V6 4motion poor cold start

Yes, there are software updates from the dealer.

Do you know of any update for this issue? I think the car has had this problem from day 1. I remember some days it would be hard to start in the morning but I put it down to starting the car briefly the day before just to move it and it being flooded the next day. You also tend to forget about it through the summer because it only occurs when outside temp is low. As I have said it appears to be a very common complaint for V6 cars and they are not that common.

My business partners V64M has always started first time since we sold it to the original owner back in 2000 when we imported it brand new. He bought it back in 2003 and it has always been faultless in all weathers until last year when it started acting up. We fitted a new battery and it was fine for a few weeks then went off again. I found the alternator output was low so we fitted an exchange genuine alternator and it has been perfect ever since. We had another in a few days later with the same symptoms and the alternator also provided a cure. We do a lot of Golf 4 V6 4M’s and these are the only two we have ever had cold starting problems with and in both cases a new alternator cured it.