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Thanks F/l VCDS seems to be the way to go but saying that if the cluster repairers found no issue I think they would have said I would like to believe . Would need to get someone mobile as car does not run and has no MOT.

Hi Phil, no between being under lockdown and after trying 4 local garages not one wanted to touch the car as it had a known fault! Probably easier to charge £250 for an oil and filter 'service ' and do 8 per day than have to get stuck into a real fault With no real time scales... Should have said at one point a few months ago car started and ran ok but after an hour of sitting in driveway at idle it started giving out 3 loud beeps from dash and rev counter stopped working. After a few seconds it came on again and fuel guage went off etc etc . Instrument cluster repairers seem to be well, respected and said processor fault at first attempt and another fault found on second attempt when it was returned working albeit briefly.

Car starts 1st turn of the key then cuts out within a second. Car has now been offroad over a year with this issue and requires mot. Sent cluster off for repair to specialist and came back with more issues but still immobiliser issue ... After a second attempt at repair car started first turn of the key and ran for 1 hour with a successful restart after an hour. 2 days later mot booked and car back to starting and dying within 1 second...Instrument cluster repair company say it is not worth a third attempt at repair and refunded cost of repair although I am out postage costs. They suggested a second hand cluster and recoding to get it to work. Is this easy / possible and at what cost ? . Just feel sick as car is in very good condition with 4new springs / drop links and bushes fitted ready for mot and then this happened! Any advice greatfully received as the only other option I can see is to scrap the car and get it towed away.

Hi Me 109 no battery is near new. I have midtron tested it . I think by disconnecting the battery recharging then reconnecting I have somehow corrupted the immobiliser. The car starts first turn of the ley but stops immediately. Still no further forward and car blocking driveway...

Hi all need help Octy 1.4tsi 2011 not used for a few weeks , went to start and battery dead , Charged battery and now car starts first turn of the key but dies and stops, If quicK I can start and rev it ok but still dies completely . I have the steering angle sensor warning light on dash but this will go out after the turning wheels side to side . I seem to have three beeps from dash too... any ideas anyone?

your welcome! They are not cheap for what is a bit of plastic...

Just had to refix mine . Held on with narrow double sided tape strips top and bottom. I heated the bump strip carefully with a heat gun to soften the tapes then peeled the bump strip from the door . No damage done to paint.

Hi , its the drivers side one next to the wing mirror . It is held by 4 sprinv clips but they seem impossible to remove without damage.

Hi all, looking for info or a how to remove the drivers side dash air vent as 3 of the flaps are broken and are out of sync and need replacement. I see pictures on the net that there are 4 spring clips but tried unsuccessfully for an hour to remove without destroying the dash in the process. What is the trick required to remove? Thanks all....

Wish I had gone down the bypass relay route - would have been £80 better off and could have had the job done in half the time! The Witter dedicated loom also fits a few vag group cars so you end up with around 5 feet extra at dashboard to lose under dash as end already have crimped on fuse panel connectors.And as Cward says data is somewhat inaccurate lets say.......

Plus 1 for PF Jones, I have only ever bought for self fit and they have an e bay shop . Great to deal with , very good prices and if you are stuck they always answer the phone to give good helpful advice! ( no I dont have shares in them but will always recommend a company that I have bought from many times and always deliver ) My Witter flange towbar was £74.99 and arrived next day and they do a good selection from different manufacturers and fixed, swan neck and removable. Ps the witter flange bar neck attaches with only 2 bolts so if you just cannot bear to see the ball and tow infrequently it is not much hassle to connect when needed and avoid the expense of a removable hitch. Personally I have Never trusted removable hitch after a Dutch camper on a site at Loch Lomond drove past and with a clunk deposited his caravan still attached to the ball in front of me.Luckily it was at 5 mph but he had just towed all the way from Holland and the thought of it happening at speed made me shudder.

Hi catzeye, I would say yes it is fairly common on the vag cars as I have had this occur on a 3 month old Seat Alhambra , various Audi cars and a couple of Vdubs all using the same caliper design and as Cward said they leak from the handbrake actuator.

Got it in one Cward! Trying to connect to the tightly twisted pair of wires that is the canbus lying upside down looking up into the dash with only one hand able to fit the space available is great fun ! So is having to remove half of the trim inside the car to route the new loom to the fusebox area. A few weeks ago fitted a dedicated wiring kit from Hyundai to an Ix35. Fitted in 2 hrs including stop for tea. Perm. Live comes from fusebox at battery and all wiring has double plugs where you unplug the light cluster plug that into new socket on harness then plug corresponding new plug into light cluster. Simples! I remember fitting a towbar to my Cavalier years ago and that had a wiring plug in boot to connect towbar socket wiring to .. Wiring took all of 2 mins. And no broken rattly trim left either! Such is progress...

Hi and thanks for replies. Wiring now completed - worst installation of a dedicated wiring kit I have ever undertaken . Very poor instruction supplied on a disc by manufacturer . For a basic spec car , a cheap bypass relay box would have been installed in half the time. Results are , for my 7 pin installation, everything works with no warnings on dash without further coding . SE spec car , manual ,so no need for parking sensors gearbox shift pattern etc to be modified. still have not figured out how to remove light switch assembly as threads on youtube etc did not work for me but the supposed need to remove all fuses from the fusebox to allow the locking plate at rear to be unlocked proved false as insertion of new wiring to fusebox rear worked without removal of fuses. You live and learn!

Hi have just fitted a witter towbar to my Octavia estate 2011. Used witter dedicated wiring kit which states coding will be required . Does anyone know approx cost to get this done at dealer? Thanks in advance for any replies!