Kostas123

If the car is throwing a misfire code then it's an actual misfire and not just a similar feeling...

Perhaps you could do a sound recording?

The recordings are pretty poor, it sounds like a plastic cover under the engine is flapping in the wind. Can't hear anything metallic in these recordings...

Is your radio touchscreen? I'd imagine all radios from MY2016 are touchscreen. Can you go into its settings and enable summer/daylight-saving time? If your radio has GPS, then it's probably syncing the clock with satellites but it doesn't know that the timezone has changed...

The clock in the dash updates with the radio, perhaps your radio time is not set correctly?

Google this exact phrase: There will be a result from "vw ts" website, that will give you a repair manual for the engine.

Agree, a simple OBD2 will not read anything on VAG cars.

Maybe it's not the pump but the power cable to the pump?

VCDS or other proper VW diagnostic tools might provide more clues and additional faults that could help solve your issue

Perhaps it's the airbag control module? Can't find anything about LINDA online...

Well you are missing an entire underside plastic cover so it's likely you just hit something

Weird, no clue if it's related. Below 5C there should be an electric heater that works until the engine gets to ~60C but I don't know if Netherlands cars ship with those. Perhaps you have air in your cooling system? Does the radiator hose get hot, or does it stay cool even when overheating?

Fixed it for me. Does the engine cool down when cabin heat comes back? Or does yours never come back? Because mine was "sticky", there would be no heat and engine would overheat only in the beginning, but after 10-20 minutes everything would fix itself. Though I do feel like I have air in the system (from incorrect bleeding after pump replacement by the mechanics)

In the options list my Rapid has 1N3 which means it has electric Servotronic steering. If you have 1N1, then it will be classic hydraulic steering. From what I understand, the hydraulic models have the pump under the battery tray, however even the maintenance manual doesn't show anything about replacing steering fluid, perhaps no actual hydraulic steering Rapids even exist?

The power steering is electric, there is no user accessible power steering fluid tank.

you get electric heater heat until the engine starts heating up, and then the electric heating shuts down. are you actually not overheating? try going onto the motorway. also, when your fan is spinning, is your radiator hose cold?

I think you should go to a specialist instead of your mate, no one could afford cars if fixing issues actually needed complete disassembly...

What about any car settings and customizations you have made thru the radio? Are those still active, or have defaulted to different settings?

So brake bleeding needs traction battery disconnect? He also claims he disconnected 12 volt battery too... Seems way too excessive...

I do understand why most techs are cautious, there is a lot of energy that wants to be released in those battery packs... but I do have a feeling that most of this fear is just unfamiliarity - after all, regular vehicles have a huge amount of energy in the petrol tank, even more than EVs. Yet most techs would gladly use an electric pump (same electricity that causes sparks) to siphon the petrol if the tank needs dropping, or simply use brushed motor power tools around the tank (what if fumes are present?). My prediction is that the risks will be weighed and most of these "electric" jobs will get quicker with less overhead, like letting regular mechanics change the charge port motor... And even if I'm wrong, the general public will not tolerate simple jobs taking over a day just to wait for some specialized mechanic, and others will not tolerate a high price for a seemingly simple job - and take it upon themselves to fix it. We will definitely see some fires from such jobs, but most will succeed, thinking that the dealership tried to rip them off...

most likely yes. but wouldn't the techs know how to operate the disconnection hardware? or are they going to wait for their "battery specialist" colleagues while their shop is burning down?

Well that's pretty sad - wouldn't all techs need to know how to disable the battery? In case of a sudden issue? I'd imagine after warranty ends many people will simply do this themselves with a 20 pound part instead of multi-hundred pound bill for "specialist services"...

Keep in mind that with other radios you will lose access to car information and car settings. I believe those settings aren't saved in the car itself, so removing the radio will revert any changes made with the radio.

Newer rapids (MY16+) have a light sensor in the instrument cluster so it does light up even when lights are off, but only when there is sufficient daylight hitting the instrument cluster (so you would turn the lights on when it's dark). Then the brightness with lights on is adjustable in the radio. Swing 1 was already replaced with Swing 2 which has car settings so it's no longer a problem.