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6.2K views 10 replies 7 participants last post by  NoobyT  
#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
Anybody fitted a dataplug and been Successful , using it on the your phone
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The Volkswagen Connect App combined with a DataPlug enables you to get information about your vehicle, directly through your smartphone.
 
#3 ·
Someone has got the torque app to work i believe.
 
#4 · (Edited by Moderator)
I think that was via a third party app.

As robsdesk says, the Touareg isn't listed as being compatible on the VW Connect site
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I've just put my chassis number in as well and it's not available for my T3.

http://www.vwconnect.com/gb/en/#app
 
#5 ·
waste of time vw giving me the data plug when it won't work on my touareg
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#6 ·
Welcome to the world of stupid salespeople who don't know their product
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#7 ·
So after a 'discussion' with my service adviser yesterday who insisted the data plug wasn't compatible with the Touareg, when I told her it was since at least October she eventually relented and agreed to ask the techs. Lo and behold there was a boxed plug on her desk waiting for me when I returned to collect the car, along with a slightly sheepish smile
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I've plugged in it today and exactly as I expected it's not particularly useful. It's not even accurate, reporting a 2 mile difference to the odometer, reporting 200 mile less range and an entirely wrong fill level. Perhaps this will fix it self?
I can't really see any useful information in there besides the battery voltage, i was hoping for oil temp. Is there anything actually of use?
 
#8 ·
Buy a Generation 1 car and you get oil temperature!
 
#10 ·
And a heavy uneconomical cars with a bucket load of issues
 
#11 ·
Funnily enough I've just looked up some of my old cars on the government's Tax/MoT site to see if they are still around and I saw that my old T1 clearly has a bucket load of issues . . . well it did need a new number plate light bulb to get through it's 11th test two years ago but there's not one advisory on any of the 13 MoTs!!