The Lane Assist does not come on 'without good reason' that is not possible, go for a spin with your young lad and see for yourself........maybe he's trying the 'Dad this car is rubbish' trick to get deep into your pockets, had the same with my daughter and her perfectly acceptable VW Polo! Rob Sor...

A week after I had the 3.2 update I started to get the dashboard warning about the electric drive not working correctly. They’ve since told me this will stay on until the battery modules are replaced, which I’m now in the queue for. She said if it’s driving fine with no issues then to just keep doi...

I find ACC works well in situations where I am, er, "cruising": wanting minimal fuss, a particular maximum speed, opportunity to rest both feet. Long stretches of motorway or similar. I've never tried it in town traffic or on minor country roads, and am not sure I'd want to.

Definitely. The fact that you are asking suggests you are unaware of the huge amount of data about you which is otherwise handed over to the next owner! See <https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/articles/its-official-cars-are-the-worst-product-category-we-have-ever-reviewed-for-priva...

Regarding 2 - the way it's set up does mean creeping in stop-start traffic jams is easy. As for 3, there are plenty of threads here on that topic. Until 3.0 came out, it was apparently easy to disable lane assist permanently with an OBD11 (plugs into diagnostic socket). But following 3.0 that seemed...

On coming up to two years, dealer informed us it was necessary to have our ID3 serviced if we wanted warranty to remain valid. £190 for very little. Told me the batteries are healthy (knew this from the software upgrade earlier this year when same dealer produced battery health report). Also advise...

Was something loose, or actually broken?

A big problem here (IMO) is that there's no competition. I couldn't find any garage / workshop locally that would touch the car. Some cited lack of "software", most simply said it was outside their capabilities. All said it was not in my interests while the car was under warranty. It seems...

Mimosa12 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 13, 2023 5:38 pm Agreed. It's not great for tyre pump, unless you know the Stop/Start trick
Also need a 12v socket for certain components, like DashCam

DashCam is permanent, so should be permanently wired to the fuse box or one of the (hidden) USB outlets?

Hoppy wrote: ↑Mon Nov 13, 2023 6:23 pm ... We came to love the way it drove and most of its little foibles but ultimately we are changing to Hyundai Kona ...

There's less rear leg room in a Kona. Not a problem for my wife, but I found it uncomfortable.

G43FAN wrote: ↑Tue Nov 14, 2023 4:06 pm Yes it was 2 years unlimited mileage then every 12 months but it does seem to have become every 2 years.

Does this mean that some people bought the 3-year service plan expecting to get two services but will only get one?

Since 3.2 upgrade I am fairly happy with what the car has to offer. But… I would love VW to fix the bug that stops the passenger side mirror for auto dipping on reverse. So annoying having to twiddle the knob to select the left hand mirror to get it to dip. Doubly annoying that it worked perfect on...

Have you checked that you are on 3.2? Like many people, our dealership update was actually to 3.0. The updates to 3.1 and 3.2 had to be requested manually - I think they would only kick off if the car was parked AND had good signal. Try poking a different set of buttons in response to the notificati...

Maybe it's rather mundane, but I find it much less stressful (compared to an ICE) when in stop-start long queues. No need for autostart or "should I switch off?"/ "is it worth moving forward just a couple of metres" internal debates. As to the standing-start acceleration coupled ...

Our ID3 (2021) had a full battery module check as a formal recall item twinned with the software upgrade (to 3.0, with 3.1 and 3.2 occuring OTA in the following days). Was the fault after 3.2, or identified during the 3.2 work?

It's probably wrong to assume that VW has any sort of coherent policy on anything, but communications with the dealer for recalls and servicing suggest that they are trying to automate everything. I get emails, texts and phone call reminders for any appointment, with some of them urging me to "...

I think turning off MAX only returns to previous settings if those settings were something other than basic fan and temp? (And I've noticed no difference in that since shift from 2.4 via 3.0 & 3.1 to 3.2.) There is one difference: passenger side insists on defaulting to ECO, while driver side re...

We have Ohme Home Pro, which is fine. We went for an deal which combined installation of the charger with replacement of our ancient consumer unit. The latter had done very good service, but used a separate single RCCB, whereas the new one means every circuit has its own RCBO. Combining the two jobs...

It's a month old now, but this article suggests price hikes and even refusals to insure are the norm: https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/sep/30/the-quotes-were-5000-or-more-electric-vehicle-owners-face-soaring-insurance-costs In regard to Teslas, I found this article about gigacastings: https://...

Ours has jumped substantially (up 65%). So more than some, less than others. I did look around, but decided to stick with the same company on same policy terms.