UndertheRadar

My auto locking has been playing up recently with all 4 doors showing short to ground. OSR failed completely yesterday and wouldn’t open at all. Ordered a new lock from TPS. £250

Phone right next to seat so slightly louder than it actually is in car when I listen back to the video, but gives an idea. I’ve had to keep it short so it posts the video as well. IMG_5898.mov

Trying to update from this to the latest file. Is that too much of a jump? downloaded from portal and extracted, then transferred to a 64gb SD set to exfat. System shows no update available when card entered and update initiated in system settings.

I normally use mine on 1 which you wouldn’t know was on at all (sound wise). 3 you can hear but it isint what I would call loud or noisy imo. I can get you a video in the morning if that helps any.

Only noise I’ve had on the rear of mine would be described more as a rumble and it was the rear lower arm bushes.

Concrete acid sprayed on while wearing gloves and a mask will sort the rear of the wheels. Spray on and start agitating straight away with a detailing brush. Rinse off straight away and turn and rinse opposite side of rim as well. Then wash as usual with wheel cleaner and rinse well again. don’t let the acid dry on the rim, same as any wheel cleaner.

It’ll be the lower arms or the roll bar bushes on the front.

Sorry. Read comment but attention went elsewhere and I forgot due to struggling with a TBI that’s getting worse recently. There was a slight difference. Few mm from what I remember, but short term memory is taking a kicking, so can’t recall exactly what I measured it at. All aligned spot on and drives without issue. not long ago fitted a set of powerflex bushes to OEM arms on a friends 280, which felt slightly more solid when driving, but he messaged yesterday to say he though after a long drive he’d heard a one off creak from OSF arm, so is now going to monitor it and see if the noise is actually returning again even with polys fitted. other than an oil and filter and new lower arms every year, I’m not sure what the long term answer is to this issue. Everything seems to have problems. I know of some who have pressed Solid bushes from S3 into the arms only for the creak to appear again as well. so far mine are ok, but long term I’m honestly not holding out hope.

I just fitted a set of the OEM plugs to my 272 as a lot of tuners I contacted say, even at stage 2 say they are more than capable of running the extra power. At this point I’ve seen no indication from my own car that, that is anything but correct.

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DQ381 with revo software for the box and a pedal box. Makes the car a bit more likely to be in the correct gear, but my usual lazy mode driving still causes the box to be too high when needed on the odd occasion. A lot better than the factory settings, and I can actually use sport instead of extra throttle to be in the correct gear for boost without a heavier throttle causing the sudden lift your speaking of. it’s not perfect, but it’s better than the fuel economy chasing settings the OEM software runs, where I constantly found myself in 7th at 30 and a bit mph with a box that was reluctant to change down on a light throttle input for say, a slight incline.

Try spraying the anti roll bar bushes with silicone spray and test car. If still there, spray the bushes in the lower arms and test again. Should help narrow down which bush is causing the creak.

APR do a decent reliable coil pack if you need them rather than OEM, if it’s still there after the plugs are changed.

Plugs or coils was my first guess. sounded like a plug or coil breaking down under load. It’s also similar to what the focus RS does when it damages the BCM. I’d start with a set of OEM plugs though.

My DCC was tragic at best from factory. As poor a suspension as I’ve ever had In any car I’ve ever driven. Replaced with bilstein, same as others on this site have done, and it completely transformed the car. mine would crash and bang over the slightest bump in the road. Even after being replaced under warranty, the new shocks still had the same characteristics. Small bumps had the impact of a head on collision and felt for sure like the wheel was definitely damaged. on several occasions small bumps that my wife’s focus ST drove over with no noticeable concern, actually hit one that hard the glovebox banged open. The same roads now with the bilsteins are a breeze and the crashing and banging is completely cured. OEM shocks on mine were monroe, if you want to check and see what’s fitted to yours.

Recent purchase and a great piece of kit for getting all the crud and salt off the underside of the vehicle during the winter months. Very simple and quick to use. This one is well made and seems a decent enough quality to hopefully last for years.

Did you fit upper and lower inserts or just lower, and did it add any NVH?

Hoover the door out so you don’t get any rattles after drilling the rivets.

I’ve heated washer jets and the lines can still freeze. Best to just use a really good winter additive at the correct dilution.

I do an oil and filter and a pollen filter every year. every other year I do that and the air filter and check coolant. brake fluid and haldex every 3yrs (pump removed and strainer cleaned) dsg service and plugs every 4yrs i do low mileage, so haldex and dsg were both done between 20-30k. I prefer preventative rather than necessary maintenance and I’m happy enough with the additional costs of doing so. That however is up to each individual owner. Should have said, I removed my silica bottle for a genuine non silica bottle as soon as I got the car, which was at about 4 months old. Hence the check coolant every 2yrs as above.

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If you have an iPhone I just use Apple play and control everything like selecting music tracks or albums etc using Siri. I have my entire music collection on my phone so it’s just an all round handy feature.

Stage 2 Revo tune with both ECU and TCU done on the 272. R600, elbow, muffler delete, intercooler and all uprated pipe work. Genuinely does seem to do the Tesco shop a bit better than it used to.

Bilsteins all round on mine. Great drive and no issues.

Recent weather may have had an effect. Mine sometimes disables on really bad road conditions, normally from debris getting splashed up against it. Leaves, mucky water etc. Normally either a wash or standing overnight brings it back on again.