davejohnson

Afternoon all If anyone wants it for spares or repair, please PM (MSG?) me. It's an estate withh 77,000miles on the clock. MOT expires next week. FSH, mainly Skoda dealerships. Climate control, DSG box, Leather upholstery, heated front seats, electrically adjusted driver's seat (three settings storable on different keys), rear parking sensors, five full size alloys with nearly new tyres, traction control (ASR), Stream radio with six CD changer. Cheers Dave

Right Just to clarify the battery removal, I lost the presets on the radio and the clock reset itself to 00:00. The radio retuned itself OK The ECU went for testing last week and they can find no faults with it. They also say that there were no fault codes stored. It looks like something else causing the problem. Any suggestions? TIA Dave

Thanks for the replies. No changes involved, just downpowering to try to reset the ECU. Cheers Dave

Morning all I may be disconnecting the battery to try 'resetting'the ECU. I may need the (Stream) radio code The original spare key has a label attached, printed with 008SKZ7Z0F3572307 and a four digit number. The lowest number is 5 and the highest is 9. Is this four digit number likely to be the required code? TIA Dave

Hello again This fault is now consistent. If you drive for about 7 miles, it appears (ASR light on, Oil Warning flashing etc.) Switch off and the engine starts with difficulty. If I start it from cold, after about twenty minutes ticking over, it stalls and the alarms show. Again, it's hard to start. In either case, leave it swithed off for half an hour or so and it starts perfectly. Drive it for five minutes and switch it off (before the faults appear), again it starts perfectly. I bought a VW/AUDI T55 scanner from Gendan. The only engine fault it picks up is A/C refrigerant low Pressure sw. (F73). The Auto Trans section shows (18256) Check DTC memory of engine controller :P1848 and (17100) Input / Turbine Speed Sensor A Circuit Range / Performance P0716 The ABS section shows (01314) Engine control module sporadic 013 - Check DTC memory. If I scan it in ODB mode I find a stored P0726 Engine speed I/P cct range/performance and a pending fault as above. I haven't cleared anything as yet and there are dozens of other categories yet to look at. One thing I thought of was that I left the drivers door 'ajar' overnight about the time of the recent storms and there was water ingress which had dripped onto the door mounted window switches. It's a bit of a long shot, but does it ring any alarm bells? I think I know what the engine fault means, but would appreciate a bit of help with the rest. Cheers Dave

Morning Chupachump I know how you feel .... http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/390315-06-l-k-ecu-problems/ Good luck with it. Cheers Dave

Afternoon all An update. I got the car back on Tuesday. They had had the ECU out, replaced it with a 'maintenance spare' and they reckon it's an intemittent fault on my MCU, which they put back. They had moved the car in the morning before I picked it up and all was well at that time. When I got in it, It started OK and all the warning lamps went out. Five miles down the road ... ping from the dashboard and the same lights on, but it didn't stall. The TSR lamp on the dash was pemanently lit and the the 'TSR OFF' warning was on in the button below the heater controls. The button would not toggle the TSR status. I drove it home. Switched it off. Started it again straight away. The motor span for about five seconds , it started and then stopped. Another turn of the key for a few seconds and it started. The screen flashed 'Emissions Workshop' (glow plugs not working?) and all the lamps went out as below. Today, I checked the battery voltage. 12.56 v at rest. Ignition on and all the expected lamps lit, and went out after a few seconds. Tuned the key, it started instantly and all the remaining lamps went out except the EMS, which stays on permanently. Battery voltage went up to 14.46 v. Eveything seems to work OK. The stored settings for the door mirror reversing still work, as do the seat settings, both from the button and the key fob. I've yet to find time to check for dodgy earths and fuses. Any suggestions for VCDS software would be appreciated. Cheers Dave

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Thanks Eddie I'm supposed to collect it today. I'll ask for the details of what they have diagnosed. I Googled VCDS. I might buy one. Any recommendations on what (or not) to buy? I'll check all the fuses and any earthing points I can find, but I would hope that a dealership would have already done that. Now, i'll try and work out how to get the forum software to send me notification of replies ... Cheers Dave

Hello Eddie Thanks for the reply. I'm in Warminster WILTS. I know what you mean about the dealership. They will probably just work through a flowchart, replacing parts as they go. If changing a £1500 ECU doesn't cure it, they will move on, changing parts as they go until the faults clear, by which time the bill could easily approach the value of the car. Cheers Dave

Afternoon all A couple of days ago, my car stopped while ticking over in a traffic queue. I've had it from new and the battery is about six years old. It started after a few attempts, but the display panel was showing several alarms. The (red) oil warning symbol was flashing. (It had plenty of oil) The following alarms were permanently lit ; Traction control. EMS symbol. Glowplug symbol The rev counter stopped working. 'Environmental workshop' flashed up on the computer display. I got it the few miles to a dealership, who say it needs a new ECU, which will cost around £2000 when fitted, but they can't guarantee that this will cure the problem. Given the value of the car, it's not an option to do this. I'll get it back home on Monday. I've seen a couple of posts here which refer to completely disconnecting the battery for a while to reset everything. I'm almost in a position where I have nothing to lose by doing this. Three questions ... Is it likely to work? Has anyone succesfully done it? Where can I find the radio code (if I need it) TIA Dave

No they didn't Tom. It's due at 40000 so I will get it done when I take it in for a scan. It has never dropped oil and I'll be surprised if the factory underfilled it, but thanks for the info. I'll mention it when it goes in. Cheers Dave

Sounds a bit drastic, but you may well be right. Cheers Dave

Thanks for the replies. Looks like I need to get it scanned to find out what's happened/happening. (Thanks for the offer VRSCarl, but I'm in Devon). Good point about the air temperature Dodgy. It's been OK for four years, but the sensor could be shot. I wondered if they had downloaded new software on the last service. (I once had a Peugot serviced and there was a bug in the new version which stopped the aircon working. ) Evening Star, symptoms are similar. It's difficult to see how a temperature probe would cause loss of drive, but it's something to look out for. Thanks again all, I'll keep you posted with any progress. Cheers Dave