VW ID.3

Can anybody advise of servicing costs for ID3?

Just out of interest I'd assume ID4 service costs are sane as ID3

Also what would real range be for ID3 if mostly motorway at decent speed?

At the moment I head into the office twice a week from Balbriggan to Kilmainham. So thats 176km along so I'll probably do about 200km a week with driving at weekend included.

I've a 1.5 diesel nissan xtrail for sale at the moment and thinking of getting an ID3.

i don’t think that’s too bad for 2 years motoring and you’ve a stamp in the book. When you come to sell, a full VW service history will be useful to have and could pay dividends in the future with a goodwill/warranty claim. Obviously if you wanted to attempt to save money you could have done the wiper blades and pollen filter yourself in advance with motor factor parts.

Do you need this 'service' to keep the battery warranty? The Cupra care pack I have covers pollen filter, front pads, wipers and brake fluid so I don't really need anything for probably 4-5 years. I'm guessing a battery coolant flush is needed after a few years.

I don't care for the video health check, the last one done on my Golf was rushed so I couldn't see anything. I'll take my chances with the tyre centre pointing out any visual issues on the suspension...

I'm not one to cheap out on servicing but the EV service isn't really a service. I'd rather pay something like €100-120 if it's just a health check to maintain warranty.

Yes mine was the same this morning when I went to turn on the CC.

I wouldn’t think it’s “needed” for the battery warranty but if you end up in a few years with an unexpected expensive repair like a module/ecu/etc. it really helps to have a service history. VW often help out with out of warranty stuff with a goodwill arrangement but it’s very dependent on having the book stamped.

First Service cost me 149.00. Depending on the battery in the car my ID3 is the 77kwh usable and based in Kilkenny work out of Dublin Airport so travel up there each week 135km each way 270km total and motorway majority of the way with 80% battery charge which I would normally do I arrive back in Kilkenny with between 90-110Km.

What does the 90,000km apply to ?

If you hit over 90,000 within the 3 years you’re out of warranty? (I will hit 90,000km’s in less than 2.5 years)

Fella on twitter was saying Uk owners having issues.

To the point of circuit breakers on the car clicking apparently.

https://twitter.com/Yorkie71/status/1679122943865962496?s=20

Thanks Old Diesel, there must be something up somewhere, that Twitter thread has too many coincidences and I got that burst of 6 messages to say the car was charging when it was in motion …

Huh? This doesn’t happen in our car. At least I haven’t noticed it and use cars own navigation a good bit. Chargepoint finder is useful in France.

I was having charging issues last week and found a solution which involved pulling a fuse to reset charging in the car. I posted details here https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120825501#Comment_120825501

Would you have any concern regarding battery degradation?

I was watching a youtube video this morning and it was concerning to see one german guy was experiencing 10% decline after 2 years and I think it was little over 40,000km . I think he had used DC fast charger 35% of all charging up to that point.

I'm in two minds between sticking to my 06 diesel golf I have after selling the nissan xtrail and buying id3.

Can anybody confirm if I see 2020 ID3 model first edition at low mileage is there anything I should be weary about?

I'd like the ID3 to be reliable for next 8 to 10 years. My 06 diesel has given me that, cani expect the same from ID3?

There isn't much really other than ensuring that they have got it upgraded to v3.2 of the software which requires a dealer visit to complete and will ensure you have none of the software issues that you will see mentioned on the internet. Its a free update, but its one less thing for you to have to deal with.

There are some one-off things that various people have had issues with, but by and large the car has been rock solid for owners. No major issues.

The one off's are things like the rear seat latch rattling, charge port door getting stuck, some sensor gremlins (they'd show up on the dash) but I think other than driving the car and ensuring it drives alright not much for you to actually check... tyres, buttons etc!

Battery degradation is relatively high in the first year and then it slows down after that. 5-10% wouldn't be anything to worry about in the ID.3. Mine is coming up on 3yrs and its been hovering at 53-54kWh's (58kWh new) for the last 2yrs now. Its very stable and still getting the same range from it.

The EV drivetrain (battery, motor, inverter etc) are covered under warranty for 8yrs/160k km's so that's all the reliability you need to know. Everything else is under a 3yr/90k km warranty and after that you're on your own, like an ICE, just that there is very little else to go wrong in an EV so you should be fine.

The ID.3 is a very good car and is VW's Golf so reliability should be very good but it is still a new platform (<3yrs) so there is some element of risk but that goes with any car (ICE or EV).

That worked electricus 🙌

Great that it worked, it’s (another) strange one! I thought it was related to the 3.2 update but you’re on 2.4 so not that.