Hi There,

New member here from Brisbane.

2012 Passat TDI, 90.000km just done in March and they applied the software update that turned the car into a bag of sxxx.

Having grown up in Hannover, Germany, literally 60km away from Wolfsburg, it was in my genes to love VWs. I even worked in the Hannover Factory where they built the T line, T4 at the time.

Being cheated on like this, by the brand that felt like family to me, really hurts.

Bought the Passat new in 2012, besides a new gearbox it did its job very well. Now, with the 23R7 update I am utterly disappointed what they do to the people that trusted the brand.

Hoping to get some more information out of this membership here. Registered with MB's class-action and also reported my experience to ACCC. At this stage I am looking into reversing the update somehow.

Issues are: Loss of Power/Torque, more than a liter more fuel consumption on a 100km and rough engine run. Car changes gears like crazy as well.

Thanks to you guys for running and contributing to this forum. I am a Forum Moderator in the NineTOwners.com forum for years. I do know what it takes to run something like this... thank you for the commitment.

Marc (Kwailin)