UndertheRadar

At 4yrs old the haldex and DSG should have both been serviced, regardless of mileage. Check with dealer while they have it. The other thing to check is your brakes. If one of the callipers is sticking or seizing once warmed up a bit, it will cause the issue you describe. Take the car for a drive, or until the vibration starts and see if one of the wheels is a lot warmer to touch than the rest of them. I’ve also replaced air con pumps causing vibration due to being seized, and sitting wouldn’t have helped it either. the list goes on, but they should be able to source it when you leave it with them. best of luck!!

I ordered the Zeniths from Caffyns on Thursday at £190 a wheel. That way I have a genuine rim with no ET issues. Just need to source tyres no when they arrive.

Modern diesels don’t like sitting about. Without a test drive it’s hard to narrow the area down. Could be an injector issue. Could be a shaft or joint issue. Could be a haldex issue. Does the vibration change if you pull the dsg back into sport or change down a gear when the vibration starts. is it the road surface seeing as the other vehicle you had did the same thing. I would have added flat spotted tyres, but you’ve changed them already. could also be a shock absorber fault, or if fitted, could be in sport setting. Try comfort to see if it changes. Best to let the main dealer look at it and see what they come up with before you panic too much.

That’s the Merc rims after being done to cover the diamond cut finish and the last one is a set of winters I run on my wife’s ST to replace her standard 19’s. They were powder coated about two weeks ago.

I always powder coat in a heavy metallic silver. I don’t like black wheels and diamond cut needs redone every year as even one winter causes blistering and corrosion problems regardless of coating or not. I’ve only just ordered a set of 18” Zeniths to use as winters and have them coming in platinum. I had a set of 22” ML63 rims that I could only find in grey/diamond cut. I had them powder coated as well. Might have some pics here somewhere.

Had a similar fault in mine shortly after purchase. They replaced the entire headlight unit as it had a motor fault and shut the bulb down as it wasn’t aimed correctly. If it’s the same problem then yours will be holding a code.

That looks very smart. Health to enjoy it.

Thank you. I’ve just heard back from the retailer I bought the play 5 from. It does indeed have a faulty wireless board, which turns out to be very common apparently in that Gen2 version. They are replacing it with another one, and have ordered it in for me. maybe something for others to be aware of if buying second hand, as it would be a very expensive brick to own.

I’m sure come Thursday you’ll have a smile like a Cheshire Cat, and have many happy years ahead with your new motor. The mondeo’s are a great tool as well. My brother had one for 7yrs without one spot of bother. He’s driving a kuga now for a few years with the same results. my wife had an S Max for 8yrs fault free and is now in a Focus ST estate, which had a new electric rack fitted within a few hundred miles of being new. It to has then been fine ever since. I think Skoda is pretty much on the same level for reliability. Everything can have a fault, it’s how it’s dealt with that determines your own personal view of the vehicle/manufacturer.

The mirror cover trim and the top of the door panel were the cause of my vibration on the passenger side. Silicon spray, Mr sheen type spray will see if it takes it away or not before you pad between them to fix it. Speaker cover in centre of dash for Canton system was another on mine and the seat belt adjuster on drivers side as well. The rear seats were knocking in the back of my estate was another issue over bumps. Cured by “adjusting” the striker with a hammer to stop latch slap. Also, the amount of times I’ve fixed a rattle by removing customers keys from the glovebox and sunglasses from the overhead console would surprise you. 😄

Has anyone had a fault with a Sonos speaker losing its ability to be used wirelessly? I have a few play 1’s and play 3’s, along with several bridges and a play 5. Recently the play 5 has Been absent from the app. I’ve tried using the app to find it and recognise it again to no avail. it was working perfectly up to then wirelessly with the rest of the system. I assumed it was the app messing about as usual and left it sitting in the hope it would return on its own. discovered today it will only connect with an Ethernet cable and work perfectly, but will not connect to WiFi for wireless use. Im assuming it’s a faulty wireless unit in the speaker itself. Anyone else had a similar fault with one of theirs?