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An old thread i know but something needs to be pointed out. A friend owns a 2023 Tiguan with matrix headlights. He told me he gets flashed at times , a different story that you are telling. They are also far from perfect. I currently own a B8 Passat with dynamic light assist ( not matrix). They work great on back roads etc but on long stretches they can be lazy due to the car being far away. I have adapted to using them in certain environments.

I have to disagree. I have put starship mileage on diesel’s over the years. I currently have a remapped VW diesel 2.0TDI 290bhp from new and now has done 200,000 miles. Runs like new and no oil burning. Going back to the OP a friend recently bought a Tiguan with the 150bhp Evo engine. It’s the quietist diesel engine i have heard to date. I’m sure the 200bhp evo engine is quite similar.

Nice, do you mind me asking where you ordered from?

Has anyone fitted one to their race blue vRS? How does it look? I’m also thinking of changing the puddle lights from “Skoda” to “vRS” anyone fit them?

They pulled the plug the next day. Close one!

Yep. Any day now. I got my order in anyway!

That’s a large increase, must be more tuneable than the older 190 engines?

Has anyone on here remapped one? I can’t find much info about. Are they remappable? What are the gains on the newer 200 engine?

I have one ordered! What are the lights in the bumper? Fog lights or extra DRL’s?

I had the same issue with my 2017 Passat. No fault codes either. Disconnecting the battery and reconnecting would cure it for a day or so. The fault has now disappeared and hasn’t returned, strange.

I’m about to pull the trigger 😕

Thanks for the replies. I think i can live with less power because these days with cops loving handing out tickets i don’t get to stretch the legs on the Passat like i used to. A remap might liven it up a bit anyway. How is the comfort long haul? I regularly go to France on road trips. The Passat was great for cruising.

Having owned a remapped 2017 Passat BiTDi 240bhp to 290bhp. Love this car but it’s approaching 7 years and 200,000 miles. It’s fast and i say that having owned a mk2 Octavia 2.0 TFSI that was modded to 320bhp all those years ago. I’ll certainly miss it. i quite like the look of the vrs especially in blue. How do you rate them? Would i regret buying one? My worry is loss of comfort and power and i might regret it. Yes i know there’s a 245 version but driving 30k a year might make it expensive to run in comparison.

That’s what mine sounded like when my flywheel went, no vibration or judder though, rattly growl when accelerating

Not sure if it’s related but my car has a weak battery and sometimes when i start my car it cuts out after a few seconds with “start engine manually “ message.

I have the sister car. 2017 Passat BiTDi 240bhp remapped to 290bhp from new. 312,000 KM’s (195,000) miles. Oil changes every 10k miles. Engine is like new even on it’s original DPF. Doesn’t use a drop of oil between services. Things i have replaced in that mileage: Flywheel. Replaced DSG clutch pack as the gearbox was off anyway (160k miles) Front passenger wheel bearing recently Fuel regulator valve that sits on the top of the CR pump 2 broken rear springs That’s it apart from brakes pads and rear disks at one stage. The battery sounds like me on a Monday morning apart from that nothing else.

I have noticed my boot mounted battery in my 2017 Passat will fit the larger 95ah 850 en battery. Has the extra screw hole also. Mine came with the small 68ah AGM battery which doesn’t sound the healthiest these days. This is what it sounded like at 1 degree C https://youtube.com/shorts/5OTwU98qmTc?si=S-9z7HCBC2s416Ra

My Passat 2017 AGM battery 6 years and 10 months. When the average temps drop to 5 degrees I constantly get the “ power consumption is high” . Definitely the battery in my case because it cranks awful on cold mornings. Recorded this the other morning https://youtube.com/shorts/5OTwU98qmTc?si=MQk20JpQA_OYGIcb

I have the bitdi 240bhp engine that has now done 190,000 miles. I change the oil every 10,000. The dipstick never drops below the max mark.

Passat but same key, i’m on my third key battery for about a year. 6 years 8 months old with 190,000 miles. Word of warning replace as soon as you get the warning, i didn’t straight away. I locked my keys in the boot because the signal was too weak from a weak battery and couldn’t detect the key inside.

It’s quite possible it has done 60k starts, given the mileage, unfortunate battery condition and i don’t turn off the start stop. Whether it’s accurate i can’t say for sure.

Right here’s what to do. 1. Connect car to VCDS 2.Go into applications 3. Click on History Data 4. Choose address ‘19’ and start. It will go through a download. Save when finished 5. Go out of that and select VCDS Toolbox. Click on B.history and should open a box with the history file. Click on it and the toolbox screen should fill with data. 6. Click on the drop down box and select 16. Vehicle energy balance 7. There’s a smaller dropdown box to the right, click on that and select one of the numbers. My starter info was number 3 on the list. Look for “ engine start counter” My car has now 59994 starts! There’s another dropdown box “ Battery aging”. My readings are: Age in relation to charging = 70% Age in relation to performance = 53%

I can’t remember exactly but i’ll have a route tomorrow and will find it and i’ll post it here exactly how to find it tomorrow.

Yep. Download history data and open with toolbox.

Thinking of how the car is used you are probably right. Firstly i use my car for work and that entails calling to peoples houses. So after each house visit the starter gets activated which could be a good few times during the day. However the journeys aren’t short berween house visits. The car gets enough driving to keep the battery at it’s optimum. For the last few months the car is averaging 700 ish miles a week. The car doesn’t get much city or town driving compared to driving out the countryside. I leave the start stop on. When i am in towns/cities i like to think i’m helping to keep the air a little cleaner in those areas. In VCDS you can check how many times the starter has been activated throughout it’s life. I’m not sure what the purpose is. Last time i checked it activated 55,000 times. It’s probably circa 57,000 by now.