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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: Derv_Driver on 12 March 2015, 18:59

Title: Identifying 45D4 Update
Post by: Derv_Driver on 12 March 2015, 18:59

Is there a way to identify if a car has had the 45D4 recall update? I only took delivery of my GTD in December 2014 so as this is a while after the recall Is it fair to say my car has already had this change done at the factory?

Title: Re: Identifying 45D4 Update
Post by: TwoSheds on 12 March 2015, 21:16

The "Service Update 45D4" was issued on 2 April 2014.

It covered several measures over different models of Golf (both Petrol and Diesel) so I'd say yes you would be OK with a build date of October /November and delivery December 2014.

Mine was updated at a normal service visit with a sticker to the effect put in the spare wheel well.

Title: Re: Identifying 45D4 Update
Post by: Derv_Driver on 12 March 2015, 21:35

Thanks for that, where about in the spare wheel well is it? Under the actual wheel?

My car is forgetting the driver profile engine mode despite the display saying sport etc. 45D4 has cured this for some other owners but it's unlikely I will get an update if it's already applied. Some believe the upgrade process is perhaps inadvertently fixing an ECU glitch or Corruption rather than the actual content of the new software.

Hope I get to the bottom of it anyway.

Title: Re: Identifying 45D4 Update
Post by: TwoSheds on 12 March 2015, 22:16

The dealer applied '45D4' sticker on mine is on the top edge of the left-hand side of the well (not under the wheel)

I only noticed the sticker a couple of days ago when changing my winter wheels back to summer wheels.

Title: Re: Identifying 45D4 Update
Post by: Derv_Driver on 12 March 2015, 22:45

Will give mine a good look, but I think the actual well  for the space saver and surrounding floor is carpeted on mine. have they stuck it to the carpet then?

Title: Re: Identifying 45D4 Update
Post by: TwoSheds on 12 March 2015, 23:08

Yes they have..

Title: Re: Identifying 45D4 Update
Post by: TwoSheds on 12 March 2015, 23:11

Quote from: TwoSheds on 12 March 2015, 23:08

Yes they have or it might have been on the top of the polystyrene frame for the brace/locking key etc one of the two..

Title: Re: Identifying 45D4 Update
Post by: mcmaddy on 13 March 2015, 07:34

The 45d4 update was for the brake ecu and nothing to do with driver profile fix. I'd be surprised if the wheel well is carpeted also as it's not something VW do. A photo to prove I'm wrong will suffice though. The only way to rectify the driver profile error is to visit the dealer and let them reset the basic settings.

Title: Re: Identifying 45D4 Update
Post by: Derv_Driver on 13 March 2015, 15:43

Here's my carpeted boot and no stickers. I did a reset myself via the dash board but if you think the dealer one is different I will pop in and see if they will try that initially.


(http://i60.tinypic.com/o358k.jpg)

Title: Re: Identifying 45D4 Update
Post by: mcmaddy on 13 March 2015, 17:27

I'm positive my boot floor isn't carpeted. It'll need to be a dealer reset of the basic settings.

Title: Re: Identifying 45D4 Update
Post by: monkeyhanger on 13 March 2015, 17:46

Quote from: mcmaddy on 13 March 2015, 17:27

I'm positive my boot floor isn't carpeted. It'll need to be a dealer reset of the basic settings.

Mine definitely isn't - it isn't even a glossy finish to the red paint that you see.

Title: Re: Identifying 45D4 Update
Post by: mcmaddy on 13 March 2015, 18:51

Another case of early adopters being shafted  :wink:

Title: Re: Identifying 45D4 Update
Post by: monkeyhanger on 13 March 2015, 18:56

Quote from: mcmaddy on 13 March 2015, 18:51

Another case of early adopters being shafted  :wink:

No.....It's weight saving!  :grin:

Title: Re: Identifying 45D4 Update
Post by: mcmaddy on 13 March 2015, 18:57

Haha

Title: Re: Identifying 45D4 Update
Post by: Derv_Driver on 13 March 2015, 21:16

How strange, maybe why my fuel economy is sh*#e and it seems sluggish unless I mode cycle. It's all the extra weight I'm pulling around. Wonder what other extras I have or don't.

There's a pic on this site of a GTD with red triangle storage in the boot lid, I'm sure mine hasn't got this storage area.