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Vw golf rns sat nav issues

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Hi all, got a 2010 vw golf with a hugh spec on it which includes sat nat rns model, was working perfectly fine until this morning had somebody view it and the unit is just displaying the welcome to vw logo then switches off. Tried manually resetting it from a YouTube video but no luck, anybody else had this issue? 

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We had a similar issue a while back with a Touareg. Wouldn't boot past the splash screen. Took it out and got it repaired by our radio guy, £250 if i remember correctly

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44 minutes ago, Autolink100 said:

We had a similar issue a while back with a Touareg. Wouldn't boot past the splash screen. Took it out and got it repaired by our radio guy, £250 if i remember correctly

Thanks. Customer has left a deposit as long as the sat nav is working and is hoping to collect next week. We are based in West Yorkshire is your man in the area? 

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On 20/01/2019 at 4:32 PM, Tony911 said:

Thanks. Customer has left a deposit as long as the sat nav is working and is hoping to collect next week. We are based in West Yorkshire is your man in the area? 

Our man is down here in Kent but there are loads of people offering repair services for these units on ebay

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On 20/01/2019 at 3:45 PM, Autolink100 said:

We had a similar issue a while back with a Touareg. Wouldn't boot past the splash screen. Took it out and got it repaired by our radio guy, £250 if i remember correctly

Sorted today cost £175 needed re flashing and they added speed cameras and new nav updates so not bad. Thanks 

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this is the business to be in..............  its just having this specialist expertise in electronics and charge  this fee, Guessing no material and  no costs incurred just  knowing about software and breaking into its code

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22 minutes ago, Blenheim Car Sales said:

this is the business to be in..............  its just having this specialist expertise in electronics and charge  this fee, Guessing no material and  no costs incurred just  knowing about software and breaking into its code

Yes bang on with that. Car was there for an hour tops took sat nav 5 minutes then did whatever they did 20 minutes 5 minutes to put back in and then a few tweeks via vagcom and job was done. Not bad £175 ph

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Sounds like it just needed a soft reboot and the rest of the time was updating the maps

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18 hours ago, Tony911 said:

Yes bang on with that. Car was there for an hour tops took sat nav 5 minutes then did whatever they did 20 minutes 5 minutes to put back in and then a few tweeks via vagcom and job was done. Not bad £175 ph

:rolleyes:

Gets right up my arse that sort of statement :(

So you expect a guy with this knowledge and all the necessary equipment, software etc to not earn a decent living ?? No point him doing it then really !!

No way does he earn £175 an hour !!

See what I spend a year on Software, Leads, Computer parts, Subscriptions, Downloads, Tools, Lighting, Heating, Rates, Consumables etc etc and then tell me I earn £65.00 per hour !! 

How much would VAG have charged to fix it by the time they had fitted a new Navi Unit :lol: :lol: :lol:

Get used to it, this is now the Industry to be in, even a humble repair to Hand / Parking Brakes now requires specialist equipment and knowledge ;) 

You should see how many expensive fuck ups I've had in here due to inept grease monkeys trying to lever Calipers back etc etc etc.

One such twat actually removed two of his fingers last year doing a pad change, office girl; came out to get mileage off the Car, opened the door while he had his fingers in the Rear Calipers, Car wakes up, realises the H/B is not set, so it applies the Handrake instantly .............. BAM mashed fingers !!  

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15 minutes ago, Dave2302 said:

:rolleyes:

Gets right up my arse that sort of statement :(

So you expect a guy with this knowledge and all the necessary equipment, software etc to not earn a decent living ?? No point him doing it then really !!

No way does he earn £175 an hour !!

See what I spend a year on Software, Leads, Computer parts, Subscriptions, Downloads, Tools, Lighting, Heating, Rates, Consumables etc etc and then tell me I earn £65.00 per hour !! 

How much would VAG have charged to fix it by the time they had fitted a new Navi Unit :lol: :lol: :lol:

Get used to it, this is now the Industry to be in, even a humble repair to Hand / Parking Brakes now requires specialist equipment and knowledge ;) 

You should see how many expensive fuck ups I've had in here due to inept grease monkeys trying to lever Calipers back etc etc etc.

One such twat actually removed two of his fingers last year doing a pad change, office girl; came out to get mileage off the Car, opened the door while he had his fingers in the Rear Calipers, Car wakes up, realises the H/B is not set, so it applies the Handrake instantly .............. BAM mashed fingers !!  

What a tool lol guessing he wasnt snap on more a snap off haha

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LOL I think his wife was the one who suffered he'd have to use his other hand now :ph34r:

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I had a similar problem with the SatNav in my VW Golf Mk7.  Everything worked fine then - nothing.  Everything else worked OK (radio, bluetooth etc.) bu the SatNav screen was completely blank.  I tried the soft boot (hold the on/off button for 10 seconds - but that didn't work.  Then I disconnected the battery - left it off for ~ 15 minutes, then reconnected and hey prestor - all OK.  Some of the other functions lit up for a short while (auto brake, and other enginer-management lights) but they soon cleared.  All OK now, and zero cost.  Result.

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