GTD acceleration responsiveness

[adekil]

VW engineers said they didn't notice this problem when I booked it in, seems SEAT took the extra initiative 

Not sure how to approach getting this checked again and with another 2 years left on this car would be nice to know I'm getting the most out of it......

MonkeyHanger, did you mention this fault on your service?

[monkeyhanger]

Adekil: I did mention the mode fault and they said they'd take a look, time permitting (apparently the software updates to be applied during the service were goiing to take 2 hours, even though the service itself would only take 1). Car is ready after service (2 hours after it went in) and they supposedly didn't find any faults, but the car is cured. My car is running 10% thirstier post service, and the oil likes to be a little cooler - 90C rather than 94/95 when the car isn't being pushed.

Sport acts like Sport should now. Perhaps the extra thirst is because true Sport mode actually has an mpg penalty i've never experienced before by leaving it in Sport and actually getting Normal? Or maybe it's more to do with running a bit cooler?

Did the car fix itself inadvertently as a result of other software updates fixing a clash, or did they fix it and deny fixing it? I don't know, i'd like to think they wouldn't lie to me about something like that.

[mcmaddy]

I need to come up with the vcds cable matt before you trade yours in. Something I want to check and compare to mine.

[monkeyhanger]

I need to come up with the vcds cable matt before you trade yours in. Something I want to check and compare to mine.

Any time you like Chris. My dad never had this issue on his, you wanting to check that yours is the same as mine now it's fixed?

[dippy_x]

Anyone get anywhere with VW on this?

Post #3 in this thread suggests Seat's have a similar issue and Seat have fixed it

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=404017

Has any one had the same/similar issue that my 1.4 FR is suffering with at the mo?
When in Sport mode and the ignition is then turned off. On the restart to all intents I.e the mode switch is lit up and the screen says it is in Sport mode but the engine response defaults to normal, the door lights also default to white(normal mode) but the steering remains as it should for Sport mode. If I hit the the 'Sport' on the screen then it all works as it should. The mode function should retain the last setting it in it's memory according to the book.
My dealer is at the moment unable to effect a cure but Seat Technical are involved so hopefully it will be resolved soon.

Took a while but Seat have fixed my problem with the Mode retention. Apparently a combination of a software issue and one of the key fobs not compatible so both were recoded and all good so far.

Guess it sounds like it's easier to 'diagnose' on the Seat because the door light color doesn't match up to the mode on the screen.  Maybe you need to show the VW garage the Seat thread.

[mcmaddy]

I need to come up with the vcds cable matt before you trade yours in. Something I want to check and compare to mine.

Any time you like Chris. My dad never had this issue on his, you wanting to check that yours is the same as mine now it's fixed?

No it's something else 

[adekil]

Certainly when I had the software update, it made no difference as the car still felt more responsive when changing modes.

If the software update fixed the mode defaulting to normal then surely this must have been a known issue and documented somewhere and as my car was booked in specifically for this fault you would expect VW to check what was in the update and if it matched my symptoms.

[monkeyhanger]

Certainly when I had the software update, it made no difference as the car still felt more responsive when changing modes.

If the software update fixed the mode defaulting to normal then surely this must have been a known issue and documented somewhere and as my car was booked in specifically for this fault you would expect VW to check what was in the update and if it matched my symptoms.

You went wrong with "expect".  The dealership workshops are quite often useless - if there isn't a VWbulletin out for a fix and the car is driveable, they'll usually leave well alone.

[adekil]

I know When I have a few days off work will book in again so they can keep the car longer and use the missus car instead of an UP, not practical with 2 kids

[sam67GTD]

My GTD had its first service yesterday. I was told verbally that they were going to update the software. When I collected the car I noticed that all my radio stations were still there. I took a photo of the software version screen and low and behold it was the same version as before. There was nothing written down on the job sheet that there was a software update planned.

I have the same problem as the rest of you do with sport mode not really feeling like sport mode. I normally change to normal, then to sport, to feel the change.

Could someone who has had their GTD updated to the latest software possibly post  it, so I can take a look. The car has to go in again for some minor warranty work, so if I can get them to update then, that would be the plan