Yesterday we re-synchronised the ID3 key as the car was failing to recognise it. All seemed fine after. Today when we opened car it went into a major meltdown with warning lights flashing, odd noises and general breakdown.
OH things it’s related, I think just a sad miserable coincidence.
But has anyone had their EV have these sort of hysterics?
We are also changing insurance companies at the end of the week, so not good timing!
I’d have thought the failure to recognise the key was an early symptom of more general electronic failure.
It happens to non EV’s as well. My petrol Toyota had that issue a couple of years ago and using Toyotas proprietary software I was able to re set everything, not been a problem since so you may need VW to fix the issue, have they run a software update at all?
No, it’s Sunday so we’ve not done anything with it.
Try changing the battery in the key card.
Did that first. Worked once and then failed again.
Does it do over-the-air (OTA) updates? Some cars do.
Who knows! Our internet is also don’t so we are working off feeble and erratic phone hotspot.
That’s annoying. My car tells me from time to time that there’s been an update. OTOH the Skoda (another VAG car) was only updated at service, and I would discover that after key settings were changed without notification.
All EVs do I’d say. There’s a lot more and a lot more critical S/W in an EV.
Tell me a out it 
If you look at the manual (and consult the web), there may well be a section on how to “reboot” the system. If not or it doesn’t work you need to contact VW Jane. These cars are complex vehicles, there is no room for amateur night as with ICEs.
It could be as simple as a factory or dealer reboot or maybe the 12V battery (EVs have them just like ICEs) needs changing. That’s one theory on why my i4 sat down on me. The one thing I would seriously discourage is taking it to or calling a local “less expensive” garage. The know SFA about EVs.
Good luck.
I thought about the 12V battery too. Happened to Madame’s Kona hybrid - just as we were setting off to the Dover ferry - couldn’t unlock the car. Madame called Hyundai, they said they’d send someone within the 2 hours (our journey time to dover was 1.5 hours!).
I googled and found - “unlock the door with the manual key, then press the ‘battery reset’ button”. It all started! 3.5 year old car, it may have been a glitch, the tailgate door hadn’t locked fully from the previous nights stuffing. Since then no problem. Fingers crossed.
Weird. We made it to the ferry on time - no EES in sight.
Hope yours might be a simple as that. I’ve certainly gone off VW now…
Konas are well known for that as are Kia Niros
That sounds exactly like the sort of problem we had all the time with computers in the early 1980’s. And now it’s computers in cars.
Gut feeling there’s a weakness in electrical charging - almost certainly the 12V system - such as weak battery, poor connection.
The good news is that if it’s anything like computers were when they were new, some sort of reset once whichever component that is loose or failing is identified, will probably fix it. But you need a good VW main dealer with trained staff, as @Roger_Lapin says.
Please post with what it turns out to be! If you’ve had any rain recently the wet could have brought it out if it’s electrical.
They have certainly lost their way and IMHO may not survive, not as they are now, just badge engineering, certainly. It’s all down to lousy, arrogant leadership.
I’ve always liked the style of the ID3 so I specced the new gen one online, it has rectified many of the original’s faults, cheap interior materials, dodgy infotainment and it has improved EV tech. But fully specced it came in at €58K. Who is going to pay €58k for an electric car in the Golf segment?
Not sure, they are building Ford EV’s on behalf of Ford who are certainly losing it.
Disconnect the 12v battery for 30 mins and let the system re set, then re connect.
Hope springs eternal
As an ex Systems Programmer from the mainframe era, I was a master at the bodge and kludge (read software patch) to make things work again. With hundreds of users twiddling their thumbs there was little point in relying on the manufacturer’s S/W support team. They would send a fix in due course.
In the old ICE days there were only two things that stopped a car from running, spark or fuel. That meant kludgers (such as myself) could get them on the road again quickly.
Then electronic ignition, fuel injection, turbos, variable valve timing, etc. etc. made the kludger’s job more difficult.
EVs have taken this to a new level of complexity. Now the mechanics in the dealership haven’t a clue what’s going on either. They plug your car in and Big Brother in Wolfsburg, Munich, Stuttgart or Bongo bongo land tell them which component to swap out.
It’s all pretty pathetic, the onboard diagnostics should be doing the work so that any clown of a mechano could fix the thing (or at least order and fit the part) but manufactures of cars, no less than electronics manufactures, don’t give a damn about ease of repair.
That seems to be recommended, so we’ll give it a go tomorrow.
