VW ID.3

Was reading up about this on an ID3 FB group. Apparently the sensors are very vulnerable to chips from stones. So much so that VW are very difficult to get to sort of theres any sign of an imperfection on the surface of the sensor, even if in warranty. Repair costs via VW are pretty high, but its apparently an easy enough job if you order them yourself and fit them.

If you're interested in the car just ensure they all work before you drive away.

Its quite common. I wouldnt worry about it. Get them to replace them and just check it before handing over any money.

Put another way, if you buy an ID3 that doesnt have the error you are just as likely to have a parking sensor failure down the road…. probably more likely actually because you will at least have new sensors in this one!

The whole "stones hitting them" is just a line they use to refuse warranty. Its quite common that they just naturally fail. One went on mine before I traded it in. Stones can, of course, break them too but unlikely if its a rear sensor.

I'd say they have just failed one at a time and the previous owner just never bothered to fix them. The dealer will need to replace them before selling to you and it will be as new in that respect, so I would not be put off by that specific issue if the car is otherwise a good deal and in good condition.

Well they said they'd be sorted, you know what that mean with a used car dealership.

It was incredibly wet yesterday but car wasn't dirty. Just think it's shoddy of them to try to sell a car with so many sensors alarming out.

If the sensors had been OK, I would have been very close to a deal but it's a 4hr round trip away from me to the car, so I'm wary of doing any deal over the phone now, to arrive then later to collect the car and still have issues. Salesmen will tell you anything to get your money.

Is the sensor issue still present post facelift?

I had the stone damage thing with my local dealer recently. None of the sensors at the front worked, which led me to believe there was an issue with all of them. In my head, all the sensors are individual, so if one goes the rest should stay working. Maybe that's not the case.

Anyways, one sensor had a tiny mark on it. Wouldn't cover it under warranty. A bit of back and forth, and it got swapped out without charge.

Now, whether that one sensor caused them all to stop working, I don't know. Or once that installed the new one, they had to redo the software and they all worked again, I dunno.

i think you are looking at the comnercial prices.

GTX is €38695

GTX pp €40440

On the road prices

That’s right. Attaching the details here as there are usually people looking for them at a later stage.

It has the new much more efficient drive train that's already in the ID4/5, Enyaq etc. that and a newer battery account for a lot.

In fact the 59kWh battery is also relatively new, but with the older motor. They seem to have not homologated it as they quote peak charging at 120kW still, despite a few reviews showing up to 145kW. I suspect range is slightly up there too.

Ahh quiet normal, it took 3 weeks for my GTX to come from the port.

Haven't seen anything like that on mine. Hope you get yours sorted.

I can't believe there are no rear speakers in the ID3 I recently purchased.

Don't talk to me. Couldn't believe it when we got ours. And the grills are still in the door cards too!

That, and the lack of backlighting of the button on the dash, properly piss me off.

I think the criticism of the lack of rear speakers (like the criticism of the lack of backlighting on the heating and the haptic controls on the steering wheel) is overblown. I had a 2022 ID.3 Business that had only front speakers. I now have an ID.3 GTX Performance Plus with Harmon Kardon 8+1 sound system. To be sure, the latter sounds better. But with most settings it still sounds like it's just coming from the front. And for those settings (Surround) where, from the front seats sound is audibly coming from the back, it often sounds weird: like why would a piano seem to be situated behind me?

I think music is best listened to in stereo, with a sound stage. And the sound stage should be in front of where one is seated. Rear speakers don't really fit with that.

Granted if rear passengers want to hear music (or front passengers want to drown the rear passengers out 😁), they are useful.