Micky 32

Yeah, bought it brand new. Yeah works out every 2 months. There’s been a lot of debate recently of engine sludge due to 10k oil changes. Rings getting gummed up etc etc.

I have a 2024 ( 18 month old) vRS TDI. It only has 45k but feel like it’s done 200k. First problem was the touchscreen failed. Replaced under warranty. The GPS has an intermittent fault . The car thinks i’m driving across fields or i’m in a town miles away. I don’t think the dealer is too interested. No fault codes so nothing wrong. I sent them videos but no response. Also the headlight washers have now failed. I suspect the flywheel is starting to fail, i can hear it’s graunchiness at low speeds and while coming to a stop. That’s how my last car sounded before it had failed but it had 160k on it. I have a battery tester and while doing routine checks on our cars the tester keeps telling me to replace the vRS battery. Only 18 months old ffs. Oil consumption is a bit of a concern. At 3.5k the oil drops to halfway down the dipstick. All my other TDI’s never used any oil in 10k. My worry is it will damage the DPF with oil ash and no doubt just when the warranty is up. The car isn’t abused. Meticulously serviced, i change the oil every 5k.

Interestingly if i put my battery tester on my 17 month old car it keeps telling me to “replace” it. Not sure what to do, works fine including the start stop. Strange.

Did you go back to the dealer?

Exact same issue. My car is a 2024 on the latest software.

I have a big european road trip coming up and of course the cars GPS has started giving an intermittent issue. It thinks i’m in another town 30 miles away . It will then work ok for a few days and then the fault returns. Any ideas? The other problem is that it affects carplay because google maps uses the cars GPS. Can the phone be set to use the phones GPS?

My car has done this a few times April 24 model on the latest software . A restart resets it. Maybe cranking voltage drop causes it? My car does suffer from low cranking voltage at times. My battery tests ok.

Dealer only job? Car is only 11 months old, wonder why they have gone out of adjustment so soon.

I wouldn’t have bothered. My car came with them as standard. Cars constantly either flash me or put on their heads. They are horrendous.

My 10 month old RS diesel DTUA engine likes a drop of oil. After 3500 miles it’s half way down the dipstick. Yes i know it’s well in spec by VW but that’s just arse covering. I have never had a TDI use a drop of oil in 10k until now. Is this normal? The car has 25k on it. It has improved over time but still worrying. Will it improve or go downhill? My major concern is longterm damage to the DPF.

My car is 8 months old and uses a EFB+ battery. my battery aging performance is down to 83% and my battery aging charged related is down to 80%. Maybe it’s not reliable.

I have one of those battery monitor devices that i used on my old car. I decided to put it on my 8 month old vRS. It regularly reports “!low cranking voltage”. I saw it drop to around 9v. Should it not drop below 9.6v? The car starts fine. No short journeys and it tests ok on my Topdon battery tester and has good voltage. Seems a bit odd? Unlikely a battery can be faulty after 8 months and 20k miles?

My 2024 vRS had an issue with locking through the drivers door handle via kessy. No problem with the other handles. Waving the foot wasn’t working either intermittently. So far 1985 has sorted it.

Does the mkiv have a menu anywhere for start stop status? My old passat had and would give reasons for not working like “ power consumption high” engine must be running “ etc etc

With respect i never asked about warranty advice. I have remapped every new car i have bought for the last 22 years and never had to claim any warranty or suffered any failure due to a remapp. I always put 200k on my cars too. . But thanks for your reply.

Are there any tuners here that can remapp these 2024 ECU’s? Or will it ever be possible to remap them? I’m trying to avoid the tuning boxes due to mixed views on them.

Got into my car this morning and the update came up on my information OTA . Downloading….

I have a 2024 vRS TDI 200bhp. Should these boxes be avoided or are they ok these days? My car isn’t currently remappable. DTUK claim a ludicrous 260ps lol. My main worry is no real power increase and a clogged DPF longterm. Thoughts?

Interestingly the 200bhp evo engine uses the older spec oil 507.00 0w 30w. The 150 bhp uses the 508.00 0w 20w. Different pistons.

My 3 month old vRS TDI used 1.5 litres in the first 5k miles. I hope it’s because the engine is new, can’t be good for the DPF longterm.

A bit disappointed in my new diesel RS. I went to a party in an open field up a hill recently. Grass was fairly dry but strugglled to climb a grass embankment, had to take a good run at it . Other cars including my partners 2009 Auris 1.4 diesel climbed it no problem along with other cars. How are these cars like in ice? A bit worrying.

That code on a 2.0 TDI is usually a blocked EGR not DPF.

Ordered my vRS diesel exactly 4 weeks ago. It’s going to be built between March 18th -24th. Then approximately 4 weeks until I collect it.

Do the octavia’s auto unlock as you approach and auto lock when you walk away like the Dacias?

Yes, the egr do give problems. My Passat has a clogged egr. The DPF is fine though. The car done has 200k. It gives the P2002 00 code. It’s been like that for the last 70k but doesn’t affect the running of the car. It just gives an intermittent engine light. I’m tempted to map the code off.