Shop Shots Volume 13 Insider Pictures of Automotive Service
Hey everyone! We got some more Shop Shots today. I am really starting to LOVE doing this post, I hope that you guys enjoy reading it as much as I do writing it!!
Now, if you just looked at this picture, you would say, “Charles, there is nothing wrong here. The back doors are just open”. HAHA, I would have to agree with that statement, but here is the real story. A customer brought their car in because the battery was dieing. When the advisor went out to the car, she found that the rear doors were showing open. Where is gets awesome is, this car is an EOS. The EOS is a 2 door convertible car. It doesn’t have rear doors.
I am not sure what the tech found wrong. I am suspect of the drivers or passenger window motor/module. That or a coding issue. When I find out, I will update everyone
I am not really sure that everyone can appreciate how hilarious this is. A co-worker of mine brought this to me. It is a VW key, that has a battery terminal as a “fob” of “key chain” or something. I would bet that they hide it under the car somewhere, but I am not really sure. The worst part was, it was all sticky and gross. I would have loved to unwrap the tape to show you guys. It would have been cool to ask the customer why they did that.
I posted this to InstaGram, but I wanted to show everyone this. I got this car in last week. The customers concern was the top would not work. It had some faults stored in the module for the top. The cool thing is, our VW scan tool is we can activate almost everything remotely. There is a procedure that will allow me to open and close the top. It SHOULD work no matter what. I could not get it to open the top. I had to trick the module into thinking it was working correctly so I could force it open.
With the top open, I could put it into a service position. That extends the trunk, and allows access to almost all of the components of the top. In the “Behind the Wrench” interviews I do, I ask “what job would you not want to do again”. This would not be my #1, but it is up there. This top has about 30 sensors that monitor the position of the top, windows, doors, vehicle speed, trunk, and so on. This is really one of the most sophisticated parts of ANY VW!
I actually had another picture I was going to post, but I think I will save it for next week and dedicate an entire post to this picture.
In other news, I FINALLY found my project car. I will take some pics and write a full post about it tomorrow. All I will tell you today, is that it is a Cabby. 😉
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1. that is pretty funy about the EOS doors. I wonder if it is just a senor wrong or what.
2. That is actually a prototype of the Next series of vw smart keys 😉
3. I see what you mean about the EOS, there has to be over 100 moving parts in that roof!
Glad you dig the pics Brandon. I will update with the issue when I find out.
2) LOL!
3) Thankfully the tops are holding up really well. I was horrified when they first came out.
We had the same thing happen with the eos!!!!! We actually went int the read door modules and readapted them and it went away. Weird right?
Sometimes they just need a little reboot or some voodoo! 😉
Is it OK to use generic VooDoo on these cars or do we need to use only the VW Spec 645.521 VooDoo? (has 645.521 been superseded yet?)
Well, the generic voodoo is ok, but factory voodoo is better. It has a more pure effect, it’s 1 step before a full electron flush.
Ahahahaha! Thanks Steve, I needed that laugh.
But it’s Audi grade if you order it from New Orleans so don’t forget it! lol
Man you could have a lot of fun with new guys and that service position option with the EOS’s. Sort of looks like a Roger Dean bug creature spreading it’s wings. Just filed away a mental note to do like Nancy Regan and just say no to any EOS top problems…but I know this guy named Charles…