NicW

Hello all, it's been a while as I sold my little Fabia VRs a few years back but now that the wife has a Superb Estate, I'm back again on the hunt for advice... I'm pretty sure the clock spring has gone based on airbag light, horn not working and buttons not working on the steering wheel. She had taken it to the local garage and been quoted almost £600 for the repair which seemed a lot! I know the part is £200+ new but I'm hoping I can source one elsewhere for less and am happy fitting myself. From what I understand, it's a case of taking the code from the current one before removing it, replacing the part and then re-coding the new one to match the old one so it should be a case of just finding someone locally (Basingstoke) that has VCDS and can assist with the coding part. What has confused me though is that the local garage have said that part of their quote was to get someone along to do the coding because they can't do it themselves and it requires a special tool that costs about £10k. Is this right or rubbish? From everything I have seen it's VCDS that gets used and I didn't think it was that expensive... Thanks in advance, I'm sure there'll be more that I come back for!