cjb

I'd pull off that trim and check. My money would be on a leaky windscreen.

Does your car have a sunroof?

The parking sensors might be a red herring, but a dodgy ABS sensor will throw up the other errors for sure. Best get that diagnostic!

Yep, that's totally knackered.

VW Rising Blue?

Hello all. I've not posted for a good while, but renewing my Freedom membership has motivated me. I last owned a Skoda in 2008- a Fabia vRS Mk1, which i loved, but my worsening back condition forced me to a Seat Leon TDI DSG, then a Scirocco TDI DSG; I had a long commute so I needed diesel, the back problem meant I needed DSG/Auto, and my short driveway means that the Leon at a shade over 4.3m long is the longest car i could have. I've now had to sell the Scirocco, as the back condition has got worse again, and I need an adapted car (with hand controls). I don't qualify for Motability (PIP), so I'm financing myself. I have a strong preference for VAG group cars, and will be buying secondhand. Budget is "as little as I can get away with", but I want low mileage as I will be keeping this car for some time- I had the Leon for about 9 years, and I'd still have the Scirrocco if I had that option. Essentially the requirements seem to mean a choice of the following: Fabia/Polo/A1/Ibiza (my OH has an Ibiza, it's great but a bit too small for our main car, which might exclude Fabia) Kamiq/T-Cross/Arona Leon/Golf (Octavia is a shade too long to fit on the drive) I want at least 100BHP/ton, and nothing *too* dull. My commute is still long, but hopefully not every day now, so i reckon petrol (1.5TSI) is in the running. I'm not in a huge hurry as I still have to get my licence back from DVLA, but that should just be a formality. Anyone have any thoughts, especially any Kamiq owners?

As someone has totalled OH's rather nice 18 year old Lupo Sport, it looks like we'll be looking for a new car. I can't really drive a manual car anymore, so we're looking for an auto. We've got a preference for VAG group, and it needs to be a smallish car. Budget is 4-5kish. This basically strongly suggests Polo, Ibiza, or Fabia, with the 7-speed DSG. I dimly remember these having few reliability issues when they appeared, but then there were a lot of scare stories over the 6-speed wet-clutch DSG too, and I've had 2 now without problems, and quite a few miles. What, generally, it to be expected, and any warning signs to look for, both with the box and the cars in general, beyond usual used car checks? OH does very few miles, performance isn't awfully important provided it isn't woefully slow :-). Thanks.

Yeah, no worries.

Having been in the car with aj0007, there's no driver error here, and I'm saying that as an owner of 2 cars with the DQ250 and over 150k miles behind the wheel of those cars. He's owned the car for a long time and drives it sensibly. I'd say Black_Thunder's diagnosis make a lot of sense here: my experience of the box is that it is, by now, fairly well proven and generally quite durable, and it does feel like a clutch issue.

The usual cause of that kind of thing is a sticking VNT mechanism in the turbo, but that should log a fault code.

Sounds like you're lucky it didn't start running on oil and blow itself up :-)

I've just done the basic settings for aj0007, and I'd make the following observations: 1) No stored fault codes for the DSG box. 2) The unpleasant noises he's noticed are also evident during the group 0061 basic settings. (http://wiki.ross-tech.com/wiki/index.php/6-Speed_Direct_Shift_Gearbox_(DSG/02E), 3) I've done basic settings on the Leon I had a few years sgo, and as anyone that's done it will know, a few clunks and clicks at things engage is normal, but this was more of a grinding. 4) To me the sounds are very similar to the noise you'd get when a worn-out manual clutch starts to slip- a metal-on-metal grinding. 5) The other problems feel to me like the relevant clutch is struggling to engage and then suddenly does so- a bit of a slip, then a clunk as it engages. 6) It seems to affect both clutch/gear chains since the oil change. 7) The car still drives the same and the noises are the same afterwards. So based on this I'd be unsure of the problem. It kind of feels like a clutch issue, but it doesn't slip once the clutch actually engages. I've suggested he gives Midland VW a call. I don't know how well they know DSG internals, but they're trustworthy and honest in my experience.

I remember going to Nice a good few years ago and witnessing parking as you describe. I was gobsmacked first time I saw it.

For info: in the end it was simple. Had another look today. If you open module 13, and click "security access", VCDS gives you the login code in a popup. Enter that, go to basic settings, perform the alignment, clear the code and it's all done!

Just for further info, it was me that tried to clear this. Thought basic settings would be the thing to try; but it needs a login code for that- does anyone have that?

Hello all Not been around here for a while, but I'm hoping it's still the same old friendly place.... I'm looking at changing my car and looking for advice and suggestions. Currently driving an 06 Lenon TDI DSG, which suits me well but is now showing it's age at 123k miles and 10 years old.I've had it for 8 years, after the need for an autobox forced me to change my Fabia MK1 VRS. I've driven VAG cars almost exclusively for over many years, so I have a strong prefernce for them.I've had VAG TDIs since about 1997. I need something tolerably economical- I have a 52-mile a day round-trip commute. I need an auto or DSG box, and the car needs to be around the same length or shorter than the Leon (4315mm) as my drive is short, and it needs to be quick enough to not be too dull (the Leon is 140BHP). I don't really need 5 doors, or large luggage capacity. Decent, supportive seats a must- I need the autobox because of a continuing back problem. One big question is petrol or diesel? Diesel limits the choice a bit, I think. The Leon does about 42-43 mpg commuting. I can put up with a slight increase in fuel costs. DPF probably not a problem for me, as the commute is 6-7 miles of urban, then a motorway run, so I don't think the DPF will block. I do about 12-13k miles/year. Suggestions? Obvuiously Fabia/Ibiza/Leon/Golf/Polo/A3 are in there somewhere, but to be honest, with other things going on I've lost track of models, engines etc. Is the dry-clutch DSG still a bit questionable for reliability? The Leon's wet-clutch DSG has been very reliable- the selector lever failed, but other than that I've done 100k miles without a problem.

Easiest method is to put the bolts back in, leaving a turn or two loose. Lower the car back down, that sometimes breaks the galvanic corrosion. If not, give the wheel a kick, or very, very gently drive the car forwards as slow as you can. FWIW, I always copper grease the hub/wheel, very lightly, but not the bols for the reasons stated by others. I've only faile to get bolts undone once, after they were rattlegunned tight. As others have said, the correct torque is surprisingly low, but generally wheelbolts are overengineered to cope.

No, J4 as it happens, but I'm very familiar with J1.

Indeed.

I've done that with the aforementioned person that stops. I'd try to avoid it though.

Perhaps, but no indicator, and his positioning didn't suggest so.

Thanks to all for your input. I'm pretty much in agreement, which is what I expected. I really was just trying to work out what on earth Mr Rover's problem was, but I think Cheezmonkai nailed that one.

This. Definitely this.

Indeed. M6 J9, for example, is short, and steep, and the motorway busy, so it's not a good one to try an overtake. It is, however, where I've had someone stop dead in front of me....

Poin t taken, and a good one, but it's still an overtake, technically. I'd imagine with people that do that, they'll probably do it at any point :-(