Arrived home today after a few weeks overseas to find my battery pretty much dead.
I rang VW Assist and told them my story and within 40 mins the tech arrived, inspected and advised that the battery would need to be replaced.
He checked the build date and said you're still in warranty so I'll replace it no charge.
He then said that the alternators on these (and some Audis)are also prone to underperforming and he checked that too, 13.3v which he said does not meet spec and wrote a report to take to a dealer for a warranty claim!
Naturally the dealer wants to test before replacement and it's booked in next week for a check, they didn't bat an eyelid when they read the tech's report.
Mine is a september 2016 build so it only has one month left on its warranty, let's see what happens next week.
I rang VW Assist and told them my story and within 40 mins the tech arrived, inspected and advised that the battery would need to be replaced.
He checked the build date and said you're still in warranty so I'll replace it no charge.
He then said that the alternators on these (and some Audis)are also prone to underperforming and he checked that too, 13.3v which he said does not meet spec and wrote a report to take to a dealer for a warranty claim!
Naturally the dealer wants to test before replacement and it's booked in next week for a check, they didn't bat an eyelid when they read the tech's report.
Mine is a september 2016 build so it only has one month left on its warranty, let's see what happens next week.
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