Cliff p.
Drag Racing Champion
- Location
- El Paso, TX
- Car(s)
- '17 Golf R DSG
TL;DR: Disable bluetooth in your infotainment prior to installing the Cobb AP3, just to be on the safe side.
All,
I had some issues installing my Cobb AP3 w/ DSG today. It stopped around 28% into the initial flash, and reported "unable to verify flash block" and rendered my car unable to start with TCM and ECM errors. After a phone call to Cobb, the rep on the other end of the phone mentioned that they noticed in testing that some cars had issues with infotainment bluetooth causing issues with the flashing. Something about the bluetooth connection isn't liked, and causes the Cobb to stop updating and issue the above error.
The fix was to disable bluetooth in the infotainment menu, and then to uninstall the Cobb AP3, even though it didn't fully install. Once the uninstall was completed, I started the car to verify there were no errors, and then shut it down and started the installation again. This time it installed correctly, and all is well.
All,
I had some issues installing my Cobb AP3 w/ DSG today. It stopped around 28% into the initial flash, and reported "unable to verify flash block" and rendered my car unable to start with TCM and ECM errors. After a phone call to Cobb, the rep on the other end of the phone mentioned that they noticed in testing that some cars had issues with infotainment bluetooth causing issues with the flashing. Something about the bluetooth connection isn't liked, and causes the Cobb to stop updating and issue the above error.
The fix was to disable bluetooth in the infotainment menu, and then to uninstall the Cobb AP3, even though it didn't fully install. Once the uninstall was completed, I started the car to verify there were no errors, and then shut it down and started the installation again. This time it installed correctly, and all is well.
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