Comment by mapontosevenths

I own a 2019 VW egolf. It does not work as intended and its only 7 years old.

When they shut down 3g nobody thought about what it would do to "smart cars" that only had 3g modems.

Mine lost the ability to update and is now stuck with an out of date map, no remote start or preheating, no ability to check charge levels remotely, and a ton of bugs that will never be fixed.

When the software stops being supported it basically ruins the car for many purposes. For example, as someone who lives in a cold climate the ability to remotely preheat the cabin and turn on defrosters is an absolute necessity of most folks.

VW doesnt care to fix the issue so owners are stuck, forever.