VW ID.3

The efficiency gain is that it won’t use energy to heat battery on a short journey.

But we won’t know until the overnight temps drop below 8C… we’re not there yet.

Other than that it will be as efficient as it always was.

I dont know how that's possible. The temperatures aren't low enough yet to see the gain. The battery used get heated to 12°C when it was <8°C. The 2.4 update changed that to heat the battery only when it is <0°C.

The temperatures haven't dropped below 8°C yet so you cant see a difference... unless the Tour5 is different in some way.

I've noticed no difference anyway, but I am expecting to see it in the weeks ahead when the temps drop below 8°C.

What version are you actually on? 2.3 or 2.4?

What version is displayed in settings(091X)? What is the X in your case?

Ah that explains it. The question was about 2.4, not 2.3.

I bet your heater is still coming on once the battery drops below 8°C.

When you get 2.4 that will change.

Two ways

1) Look at the infotainment screen where it shows your current consumption. If it is showing something like 7-10kW while the car is not moving then you know it is heating the battery. You'll see it very clearly on a cold morning when you start the car up.

2) An OBD dongle that interrogates the cars computer and it shows you the data on your phone.

Kinda embarassed to ask this but can someone tell me about the headlights, I've yet to drive my ID during dark winter nights.

So, I have it at auto, and the green lights to either side of auto are my running day & dips? and if I want full beam I tap the left stalk - I see the A (headlamp symbol) blue is its on, and white is its off? There seems to be no way to get of this symbol from the dash once enabled.

I liked being able to step outout and see with my own eyes, but can't in this car.

Also be sure to go into your light settings and set auto lights to come on early, that way they'll come on when it's overcast during the afternoon or when driving in roads shaded by trees and not just when it's dark at night.

My car is still showing as Off-line. Off-line in the App aswell.

Apparently according to Battery Life, my vin is one of the cars with the battery module problems. So , I phoned the dealer yesterday and he confirmed, but said that as the master technician was only still being trained on the repair of the problem that it would be December before they could get it in to sort it out. I just want the app to work properly for once.

What were the VIN numbers he gave?

Welcome to the club… I’m yet to check my VIN (on holidays atm) but I guess it’s there;)

Bad weather light only comes with matrix LED. My bog standard ones only have auto highbeam:)

The auto high beam only works when the lights themselves are set for auto-

One push forward and the high beams are in auto and full matrix mode, the beam will split around cars ect..

Another push forward and the full beams are on without using the matrix technology.

It does take a bit of getting used to - I was knocking them on and off but now I just leave the full beam on the first push of the stalk - as you near street lights it will knock them off anyway - I’m amazed sometimes that other cars are not blinded, the tech in the matrix is savage - Matrix tipped the balance for the id3 over the niro and Seat Born at the time, neither of which have that capability.