New T.6.1 and faulty control panel

gabachito · Jul 6, 2020

Hi there. I received my new California Edition 6.1 on 20th June and since then I haven't been able to operate the control panel which refuses to switch on with only the knob flashing. It went back to VW for 3 days as they were thinking it was the battery which was faulty but to no avail. They have decided to replace the control panel but it will take another 2 weeks before the spare one arrives. Anyone knows how to do a reset ? Which battery power the control panel ? Any suggestion will be most welcome as I feel really frustrated now. Thanks.

westfalia · Jul 6, 2020

Check the block fuse on the rear battery,
get the fault codes deleted then disconnect
all of the batteries and reconnect.

The new control panel has no reset.
Apparently the CU always remembers the last status
and only after the defect is removed can it be used again.

gabachito · Jul 7, 2020

westfalia said:
Check the block fuse on the rear battery,
get the fault codes deleted then disconnect
all of the batteries and reconnect.

The new control panel has no reset.
Apparently the CU always remembers the last status
and only after the defect is removed can it be used again.

Unfortunately the screen remains desperately black so no chance to delete any faulty codes as there aren't any.

westfalia · Jul 7, 2020

I meant to say, fault codes from the OBD port.

Sad · Jul 7, 2020

Could it be along the same lines as this?

New Ocean Battery Empty

Hi Folks, Picked up our new T6.1 California Ocean yesterday. The control panel will not switch on unless the ignition is on. It says on the control panel that the battery is empty. It has been plugged in to the ehu for 15 hours now and even when plugged in, the control panel still says battery...

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Sad · Jul 7, 2020

New Ocean Battery Empty

Hi Folks, Picked up our new T6.1 California Ocean yesterday. The control panel will not switch on unless the ignition is on. It says on the control panel that the battery is empty. It has been plugged in to the ehu for 15 hours now and even when plugged in, the control panel still says battery...

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KGCali · Jul 8, 2020

gabachito said:
Hi there. I received my new California Edition 6.1 on 20th June and since then I haven't been able to operate the control panel which refuses to switch on with only the knob flashing. It went back to VW for 3 days as they were thinking it was the battery which was faulty but to no avail. They have decided to replace the control panel but it will take another 2 weeks before the spare one arrives. Anyone knows how to do a reset ? Which battery power the control panel ? Any suggestion will be most welcome as I feel really frustrated now. Thanks.

Try resetting the control panel by removing the fuses, ref Loz's post

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