Polar How many people have had trouble with it

dlhovland

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How many people have had trouble with it. Installed mine Saturday was able to program into two screens. Monday drove Car to work. Now every time I hit the OK button when the polar screen is on the display. it makes a phone call and switch to the Phone menu so I cannot access anything anywhere on the polar
 

crashtested

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Reflash it. I had this several times and a fresh install seemed to fix it.

It's a pain to re & re the module so when I had mine installed I left the USB data cable plugged in and had it tucked up with a velcro strap so I could just pull it down and plug it into my laptop.
 

dlhovland

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Reflash it. I had this several times and a fresh install seemed to fix it.

It's a pain to re & re the module so when I had mine installed I left the USB data cable plugged in and had it tucked up with a velcro strap so I could just pull it down and plug it into my laptop.
Thanks I will try this weekend. Did know that I could leave the USB cable attached
 

06bluebeetletdi

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My tale of polar fis on my passat:
 

JELLOWSUBMARINE

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Ive really loved my unit, awsome features... but seems, I like many, have eventually (or right away) had trouble. Mine wouldn't restart after I turned it off to smog test AND installed a Kenwood with idatalink. Do they conflict? Not sure yet. I do miss the polar! soot and regen readouts though

From what I see here on the forum many have some sort of issue after a car trauma. I.E.. Battery, or some sort of electrical?

I still haven't updated to the latest update, but plan to attempt to revive it soon. I have a polar link below you may be interested in
 

dlhovland

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after your experience I think I will remove it and send it it back. Don’t won’t a no stats because of polar unit
 

JELLOWSUBMARINE

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after your experience I think I will remove it and send it it back. Don’t won’t a no stats because of polar unit
I'm sorry I meant the polar would not open up any preset parameters. It has been flawless up until the above mentioned complication. I absolutely loved the factory like info. display. I like the kenwood/idata add on just as much but it has no info. on the soot and regen.
 

dlhovland

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Thanks I will try updating it first.
 

06bluebeetletdi

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Mine was awesome until it went crazy. Never heard from the company after I returned it to them, it was still under warranty at the time.
 

Wilkins

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Before you reflash- because that’s a bit of a pain- try pulling fuse F24, underhood fusebox. That should reboot the Polar. Mine was refusing to restart, but did after I tried removing the fuse.
 

firehawk618

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Got mine from a member on here and so far it's been flawless. * I have removed the factory blue tooth module from my car though and installed an aftermarket head unit.
 

dlhovland

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Contacted auto polar they instructed me to upload late”s up upgrade and then do a factory reset then reinstall unit worked great for about three days. Now all parameters are frozen EGT 32 boost 0 ect I am thinking of just removing it and installing gauges. I left the usb cable plugged into unit. Any thoughts?
 

JD_2012GolfTDI

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Minor glitch on mine is that it keeps resetting to read parameters via Diagnostic vs. Engine. I can tell this has happened when the intake air temperature looks incorrect and is stuck on a single temp.
 
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