Battery management issues VW New California T7

kaifetzer · Sep 12, 2025

TomaszW said:
On Friday I was told that only reset of system had been done. Aslo a dealer confirmed that the defect is not solved. They are waiting for software update. I have the software number 2650 since I got it in July.

I think 2650 is the latest software version . Can anyone confirm this ?

Toneb · Sep 16, 2025

My dealer has said they were unable to do the recall and will send a technical report to VW.
Cant say I'm surprised.

Jeanette E · Sep 16, 2025

kaifetzer said:
I think 2650 is the latest software version . Can anyone confirm this ?

Yes, my Cali came out of ‘van hospital’ on Saturday and is version 2650.

Mr B · Friday at 8:56 AM

Jeanette E said:
Yes, my Cali came out of ‘van hospital’ on Saturday and is version 2650.

Every time I read the words 'van hospital' a little bit of sick comes up in my mouth.

This is an a £80k vehicle that does not work as intended. Stop making VW and the dealers look like caring hospital workers.

I can't believe these vans haven't been returned on mass. Shockingly sh1t.

Bongoloidfloyd · Friday at 9:25 AM

Jeanette E said:
Yes, my Cali came out of ‘van hospital’ on Saturday and is version 2650.

Is there a way to tell from the car?

Rubinstein · Friday at 9:59 AM

Bongoloidfloyd said:
Is there a way to tell from the car?

In the infotainment system go to settings menu then information, it will show software version

WelshGas · Friday at 10:21 AM

Mr B said:
Every time I read the words 'van hospital' a little bit of sick comes up in my mouth.

This is an a £80k vehicle that does not work as intended. Stop making VW and the dealers look like caring hospital workers.

I can't believe these vans haven't been returned on mass. Shockingly sh1t.

" caring hospital workers " maybe a minority but for the majority that's a joke.
Why do you think you have a 3 or 5 year warranty with the vehicle?
If you want a vehicle that won't fail under any circumstances then your looking at £100,000 minimum.
There is a big difference between R&D testing and Real World Usage.

Sacha1dog · Friday at 10:26 AM

Mr B said:
Every time I read the words 'van hospital' a little bit of sick comes up in my mouth.

This is an a £80k vehicle that does not work as intended. Stop making VW and the dealers look like caring hospital workers.

I can't believe these vans haven't been returned on mass. Shockingly sh1t.

Totally agree. A new vehicle shouldn't have these issues, and the UK dealer network don't seem to know what they are doing, in the most part.

As posted upthread, we gave up and took ours back for a full refund, got tired of the run around.

FivetonesCali · Friday at 11:32 AM

WelshGas said:
" caring hospital workers " maybe a minority but for the majority that's a joke.

Ludicrous comment.

WelshGas · Friday at 12:03 PM

FivetonesCali said:
Ludicrous comment.

Having worked in the NHS for 40+ years, I know how it has changed .

Susieg · Friday at 12:18 PM

We had a T7 Multivan on loan from Breeze when our GC680 spent 14 weeks in the workshop! We took the van way for an overnight to give it a good test and in the morning the Leisure battery was 109% but the starter battery had gone down to 80%. We are used to battery management as we are very mindful when in our own GC680.

The reply we got from Breeze when raising it implied we didn’t know the difference between the Leisure and starter batteries. Not convinced they have grasped this issue yet.

FivetonesCali · Friday at 12:53 PM

WelshGas said:
Having worked in the NHS for 40+ years, I know how it has changed .

Having been in and out of hospital since I was a child I know how the staff do the best job they can with the underfunding. To say only the minority care is ludicrous.

Bongoloidfloyd · Friday at 3:27 PM

Rubinstein said:
In the infotainment system go to settings menu then information, it will show software version

Thanks, I have 2565 so I suppose that the dealer didn’t update to the latest version as promised last week.

WelshGas · Friday at 3:43 PM

FivetonesCali said:
Having been in and out of hospital since I was a child I know how the staff do the best job they can with the underfunding. To say only the minority care is ludicrous.

So you’ve met the Minority.

FivetonesCali · Friday at 4:37 PM

WelshGas said:
So you’ve met the Minority.

I see the best in people when they’re trying to help me and others. No-one works in the NHS purely for the money.

Anyway, I’ll leave you to your usual pessimism.

WelshGas · Friday at 5:43 PM

FivetonesCali said:
I see the best in people when they’re trying to help me and others. No-one works in the NHS purely for the money.

Anyway, I’ll leave you to your usual pessimism.

You obviously haven't had many dealings with the HQ staff and HR empires.

Mr B · Friday at 6:30 PM

WelshGas said:
You obviously haven't had many dealings with the HQ staff and HR empires.

Give it a rest. Pathetic.

WelshGas · Friday at 7:27 PM

Mr B said:
Give it a rest. Pathetic.

Why?

See Post 404. Now that’s Pathetic.

Rubinstein · 2025-10-06T18:27:55+0100

Bongoloidfloyd said:
Thanks, I have 2565 so I suppose that the dealer didn’t update to the latest version as promised last week.

It would appear so, think I’d ask for clarification on that. When I had mine done I got a print out to show what had been done listing the update

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