Touareg rant/my lousy day

[VW Alignment Tech.]

These Touaregs really piss me off!!! I've never seen so many GD fault codes on a car in my life! And today, I had to do a BP service on one which isn't gonna be done until Monday because The GDFPoS needs a "seat memory control module" which according to the VW Hub is only available in a few parts of the United States! GDit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FYI, a BP service is a flash upgrade to the control module for the transfer case. In order to do a flash upgrade (as with all flash upgrades) you have to clear all the fault codes first, else you will have either a huge PRD (pay-roll deduction) for a control module or (at a minimum) the flash upgrade won't work.

Anyways, I'm clearing the fault codes to do the BP service and then I get a fault for "electronic central electrics" saying that the driver's side seat memory control module needs to be replaced (no communication). I told my team leader and he really didn't help out a whole lot until I got the manager involved. Two hours later, I confirmed what the scanner told me two hours ago! IT NEEDS A NEW CONTROL MODULE FOR THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT SEAT!

What took me two hours was trying to get help from the team leader. He wanted to "teach me a lesson" on proper diagnosis. Worthy enough, but when I got two more Touaregs which need flash updates and three alignments on top of that, a 2-hour lesson on proper diagnostic techniques ain't worth it! !@#$%^&*()_+!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!

Now I feel better .....wait, I gotta work on Saturday.

[GTIboarder]

You sound a bit upset, sorry to hear about your shitty day at work. By the way, i love this:

GDFPoS

[Fourt1thirty]

I feel your pain.

I just finished off a 17hr day... I'm going to bed now and in 3 hours I have to be up so I can do an 18hr day tomorrow. All fun... humping 500-1200lb rolls of vinyl all day (inflatable bouncers for parties and events).

[shedpress]

Originally Posted by Fourt1thirty

All fun... humping 500-1200lb rolls of vinyl all day (inflatable bouncers for parties and events).

have fun with that Aaron. Sounds like lots o' fun well, that sucks that you had to go throught that mess VW Alignment Tech. Hope all goes better today...Do you see a lot of those same sort of problems in other toraregs too?

[GTIVR62801]

If the fault is in a completely unrelated control unit, I wouldn't worry about it. I have never had a problem with a reflash when unrelated control units have faults, but it sucks nonetheless. Sometimes you gotta suffer on some jobs...it only makes you a stronger technician as a result. Remember that and move on, and you will start to get really good at this stuff.

[VeeDub4Life]

Now I feel better .....wait, I gotta work on Saturday.

Don't you just love being a Tech. With all the BS that the Dealer gives you and then the asshole Team leader.

Went through 4 years of turning wrenchs at a Ford dealer and I HAD enough.
It got the point I didn't even want to work on my own car anymore.

Now I'm a salesman, selling Professinal Car Cleaning Supplies.

I drive all day long now, dealing with all the asshole on the road, dealing with the weather as well. So I don't really know which one is better. But I will say that I stay clean now and I make more money now with half the effort, that I was putting in at the Dealer :shock

[VW Alignment Tech.]

Do you see a lot of those same sort of problems in other toraregs too?

Yes and no. This is the first time I've run across a fault code I couldn't clear and also the first time I've had to replace a control module as a result. And it was the driver's side seat memory control module.

Go figure.