r/cupraborn

I went to the dealership to pick up some accessories. When I got back into the car, I got both “12V battery” and “Electric drive not working. Stop vehicle safely!” warnings.

The car otherwise drove normally. I got out, locked it, waited about a minute, unlocked it and got back in. After restarting, both warnings were completely gone and everything worked normally.

Anyone experienced this? Could it be a 12V battery issue? Not sure how to diagnose the issue further - car nor mobile app shows any error whatsoever like it never happened.

Has anyone got a Cupra born, on our app it doesn’t seem to show the driving data, does it on yours ?

Just got a used vz, love the car however, I’m struggling with the my Cupra app. I can’t seem to be able to link the car to the app. I can’t seem to be able to link the vin. When I enter the number I always get the error code 8.

Been onto Cupra who have suggested a number of unsuccessful things.

I’ve factory reset the infotainment and remove the previous owners details could this be the issue ?

Any one else having issues ?

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Any idea? I've seen small touch up paint bottles. L27A should be the color.

hi all, looking at pucking up and approved used v1 cupra born probably 2022/2023

they look to be in the region of 15-17k.

i am seeing online some issues they have sometimes had and wanted to understand how big the problems are.

1. infotainment. i will only be using carplay, does this alleviate all the issues with the infotainment?

2. remote control with the app. i have seen a lot of people have issues with connection, is this still a problem? i like the idea of heating or cooling the car whilst its charging to save some energy but maybe this is more of a nice to have.

3. 12volt battery. i have seen issues with this discharging and causing issues. is this just an inevitability or is this a genujne issue that they will fix? is it and easy 12v battery swap to fix?

I have a message pop up constantly to clean sensors. I was in for a service recently and noted it to them. They checked it and said there is a small stone chip which has damaged the sensor. He said it’s very common on any car brand that has those sensors and isn’t something covered under warranty as it’s not a fault per se.

Has anyone had this repaired under warranty? I kind of felt, if the sensor is that flimsy on a 2 year old car that a small stone would damage it, it should be covered under warranty, but perhaps not.

As the title says, I've had the Cupra Born for a few months now and whenever I leave the car plugged in charging for a long period it'll drop network connectivity. Always seems to happen when it's left plugged in after it's reached 100% and when starting the car I see a warning about the 12V battery.

I've got the setting "Low voltage battery protection" enabled already yet this still seems to be an issue. Fwiw I have a Hypervolt Home 3 Pro and am using the intelligent octopus go tariff - I let the octopus app manage the charging.

Don't suppose anyone has experienced the same thing? Octopus are pushing me to keep the car plugged in all the time but I'm worried that doing that is somehow damaging the 12V battery. When I leave the car unplugged for long periods, everything works fine 🤷‍♂️

Is this possible?

I have just taken delivery of a Tavascan but for the next few weeks I still have a Born.

When I try to add the Tavascan I get a message saying the VIN is correct but not ready to link to the system.

Email back and forth with app customer care has resulted in them saying I need to take it to a dealer as the slowly blinking red light on the SOS button means there is a hardware fault.

Anyone else had such issues? Do I really need to go to dealer? They’re not exactly local.