Hi all. New forum user and new owner of an MK8 1.5eTSI in Style config here in the UK.

I had opted for the upgraded Harman Kardon speaker system in my car and yesterday after I started the car I noticed only the middle front speaker was working. Thought it was CarPlay as there was an update for the phone but the same issue in the radio. Checked the sound focus screen and indeed if I moved the focus to the back seats there was no sound.

Pulled over, restarted the car and same issue again. However after I got home and left the car for a bit, it then worked fine.

Has anyone else seen this?

I already had two trips to the dealer by now. The first night I drove the car home there was a massive rattle from the dashboard within a few minutes of driving it away... then on the same night I got a warning about the mild hybrid battery having low charge. Turns out the 48V mild hybrid battery was flat and since that is charging the 12V battery...it could have been bad.

Then a week later I got all the usual traffic assist errors that others have recorded here.

Dealer did some specific software updates but apparently they wait for the customer to raise issues before they check as then they can raise a warranty claim to VW! Better start a log of all the issues then and mail them in.

Love the car and drives beautifuly but it’s a bit like an advent calendar...a new surprise everyday!!!

The last thing the service person said to me was that these days all cars come back to us after a few days for these issues. This has not been my experience with other manufacturers and totally put me off VW. My 2018 Leon FR which I part exchanged was far more reliable. And so has my 2018 Honda Civic.