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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)
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)
