Mk8 software version poll

[G3neralBanter]

Very frustrating! Back to back errors...thoroughly fed up of it now to be honest. 

[Exonian]

Mine’s been behaving for weeks but threw a hissy or two this morning. Radio went black, CarPlay had graphics but wouldn’t play a track, a few warning bongs went off accompanied by binnacle lights.
Rebooted the headunit on the move and it settled down afterwards.

My son has just taken delivery of an A3 S-Line DSG so it’ll be interesting how that compares for electronics bugs and reliability.

[G3neralBanter]

Mine’s been behaving for weeks but threw a hissy or two this morning. Radio went black, CarPlay had graphics but wouldn’t play a track, a few warning bongs went off accompanied by binnacle lights.
Rebooted the headunit on the move and it settled down afterwards.

My son has just taken delivery of an A3 S-Line DSG so it’ll be interesting how that compares for electronics bugs and reliability.

How did you reboot the head unit on the move?

[Exonian]

Kept my finger on the on off “button” for a while waiting for a reluctant traffic light to go green. It was 4:30am or I’d have normally pulled over properly to do it.

[G3neralBanter]

Kept my finger on the on off “button” for a while waiting for a reluctant traffic light to go green. It was 4:30am or I’d have normally pulled over properly to do it.

thanks

[Sniffer]

And this is the problem with this whole sorry chapter - VW not having a comprehensive remediation plan for these cars.

Something really weird has gone on here and it has to be down to a massive supply chain problem.

Have you got:

1) the build week for you car (its on the other sticker beneath the tyre pressure data plate)

2) an OBDeleven software version dump of every controller

If you have those two, maybe I can guess what might be wrong

Afraid I don't have an OBDEleven, Fred but my car was built in Week 40.

Incidentally, it was delivered with the faulty SOS/Emergency Module, although that problem was allegedly sorted out by VW in June. I had that part replaced last month.

[fredgroves]

Week 40! That's super early for a gti.

Got to be one of the first right hand drive ones.

[Sniffer]

Week 40! That's super early for a gti.

Got to be one of the first right hand drive ones.

Really? It was manufactured in early October, 2020 and I dropped into my local dealer and swapped my precious GTI Mk 7.5 for it, just before Xmas.

[fredgroves]

Week 40! That's super early for a gti.

Got to be one of the first right hand drive ones.

Really? It was manufactured in early October, 2020 and I dropped into my local dealer and swapped my precious GTI Mk 7.5 for it, just before Xmas.

Yes that's as early as I have seen.

My car came from initial dealer stock too, but was made 7 weeks later than yours.

Reading around the internet, VW have been changing lots of things in the build of Mk8's (of all variants). The later the car, the less likely it has some of its components swapped out for working ones.

Week 48 saw them suddenly swap the MIB unit out for a different one for example and I know that replacement door handles, e-call/gps units and more have all been replaced with different versions on newer cars and older ones fixed at dealerships.... but randomnly.

[Wrex22]

I’ve got an R on order with a build week at the beginning of May. I’m getting seriously concerned about all these bugs. The golf mk8 Facebook page is full of people having issues. Wondering if I should be cancelling the order now