DSP Guru’s Car Computer Drowns

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Agree that the placement is questionable, WV is not alone though. My 1999 Chevrolet Cavalier has it in front of the passenger side tire in the fender, accessible from under the car. Well sealed so water is not much of a concern but a minor fender-bender could make the car un-drivable. Overall I am fairly happy with the car but grumble ever tine a front turn signal ling needs to be replaced.

You can't blame it all on VW's design (though it is a weird idea to put the electronic components in the lowest point of the car where it can easily be drowned). I am sure they included a notice in the user manual informing you that you should clean the gutters once a year or so. Maybe the garage should do it when they service the car.

Older Holden Commodores suffer dry joints, I was offered a job - resolding used ECUs full time. All ECUs should have conformal coating to prevent water damage. I know that JDM AE101 Corolla ECUs suffer leaking capacitors. This eats up the tracks and pads big time. Cracks me up that early twin cam Corollas ran to 8200rpm with 1k of code!

They [VW and the repair shops] have to make a living, at $1200 for a (est.) $100 worth of electronic components this is quite profitable. My colleauge's ECU of his Opel went dead after 150000 km, and the technician dryly aknowledged they all did! This one happened to have a broken track. They charged EUR 350,- for a 'repaired' one, and this without labor ...

Jeep had a recall (1998 Cherokee) to move the computer out from under the driver's seat, to prevent this same drowned-electronics problem. Hard to believe that VW wouldn't be at least as responsive as Jeep was, especially since VW seems to have the added risk with sunroof drains.