Hi All,
Your friendly neighbourhood Vauxhall Service Advisor here with some much needed clarity as there is a lot of conflicting information around these two issues with the Astra K.
Fuel Gauge / Tank Issue:
Contact your Dealership and ask them to carry out Technical Service Bulletin (TSB) 3245.
The dealership will need to program the P16 instrument cluster with latest software available in TIS2WEB/SPS.
It affects all VIN's/Chassis numbers between G8000000 and G8060668. If the last 8 digits of your chassis number fall in this range call your local dealership . The software update takes an hour or so and will need to be applied by one of their better trained technicians so expect to leave it for half a day / the day depending on the size of the dealership and staff levels.
This will be covered by warranty and there will be no charge to you at all in the first 3 years / 60,000 miles of the vehicles life.
Android Auto Software Update - Now Available!:
Please refer to the following FAQ direct from Opel/Vauxhall: http://docdro.id/Qmd8T4a
As of Monday 16/05/2016 Opel & Vauxhall have released the software update for Android Auto for any Model Year Insignia's or Astra K's that did not have it factory fitted. This update can be applied to ALL Model Year 2016 Astra K's and Insignia's. Keep in mind even if you picked up your vehicle last year (2015) it will still be classed as Model Year 2016 as this is the first year of full production.
You must have Radio Units: RF700 touch OR RF900 Navi (Navi900)
The update is useful even for Apple users as it also provides voice recognition and navigation improvements alongside list scrolling to make menu navigation easier. If you live in Germany you also get TMCPro as part of the update.
PLEASE NOTE: This is considered an extra feature by Vauxhall and will be charged for. It will not be covered by warranty or Vauxhall Customer Care. If you want the update you must pay the dealership Service Department the fee that they quote. The key point to note is the dealership sets the price and not Vauxhall so prices may vary. I would estimate, working in this environment daily, that most dealers will charge 1 hour at their hourly labour rate. The reason for this is it is quite an involved process. It involves covering the daylight sensor of the car, re-programming the touch screen, radio and Instrument Panel Cluster and finally conducting a fault code readout and deleting any fault codes. This is a good hours labour for an experienced diagnostic technician as they will want to test operation afterward (preferably with a member of staff's Android Auto to confirm it works).
Approach your dealer and ask for:
DACT4166 to be carried out reference MY16 RF700 touch & RF900 navi Android Auto (phone projection) software update.
Keep in mind this was only made available this week and most front desk / call centre staff WILL NOT know anything about it. I would personally recommend popping into the dealership in person and having a discussion with a member of staff in person.
I hope this helps you all