After the rigmarole of updating the maps on my last Superb, I wasn't going to bother with my current one.  It was only a 2 year lease, so I didn't see the point.

 

However, the fleet department decided to extend the lease by 12 months, possibly due to reduced mileage last year because of CV19, and possibly the effect this had on the business.  I finally decided to update the maps after being told that the lease had been further extended for yet another 12 months (ouch).

 

Following all the downloading and unzipping, I used the satnav for the first time, to visit a customer whose location was already stored in the satnav - GPS co-ordinates.  I was probably just over a mile from the customer when the satnav announced that I had reached my destination.  Hmmm, not good.

 

The next few trips seemed to be OK, but another journey this week had me nearly five miles from the correct destination, again with pre-stored co-ordinates.

 

Another journey yesterday and quite a few of the speed limits displayed were incorrect.  I'm sure they were OK before the update.

I did back up the SD card prior to the update, so I have just reinstated the previous version.  Selecting the destination which was 5 miles out, the distance seems to be OK, so I'm hoping I've cracked it.

 

Anyone else experienced any issues like this?

Haven't actually used it since the update, so cant comment. However, it can't be much worse. For some reason my car (2017 Octavia), when in France, insists on turning off the autoroute at *every* junction, going for a brief detour, and then rejoining at the same junction. It also wants to drive through every service area. It recently did the same on the M6. No, there were no traffic problems!

 

Must admit I am unsurprised at the software problems VW had with the ID3. My other car (Leaf) is vastly superior: over the air updates, none of that stupid spinning wait while the nav system gets its act together, sensible destination entry (why is postcode entry on the VW system only visible after you select "city", and then is labelled "PTCD"? Even when it works the route selection can only be described as eccentric, taking you all round the houses for a simple trip.

 

BTW, does anyone know how to discover if you have "Amundsen" "Columbus" or "MIB3"? I took a guess, and luckily it seems to work. Neither the update site not the car manual gives any clue.