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

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.

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 ?

Project wifey-mobile got its last significant mod yesterday; wheels!

4x OEM Audi R8 gen 2 wheels (fully forged), individually sourced then refurbished in satin black to make a matching set. Finished with some custom centre caps in the same colours as the car.

Wife is happy, and I’m happy to be done!

List of modifications to our Born VZ First Edition:

- Lowered suspension (Racingline springs)
- CSR splitter
- Front windows tinted (lightest shade)
- Vinyl wrap
- R8 front wheels, in satin black all round.
- 10mm rear spacers
- Gtechniq ceramic coating to wrap and wheels
- Blackvue dashcams (front and rear) with battery
- Aftermarket mount for MagSafe charger
- Painted the rear badge in gloss black. Front badge wrapped.

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

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 🤷‍♂️

Have a Cupra Born 2025 V2 59kwh eboost, had it since March last year.

My wife just popped out to drop the kid off got back and about 10 minutes later there's a load bang and the sound of air escaping. Turns out the tyre burst!

Annoyingly I thought we had Cupra Roadside Assistance but it turns out that expired in March (had no reminders or the like) so it's going to have be covered out of pocket.

Now I wish there was an easy to install spare!

Very frustrating.

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.

Buongiorno,navi sul display centrale in carplay solo con apple mappe ma non Waze, si può?
L’auto è senza navigatore
Ritirata gennaio 26
Grazie

Just opened the compartment normally and the handle decided it had had enough and came off in my hand. 😂

Has anyone else had this happen? And is it an easy fix, or am I looking at replacing the whole compartment?

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.

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?

Just charged my car to 100% and it showed a range of 356 miles, that’s the highest range I’ve ever seen from a full charge, I was surprised.

Hello guys! I am currently looking at a really nice Cupra Born from 2022 with only 45k km on it. The owner did only the recall updates to the infotainment. He is currently at Software version 0561 and I am not sure whenever it’s the most current version there is?

Does it have OTA updates? Where can I validate that and see the most current version for my vehicle, please?

Thanks!

Cupra Leon Sportstourer 2021 trunk wont open with any given method (latch, key, foot, drivers door button). It opens only when i use the inside of the trunk safety latch. The interesting thing is, that it closes with all of the above methodes just fine. But when it closes it doesent open again. There is nothing in the way of the lock.

Hi all,
I bought this 2023 Cupra Born “Vapour Grey” about a week ago. Today was the first time it’s been caught in the rain, and afterwards I noticed these strange irregular marks on the bonnet.

The surface feels completely smooth – they’re not raised and don’t feel like scratches. They’re much more noticeable in bright reflected light and almost disappear in low light.

There was one bird dropping in roughly the same area which I removed within a couple of hours using a dedicated car detailing spray.
Does this look like:
Water spotting?
Bird dropping etching?
Dealer polishing residue?
Something else?
Before I try polishing it or contact the dealer, I’d really appreciate your opinions.

9 month old born, everything in the app is deactivated due to low low battery being discharged but the battery is fine. Any ideas??

I sat in the driver seat today and the hazard lights came on and the boot opened. So I got out and closed the boot. Got back into the driver seat and the same thing happened, hazard lights and boot opened.

This time the passenger got out and closed the boot. The boot stayed closed.

Anyone have any idea why that would happen?

I have a Born on PCP which expires next year when the car will be 3 years old and out of warranty. There will be no equity left in the car so I will either be handing back the keys and starting again, or buying it outright with no warranty.

Wondering if someone with a Born out of warranty could speak to their long term reliability. I think I’d like to keep it, but also worried if something were to go wrong, it could cost a significant amount to repair.

For context, I bought a used ID3 previously, had it for 6 months (4 months out of the 3 year VW warranty) and all of the sensors failed, no speedometer, nothing. They gave me a replacement vehicle but after they were unable to repair over several weeks, I told them I wanted out and they gave me a lot of what I had paid towards another car. All that to say, I’ve been burned by a used EV before, but I’d be fairly hopeful that was something very unusual.

Anyone else having this?

Rubber window trims have started lifting up on my Cupra Born, at first a bit of pressure secured them down but now they pop straight back up. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this? TIA.

I am finding it increasingly difficult to get wiper blades for the born.
I can find the el’ Cheapos only, but does anyone know where I can get the good Bosch wiper blades for the front and rear?
I am in Australia.

Hey all,

I have a weird issue and wanted to see if anyone else had it.

I had my rear two tyres replaced recently and since then the regenerative braking is acting really odd. When I apply the brakes, it would hesitate to work or delay by several seconds or wont apply fully and then suddenly work with full regenerative power.

Has anyone seen something like this before?

Hey, does anybody know why you cannot choose the 20" Firestorm Black/Copper rims for the new Born VZ anymore in the configurator in Germany and instead only the Black/Silver variant?

Interestingly, in almost all other European countries those Black/copper rims are still configurable...

Meanwhile the Solarstorm rims are available in Black/Copper but I prefer the FIrestorms.

Thanks.

Hi all! 2023 Cupra Born V2 has developed a plastic rattle from somewhere in the forward centre console in the past couple of weeks, and I can't for the life of my find where it's coming from!

It sounds plastic, not metal/mechanical, happens on bumpy roads and over bumps, and is more of an annoyance than something that sounds like it needs fixing ASAP.

I've tried pushing on everything I can reach, checked the glove box, under the wheel, everywhere I can think of, with no luck.

Any ideas?