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Hi All,
I’ve now done two trips longer than ~60m in the MY21 Passat Alltrack, and twice my iPhone misbehaved badly with Apple CarPlay:
This is using the wired connection with CarPlay. I haven’t tried the wireless as it’s a bit pointless if you’re plugging in the phone to charge in any case, and the wireless version tended to connect to the non-driver’s phone in any case.
This doesn’t happen on the Golf, and didn’t happen on the Tiguan, and I found a lot of Google results for Mercedes having a similar issue, but that’s not applicable to VW.
Any pointers to known issues would be appreciated. It’s about three weeks before going to the dealership for the post delivery service, and I would like know if it’s just my bad luck, likely having a dodgy MIB, or whether there’s a known issue (with hopefully with a DIY fix).
I’ve now done two trips longer than ~60m in the MY21 Passat Alltrack, and twice my iPhone misbehaved badly with Apple CarPlay:
- Graphics get corrupt on the display. I have to restart the head unit (long hold power to restart), or restart the car, and my phone to clear the issue.
(I tried unsuccessfully to upload a photo my wife took of the garbled screen.) - The phone gets really hot to the touch, much warmer than in the Golf.
- The CarPlay User Interface gets slow/sluggish and eventually gets to where a button press takes about 10-15 seconds to be registered.
- The GPS position stopped updating in one instance.
This is using the wired connection with CarPlay. I haven’t tried the wireless as it’s a bit pointless if you’re plugging in the phone to charge in any case, and the wireless version tended to connect to the non-driver’s phone in any case.
This doesn’t happen on the Golf, and didn’t happen on the Tiguan, and I found a lot of Google results for Mercedes having a similar issue, but that’s not applicable to VW.
Any pointers to known issues would be appreciated. It’s about three weeks before going to the dealership for the post delivery service, and I would like know if it’s just my bad luck, likely having a dodgy MIB, or whether there’s a known issue (with hopefully with a DIY fix).
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