Paws4Thot

I don't know London, but there are such things as independent body shops. There's one near where I live that I'd use in preference to any Main Stealer.

Brake fluid is a better lubricant than any grease or penetrating oil in these locations.

As @softscoop says. FYI this is the second active thread with this issue that I am presently contributing to.

Yes and no. Personally I'd only rely on fault codes to tell me that the fault is at $corner, and then inspect the wiring and sensor on that corner. What I'm not saying is that just because the code says "$corner ABS sensor" that the fault is with the sensor rather than the wiring. I can't advise that the fault is "this" because there are at least 2 possibilities for each wheel, and you need access to the car to determine which possibility is the actual fault.

@docc The collection of lights in the speedometer made me think "wheel sensor" or "charge circuit". Do you have normal function of the "battery" light?

Never heard of them, but why not get a proper remap rather than an interceptor unit?

@tich1958 - I wasn't thinking exactly the same thing(s), but I was having similar thoughts to @rum4mo about component wear that allows suspension to be in correct static alignment but go out of alignment when the vehicle is moving.

Cite needed.

@mday I take it you would agree that "use of indicators before changing lane" is no sort of substitute for "proper observation", and that "lane enforce" does not require, or even support, observation?

If, and I think you believe it is?, the oil smoke is created in predictable usage conditions, try removing the oil filler cap just before you would restart the engine, and see if you get oil vapour expelled from the rocker cover.

@Mikey_au @nta16 has raised another very good point. Unless the package is specifically "tuned" for differential tyre sizes front and rear, no 4WD system (be it part-time reactive like Haldex, full time like Quattro system, or part-time selectable like an old Land Rover "series") will appreciate differential tyre sizes front and rear, and the result may be the car "trying to fall over itself", particularly when cornering.

@Mikey_au - It's also possible that the tyre pressures you're using are not the best for the non-EOM tyre make and size.

@R_Blue As @nta16 says, to the extent that anything else I'd add would be repetition or answering a supplementary question.

Is the expansion chamber labelled "mit silikat"? If so, then get that changed for one not so labelled next.

That's failure to observe, or an insistence that you are more important that the vehicle overtaking you. "Lane enforce" will not stop someone pulling out when you are close enough behind to have to brake.

Have you tried "not switching it on"?

Either way it's the thermo-expanding wax which controls the diaphragm that fails.

There's this thing called the "battery earth cable". Disconnect that and the airbag can't go off whilst you're working. Remember to reassemble the bag and reconnect it before turning the ignition back on, or you'll join the many confused by a latching warning light.

Get someone else, for instance AwesomeGTi in Irlam, to do the diagnostic. Depending on the results, you may wish to ask Volksmaster for a refund.

Yes. How often do I have to point out that airbag warning lights are latching?

My sums and your metadata say the car is 9 years old, so someone else would have owned it first.

You need a new rear floorpan and fuel tank, but no new skin panels.

What's unfortunate about a DPFectomy?

Common Rail; it's the fuel injection system used on this model. Easy peasy; the Elegance trim has a full Climate Control system by default. If the display shows "ECON", press the "ECON" button once to put the system back into the normal "Auto" mode and leave the ECON button strictly alone after that. You'll get better (for you and the car) results by adjusting the cabin temperature to your tastes, and then using the "Demist" button as and when required. You may also want to disable the "Recirc" button in a similar manner, and only use it when passing through smoke.

If the fault doesn't recur, treat it as a "ghost code".