Where are you at? T6 or T5? Could it be a distinction between "checked for updates" and "updated the software". The dealer I visited originally said the same thing until I pushed that these features were available if the proper updates were applied. They ultimately found the updates that I posted earlier, but the symptoms that were listed on the invoice were tied to poor radio reception and the update was embedded in an ICM update.
Check your software version. I'm pretty sure you didn't get 997 (or 995), since otherwise you would have gotten those features. If your still on an earlier version --> go back and tell them you want the 997 version of the Sensus software...
BTW, I don't know if that also applies in the US, but since version 997 isn't a bug fix but an extension of the original software, in Europe the dealers aren't obligated to install the new software for free under warranty. Most apparently do it for free (mine did), but that can charge you for it - costs something along the line of 50 €...
Easy to do, just attach one of these:Yes it is. This great news. Now only we need is the auto up/down remote window operation.
But I thought you just said it's not a good idea to do that because it'll anger the service department.
You statement was to "just throw" my post at them, and I indicated this is what will anger them The suggestion that I provided is that you give the dealer a chance. If the update is not upload on your car, then "give" them the information regarding the FP numbers that I posted earlier. There is a meaningful difference in the approach.
I didn't mean it literally.... Lol. I meant like go to the dealer and tell them on Swedespeed, there's XXX firmware available, and ask them to pull it up and update it in my car. Because I did go to the dealer earlier in September and I was told there were updates available. Got the car back and they said they didn't update anything because it was apparently already up to date.
which dealer did you go to?
Culver City Volvo
I would believe it. When I took mine in the service manager said that he knew which update I was talking about and that they would first download the update to a USB memory stick and then have it installed from there with the car parked off in the corner someplace out of the way because "it takes several hours to download".
It took less than 30 minutes on my car to perform the Sensus update mentioned in this post. The service manager also stated that the comments that I had been told by the prior service adviser regarding two hours were untrue.
Sam, I get the impression that dealerships have various ways of executing software updates. My dealer (i.e. your former dealer) told me that they use wi-fl and that it is excruciatingly slow, taking about an hour to do the Sensus updates. Others seems to use USB, hard-wired (Ethernet?) network, or laptop connections. This may explain why we are getting very different reports about the time required for these updates. I do find it curious that many dealership personnel are not terribly handy with computers and most dealerships do not have in-house IT people, which also explains why their websites are generally so poor and lacking in detailed inventory information.
