Passat on/off "key" hot

[2VWs]

After driving a relatively new Passat TSI rental car for about two hours, I removed the "key" from the on/off holder. It was quite hot (50C at a guess) on the innermost portion of the key. The car had air conditioning on, GPS on and radio on in terms of electrical drain. Outside air temperature was about 30C. Is this temperature normal for the key?

[crackdawg]

yep - mine & colleagues do the same.

[kleung]

Is this temperature normal for the key?

Because it was a hot day, it was probably just residual trapped heat from being parked. The air conditioning won't cool the cavities behind the dash, so that's probably why it was still hot after 2 hours.

[crackdawg]

it's just a cheap and poor design, the key remains hot for sometime after removal from the vehicle.

easiest fix would be to just make push start/stop standard and include their "convenience" package as standard rather than in typical German manufacturer fashion... cash grab for basic extras.

[2VWs]

Thanks. Does the convenience package actually have the start/stop button like we see on the cc passat?


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