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My Passat was quickly approaching 40k back in November and I liked the idea of using the cards to cover most of that service cost at the dealership. I used the remaining $250 or so on the Visa Debit card for some routine shopping elsewhere. I appreciated the "Goodwill" aspect of the owner...

To Bluebaron: Now that the seat is dry you could get a second opinion at a different dealership... They could thoroughly check out correct operation based on the indicator lights & symptoms you experienced. A little bit of water on the outside of the bottle as you described should not have...

Yes, there is a little space up there. The excess length of Passport direct connect cable and in-line fuse made a small bundle about 5" long and 1.5" diameter which easily fit in the space just to the right of the overhead console.

Yes, the two halves snap apart easily. I used a small putty knife to pry them apart at the seam. Worked great - no worries. However, I have an Escort direct cable with in-line fuse which wouldn't fit in the mirror mount housing space as shown in the pictures. I ran the cables through the...

Nice update, and happy ending story. Thanks for sharing.

accokeek: Hard to believe the dealer service department would be baffled enough by normal operation that they would resort to the "lemon law" defense saying the map and navigation system are working as designed when the car should always be centered in the screen and the map moves around it as...

ChrispyjVW, Thanks for that update! Rev P HW 27. Interesting that my older unit is HW 65, and Rev J. I've recently experienced iPhone dictation for hands free texting has locked up the radio and it's hung in an infinite loop with a call to myself. It's not an intermittent problem, as I can now...

They are more likely to swap out a unit that has more than the usual issues. After much effort I thought I was in the home stretch to getting a newer unit with SSD so I could see a little improvement at the very least. It took months to get it to happen and the unit I got was an older rev H...

What is the significance of the H/W version? Loki, when you get those other data please also add a bit on hardware versions to the first post in the thread. I was a bit confused by reading in an eBay ad for new (rev Q SW 5382) RNS 510 that HW 21 and higher were SSD units. That resonated with...

Perfect! I took delivery in March 2013 at my Chicagoland dealer with FW 3696 and Map V5 #7860 - so with your reply I'm sure it's a spinning disk I hear when all else is very quiet... :-) After I saw Peter's note on SSD and "Revision J" I was less certain, despite growing up in IT when we used...

Hey Loki! Thanks again for everything you have been doing on TDIClub! You've helped so many of us with better info than VWoA often can provide... Quick question: When did Continental switch from spinning hard drive to solid state disk? I saw where a distributor on eBay indicated the J...

There is a chance the VIM error occurred as we all got that one. When you confirm you have older firmware than 4369 you can proceed to follow the instructions and you should be fine.

VW like most businesses is more concerned with their own perceived financial risk than they are about doing the right thing for their customers. It's likely that someone on the team that drafted that IL warranty letter realized the plight you and many other nearby owners are in, but chose to...

V7 worked great with IMGBURN at 4X on a Dell XPS 8500 using Verbatim DVD-R DL media from Walmart.com. Ran about 65 minutes with the car parked in the garage, and trickle charger holding the battery power up.

Totally agree! I took a look at the 2014 RNS-510 yesterday, and it's not much faster than the upgrade many of us have performed with Loki's EXPERT help... VWoA still hasn't made the new firmware and map update available to us. That's really not saying much regarding their actual concern for...

That's interesting Continental is still touting a 30 GB HDD when the newest units have been upgraded to SSD for 2014.

V6 version 7963 is the best. Definitely worth the effort! New roads have been updated, and many points of interest have been added and others deleted. This is the map update that the new 2014's are delivered with. PM LokiWolf for help. Eric

Sorry, meant to be more clear. The image doesn't display until about the time I shift into Drive, and it didn't help me back up at all. Yes, when I hit that magic speed the doors lock and the camera turns off and I am back to the normal radio display.

Update from VW... Yes, I agree with some here that the new firmware 4366 and map 7963 are a significant improvement over what was delivered with the 2013 Passat TDI SEL. (3696 and 7860) I also agree there still is room for improvement, hence the subject on this post. VWoA said this morning...

Thank you LokiWolf and VeeDubTDI! You really help make the TDIClub a great resource!!