Error Drive system

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Jono
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Post by Jono »

Interestingly the error appeared mid drive on mine yesterday. I hadn’t charged for more than 8 hours and it wasn’t showing when I started the journey

Zoobz32
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Post by Zoobz32 »

We have had this a number of times, but when we pull up, the car is stuck in Drive and won’t engage Reverse or Park. It once got stuck in Park. Had to call roadside assist. Has anyone else had this issue.
GarethOates
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Post by GarethOates »

I’ve had this error show up twice now with the latest 2.1 software installed. I’ve left it charging once for over 8 hours but the error showed up a couple of days later.

A turn off and on again has fixed it the two times it’s happened for me, but I’m obviously not very happy about it.

Those who’ve taken their car to the workshop, what do they do?
irishlore
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Post by irishlore »

Hello. I bought the id3 back in October. I've had the drive error a few times at this point with the times In-between getting longer and longer before the car goes back into drive etc, the last one been around 40 minutes. They've had the car 3 weeks with the error log having to be sent to Germany to see how to fix it. It failed the software update as well🤣. Wondering at this stage will I ask for my money back or a replacement car 🤠
Matoow
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Post by Matoow »

Same drive issue here. We've seen it 3 times once before the 2.1 update, now twice after.

Yesterday, after driving kids to school it got stuck in the middle of the road and refused to move whilst turning the car around. We had to leave it there for 15 mins until it agreed to start.

It's now with the dealer, who apparently has agreed to look at it within 48 hours.

I'll update with what the dealer says, be interested to hear if anyone has had any dealer feedback with similar issues??

Our experience is it's unrelated to charge time..

Thanks,

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Daveion
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Post by Daveion »

I tend to agree with stu-evs. I will probably regret saying this but I have not had this fault and my car is often plugged in charging for more than 8 hours and often beyond 8 hours after reaching its charge setting. Does anyone know if this fault and others we see in these threads correlate with specific trim levels? If various modules change with trim level maybe it would explain why some owners have more issues than others.
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KeithR
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Post by KeithR »

Just posted under a linked thread that my 1st Edition is going in tomorrow after several no-gear tantrums. Got going quite quickly I have to say but amber warning has told me to take it to the workshop. Loads about this issue on EU ID3 Owners page/site.
Brewsch
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Post by Brewsch »

Had this issue today for the first time on my one month old ID3. Got stuck halfway through a manoeuvre in a car park with the car stuck in park mode for about 20 mins. Called roadside assistance but then eventually the car came back to life after maybe the sixth or seventh time turning it off and on again so didn’t need assistance in the end.

I don’t have a wall box yet so I have only charged it at public rapid chargers for 1h at a time. So this issue is not necessarily related to charging over long periods.

Will wait to see if it happens again…
KeithR
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Post by KeithR »

VW garage couldn’t find any faults with my drive system. I’ve had the fault three times since yesterday! Something is definitely wrong - the emergency brake assist white light remains on when this happens, with the same amber warning up by the SOS pod. Anyone else?
TFP
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Post by TFP »

My ID3 broke down with error in drive system, it flashed red across car dashboard and then stopped within 10 metres, luckily had just come off a dual carriageway. Still in the garage, software update didn't sort it out. I'm worried that this could happen on a 70mph road and stop as suddenly, seems a major safety issue! Do all electric cars stop so suddenly when they breakdown?
KeithR
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Post by KeithR »

Car being exchanged with the salesman’s ID3 tomorrow so that they can get a better grasp of what’s going on - after I complained about being offered an ICE courtesy car! Diagnostics found no record of the Error Drive System message on my car. Bit worrying!
Prininim
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Post by Prininim »

Have same issue.
It happened second time today. Was driving off from the garage. When I stopped was ok, went to close garage door and upon return that came. First time it happened exactly same way. I connected OBD and came with error code U3001 which is improper module closure. Not sure if that have something to do with getting out from the car to quickly?
Managed get to work, will see if error disappear on way home.
EagleID3
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Post by EagleID3 »

I had the same warning message on Saturday (then faced the challenge of getting my local VW garage who sold me the car to look at it quicker than the 3 weeks they indicated...).

After getting VW assist involved, the garage identified issue as being high voltage cooler pump that needed replacing. This has now been done so hopefully resolved....
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