SD card update needed on my rns 315 on a tiguan 2014. £99 from vw and £35 online..
We all know car companies inflate part cost but has anybody had issues updating thier sat nav from an online purchase?
Man in VW told me that a bad one could lock out the system! Nooo surely
Sorry can’t help, but, as a cheeky request, if you do go the online route can you come back and let us know the result and where you got it from ? Thanks
I'd assume the online route is probably stolen (as in, someone has copied the data from one card to another). If you're ok fitting stolen parts to your car, then why not?
I think I just downloaded it from the vw website last time and put it on and SD card then followed the instructions. Then stopped using the sat nav as it was utterly rubbish.
There’s a few forums you’ll find the update on, I got the traffic camera bleep app thingy last time I searched, downloaded it onto the SD card and works a treat - try the VW T5/T6 forum
Not a VW but 2014 Octavia. I just download the files from the Skoda website after popping my VIN in. However it does have to be on the special Skoda SD card, the standard one doesn't work.
Not sure what they're trying to achieve, other than charging an inflated price if you lose it.
Thanks Jeff
And that’s why it didn’t work on my SD card, I ended up using the VW one installed and worked fine, they must have the SD programmed up for the chip (clever)
Dan this might help
https://webspecial.volkswagen.de/vwinfotainment/int/en/index/downloads/maps-download#/
Thanks.. vw only supports 2015 onwards on that website. Maybe the 2015 model has the same system.
Its a satnav website selling all models
Not sure what they’re trying to achieve, other than charging an inflated price if you lose it.
About £250-300, at least that’s the cost of a replacement if a card goes missing from a car that goes through our place, so all SD cards are separated and locked away until the car is collected or sent to auction.
Same with car keys, losing a modern key can cost about £300 for a replacement, so all keys have to be accounted for! Unsurprisingly. 😁
I’ve noticed that more and more manufacturers are ditching SD cards for satnav, and using Wi-fi updates instead with the system fully integrated into the main infotainment system.
My new car has its own integrated satnav, but Apple CarPlay has TomTom as one of the apps that link across from my phone, and it works really well, I set the route up before hand, then once I’ve started the car and opened TomTom on the car system it starts straight away. I have a subscription to TomTom so I get regular updates so I don’t have to phaff around with an unfamiliar car system, plus I have lots of saved destinations
The alternative is to buy an Android Auto/Apple carplay unit so you get free mapping with the intelligent routing and accurate travel times based on congestion. Sony do some nice units, both double din and single din with a floating display.
I stopped using my VW satnav in favour of Google maps fairly quickly after I bought my Passat (2012) a few years back.
I'd potentially spend £10 on a phone holder and £15 on a 12v charger instead! Yes it's inelegant but it works better.
We’ve got the 2018 VW satnav but always use google via CarPlay and would use google on a phone if I didn’t have CarPlay.
Every time we drive the in built satnav, without fail, warns us of “queuing traffic on the A3”
This isn’t useful and you don’t seem to be able to disable it.
Not VW, but Nissan. Again was supposed to be dealer only SD, but bought one off ebay recently from someone who had a high rating - worked no issues. Same when buying Nav DVD's for my 18 year old Nissan - just works.
Many are going wifi and locked in systems, hence why I think Apple/android links are better - my son's SKODA has it.