Tiguan air con slow to work

[doc dogg]

Theres a update for the software of the ac control unit but not sure what part they would have changed..

I picked it up at the end of the day, so the guy behind the counter couldn't tell me and the mechanic had gone home. It can't have been too hard to replace as they only had it for a day and most of the AC stuff is buried deep in the engine bay.

I'm still clueless as to why the AC stopped working after 3 years to the point that the auto elec said the compressor was stuffed as it it wouldn't pressurise the system, yet a "software update" at the dealer makes it work again.

Anyway, it has been working fine for the past week or so.

I had the same problem.

Just out of warranty.

VW fixed the compressor under "customer good will".

Cheers

Des

Good to know, just in case it stops working again. Although that may be in another 3 years and 6 months when the AC software craps out again

[doc dogg]

Well we didn't have to wait 3.5 years for it to fail again, just 1 month I hope they actually fix it this time...

[George II]

One of our Tigs has the same problem , again its 3.5 ys old & out of warrantee . Will take it in next week & see what the dealer thinks - Whats the cost of a new compressor if they won't come to the party ?
thanks

[George II]

My Son took his Tig in yesterday to sort out the A/c - and YES it is the compressor - Was given a quote of $2300 to fix (6 hrs of labour) .
The Service tech rang up VW to see if they would come to the party . And Yes they will Pay for all the parts and half the Labour . So should cost him about $350 now. They Obviously have had a major problem with that batch of compressors to be replacing them on vehicles out of warrantee without much of a fight. Apparently they have to take the whole front end of the car off to Access - hence the large number of hours !!.

[Drucey75]

George II - did the compressor stop working altogether or was it that the AC wasn't blowing enough cold or very little cold air? Additionally did the air conditioning smell like really bad foot odour? I'm having problems with our Tig 2009, little to no cold air and bad foot odour smell.

[doc dogg]

Just to update my saga, 2nd VW dealer confirmed the compressor was stuffed. Quote was $2500, but I told them that we already had a convo with VWA when the first dealer reckoned it was a software issue. They called VWA and had it fixed for free under goodwill.

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