the fix but there is just so many people having problems so soon after the fix. Bear in mind the 1.6TDI fix only came in this year so VAG will beat the drum about ~550k or so vehicles updated but the majority of those are probably different variants.

VAG are in lockdown over this with dealerships flat out lying to customers saying they have had no reports of problems following the fix when other people with issues have used the same dealership. There are also a couple of whistleblowers (anecdotal not categorically proven to be former employees) who have confirmed the issues people are experiencing.

I would definitely avoid having this 'fix' done. If you have it done and experience problems push hard to force VAG to replace your components free of charge, as many others have done. Some people take a 90% discount to retain the two year warranty but I think you can get that anyway if you take it up with the emissions hotline.

If you don't want to join the FB group, this site has reported on quite of a few of the articles/issues thus far: http://www.hypermiler.co.uk/

As I said in the main thread on here, for me the fact customers are getting massively shafted by this fix, should actually be a bigger controversy outside the US than the original 'scandal' itself, which has little real life implication for most customers this side of the pond. Sadly it could take something like a serious collision caused by limp mode on an A/M road to really light the fire under this.
 
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If it is the battery then I agree it isn't the fault of the dealership. But they should at least check rather than blindly saying it couldn't be them.

EGR faults showing up is also another thing I wouldn't blame VW or the dealership for. EGR faults are really common for these engines and aren't being created by them but more like highlighting one exists.
 
Mine had it done while at its service yesterday. Can't wait for the problems to start! At least I have free Audi Assistance :p

Maybe it's time for a remap...
 
Havent bothered with mine and i wont be.

One of my friends has his 59 Golf TDI done, EGR problems about 2 months after. Thats after he left the garage with the car limited to 30mph!
 
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