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Thanks Joe. Silly question, can't the older cars be updated to the newer less buggy software?

Yeah, the cars are frequently getting OTA (over the air) software updates. Some of the updates are very large, taking hours to download. So if you are "logged into" the car, you'll get those updates every so often. However sometimes a dealer visit is required, especially I'd say in cases where the car never got regular OTA.

Newer cars will have newer hardware too obviously, and you can't update to that (not cheaply anyway!).

Actually now that I remember, newer cars have other small differences, such as the clocks (speedo/rev counter) having different configuration options that cannot be done on older cars.

Thanks Joe. Silly question, can't the older cars be updated to the newer less buggy software?

It's been tricky to find out info on this as most info is mk8 vs 8.5

I'm looking at mk8 CS's, I know that at least the earlier ones were buggy. Are the later ones better or are they all buggy or all now resolved?

Also are there any differences with say the 2020 mk8 cs and the 2023 CS? The only one I've noticed is the GTI logo on the front seats?

TIA

fair enough, quoting from my Audio post then:

got intermittent sound twice in a week, music cuts, thought it was my usb stick and my music, nope, same with radio and spotify.  Had to hard reset the system.  Some members in other forums mention having to change the OSF Control Unit (part code 572035876G), others cite that is happens because of CarPlay or Android Auto.

As if the disappointment that for such a lovely car, such a poor audio system choice wasn't enough...

Anyone else experiencing this?

Quote from: candywhite12 on 31 January 2026, 13:43

makes for an interesting read, cheers mate.  I'll also post in car audio section as im facing some issues with intermittent sound now and then

I’m not sure too many mk8.5 owners visit the car audio section of the forum so probably worth posting your details of your audio issues here as well.