Scirocco Central

Sorry to hear about the extortionate final cost of the damage from your break in, I'll count myself lucky I didn't have to get my insurance company involved. I'm a young-ish driver too, and living in London my premium is high enough as it is without giving them an excuse to bump it up any more! Not...

Exact same thing happened to me last night...I have to park on the road outside my flat so there will always be increased vulnerability but I didn't expect someone to be able to render my car's security useless so easily! Thankfully no permanent damage to the car (as far as I can tell) and all that...

Hi all! Ok, so after a long chat on the phone with VW Customer services the other day, I'm absolutely shocked at the response! To cut a long story short, VW said there was absolutely nothing they could do to assure me that this won't happen again and they didn't really know what else to say. 'Peter'...

I can't think of anything that will protect your radio unless you can find a double DIN unit that has a removable faceplate. What you might try looking at is installing a high frequency piezoelectric sounder (around 110 dB should be good) inside the car - less than a tenner. Rig this up via a cheap...

If anyone has any suggestions for companies that would help (preferably around the Leeds or North Yorkshire area, that'd be great!! Not you local but will give you an idea of a price....... http://www.vwcruise.com/Vw-Reverse-Camera.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; C. Ho...

Interesting reading mate. It does sound like they are onto something, but obviously are keeping it under wraps for now. See if you can get anything else from them in terms of free servicing or something. I appreciate it is not with the dealer, but worth a shot. It wouldn't hurt you confirming your ...

Hi All, Yeah, I thought it was probably being covered up a little bit... They haven't covered for the head unit and damaged glove box because I've already claimed on my insurance. I was broken into on the 11th, sent them a letter on the 12th and only heard back two days ago. Insurance companies requ...

Hi Everyone, Really interested in getting a Rear View Camera fitted in my Scirocco GT that I purchased on the 1st of March this year. I've got the RNS 510 in it but wouldn't feel confident in doing this install myself. Does anyone know anyone on the internet / professional companies that would do th...

Hi everyone, Ok, had an interesting phone call with VW today... The guy I spoke to was friendly, but didn't really offer solution to my issue. Personally, I think they know about the problem. He apologised first off and said 'It's a little bit of a worry for us what's happening '. Later on in the co...

Gilez wrote:Keep us posted.

Spoke to someone on the phone, asked for the mileage of my car, if i'd purchased a previous VW and what the registration was and what I wanted the solution to be... Waiting for a call back. Sounds very ominous.

Did you buy new? I guess you did, as you mention March 2012. Worth asking, just incase you didnt and someone has a spare key for your car. How many keys did you get from the dealer? I got two with mine, so assume this is standard unless additional are ordered. Yeah, I bought the car brand new and i...

Mark_G wrote:If they used a code scanner, the glovebox would have been accessible.

How?

It was locked via key...

Thats interesting to know.

I had a couple of quite expensive bits of equipment in the boot of my car so I'm assuming access wasn't gained via there.. Nothing was taken out the boot and a couple of bits were still in the back seats (even though a jacket was taken).

Interesting to know that though!

The car locks but the boot, if you open it by mistake, doesn't as its physically open rather than just unlocked. Sorry, I was getting confused again. He was asking about if they gained access via the boot! Wouldn't the alarm still be active in the case? The seats were all as normal and the parcel s...

I've come out to my car and found the boot open on occasion. Doesn't seem to be a fault so I'm guessing as I'm trying to get in the house laden with stuff I'm somehow managing to press and hold the boot release button. Could it be something like that? You've locked the car but accidentally opened t...

Well while you are waiting I suggest you find somewhere to overnight it. A cul-de-sac is a prime target, even if there is a street lamp. No body passes so they have more time undisturbed. If you can't protect it for the entry, then move the target is the principle. Find a lock-up or a little old la...

I was meaning - if you did lock the car then when you keep pressing away in your house but you have pressed the unlock by accident. This would let them in. When they left the car would then automatically lock. Surely that would only let them in if they decided to open the door within ten minutes of...

No it doesn't. It cycles the dead-locks on and off by continually pressing the locking button. Unlocking unlocks but if a door isn't opened, it relocks within a short time period. If the door is opened, it won't self lock again. Thatcham Cat 1 standard. The fob is code hopping. If they have used th...

Maybe then whilst you kept pressing away in your home you have pressed the unlock by error this letting them in get the stuff then leave and the car will lock automatically. I'll try it tomorrow and report back! Seems a bit silly if the lock button unlocks your car if pressed an even number of time...

The doors were locked when I got back to the car and the windows were closed though... It's really confusing!

I really have no idea!