Mk7 Golf TSI & TDI - Observations and Questions

[jdbrown1953]

Have just spoken to VW customer assistance regarding the unintelligible pronunciations from the navigation system. Firstly he acknowledged that VWA recognise this as a problem and secondly he advised that while he could not provide a date for the firmware upgrade to fix the problem his advice was that it is expected in the first quarter of next year. All dealerships will be advised via a technical bulletin when the firmware is available.

[ameel]

North or south dealership?

North side

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[DV52]

Have just spoken to VW customer assistance regarding the unintelligible pronunciations from the navigation system. Firstly he acknowledged that VWA recognise this as a problem and secondly he advised that while he could not provide a date for the firmware upgrade to fix the problem his advice was that it is expected in the first quarter of next year. All dealerships will be advised via a technical bulletin when the firmware is available.

jdbrown: I got pretty much the same message from VWA about the bad pronunciation on SAT NAV. The difference in my conversation was that they said that they had no idea when the firmware upgrade would be available and that it would be entirely upto their third party supplier to schedule the fix into their program. Very unsatisfactory reply.

[jdbrown1953]

jdbrown: I got pretty much the same message from VWA about the bad pronunciation on SAT NAV. The difference in my conversation was that they said that they had no idea when the firmware upgrade would be available and that it would be entirely upto their third party supplier to schedule the fix into their program. Very unsatisfactory reply.

Yes very unsatisfactory indeed. VWA are selling a product that is not fit for purpose i.e. Does not work as originally intended

[DV52]

Yes very unsatisfactory indeed. VWA are selling a product that is not fit for purpose i.e. Does not work as originally intended

On an antirely different matter, another problem that I'm having with my Golf is very poor FM radio reception. I've spoken to VWA about this, but they say this is not a systemic issue. Do you have the same issue?

[jdbrown1953]

On an antirely different matter, another problem that I'm having with my Golf is very poor FM radio reception. I've spoken to VWA about this, but they say this is not a systemic issue. Do you have the same issue?

No not at this time. I'm only doing city driving and have not experienced poor reception I also don't have the reported wiper problem. Perhaps I'm lucky? My car is a TDI Highline and a July 2013 build.

[ameel]

Front side is rattling at low speeds, and worse than before they put the waste gate clip. Anyone experiencing the same? I'll report that to vw for next check (Monday) when they install wipers and fix paint swirling

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[applegen]

Hi all, does your Golf looks like this under the bonnet? Just curious. I've got a black material covering the battery. Is it there for a reason? I haven't seen it before. Thanks


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[Ozrodent]

I'm pretty sure it's an insulation jacket

[brad]

Hi all, does your Golf looks like this under the bonnet? Just curious. I've got a black material covering the battery. Is it there for a reason? I haven't seen it before. Thanks


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It's an insulation jacket to reduce the heat soak into the battery (or maybe the cold overnight).

If you look at post #164 in this thread
you'll see the Skoda's have a plastic box (plus the insulator between the plastic outer & the battery around the sides as wel).
You can buy the box for $41 on aliexpress - I have no idea if it would fit a Mk7 easily but they certainly look better.