goatboy

Thanks for replying, To be honest I haven't checked! Would failing wheel bearings make the abs light flash up? Disks and pads were changed a couple of thousands miles ago (nearly 70k on original pads!) so it doesn't have a hard life.

Now my poor scout doesn't get much driving done of late due to other cars in the fleet but decided to take it out for a run. As I drove off the drive it lurched a little and he abs light flicked on then off again. About a minute later it came back on for about 30 seconds and went off. As nothing seemed immediately wrong I kept driving I wasnt going far, but near the end of my journey at about 40mph the steering started shaking. Felt like a flat tyre. So I slowed down and limped to my destination. Checked tyres but nothing obviously wrong, but front nearside was hot and smoking. Aha! Stick caliper me thinks. Popped off to do what I was out to do came back to the car 30 mins later. No fault codes on my generic reader and the car easily moves being pushed with a leg out the door so not obviously stuck caliper. Took the slow route home (2miles ISH) and by the time I got home front nearside disk was again very very hot but not obviously sticking. Immediate thought was because of the weird little jolt I got coming off the drive something off with the abs and it's triggering the brakes somehow. I've booked it into the garage but does anyone recognise similar symptoms? Quick search suggests faulty/rusty abs rings are pretty common but not quite the same symptoms Thanks all!

Yep it can but I'm not sure if the mapper will need a base map to go from...

I would suggest taking it to somewhere that does maps and ask them to look at it to see if there is evidence of it being mapped. A remapped ecu should be able to read the diagnostic codes the same as an unmapped one. Either something else is wrong or your garage has issues with it's kit.

Very interesting, again you educate me. I assumed all were 7 seaters. Boot space is a massive in those!

Probably the sensible plan ,but sense doesn't always prevail! I had a mk2 superb for a bit which I really liked but the seats gave me awful backache to the point I had to sell it 6 months later. To be fair I would be looking at a mk3. Interestingly the boot is only 50l bigger than the Octavia but I know cabin space is on another level...

Probably right. I wouldn't sell with problems so if it is the pump it will get fixed anyways. I am starting to feel the change itch though so it's days may be numbered! Having said that longest I have ever kept a car apart from this is 3 years and other cars in the fleet rarely last longer than 2 years so it shows how good the scout is. If they had made the mk3 in petrol I would be all over it!

@skomaz thank you. Somehow these weren't on my radar. Boot looks huge with the 7th seat down. Is it? I've resisted suv but there is very little else out there ...

I've had my 1.8tsi scout for just over 10 years and around 60k miles. Its the perfect family car, quick enough, comfy, 4wd for those occasional snowy days or grass fields! I've always said we would keep it until it started costing money, it's been pretty faultless to be honest, one coil pack went, a boot catch, and that's just about it. Ive only just replaced disks and pads for the first time! But, it's just lost loads of coolant, assume the water pump is gone, so first big bill. I find my mind wondering to a replacement, but what the hell to replace it with? Doesn't seem to be anything as good as any price range? The boot space is pretty unbeatable, but the car itself is still sensibly sized. Enough room for everyone and most importantly not diesel. Anyone moved on from a mk2 To something else and not regretted it?