Graham Butcher

Does anyone know how to access these lights and what bulbs are required? These have recently blown and I'd like to replace them if easy to without having to go to the dealers/ Checked the owners manual and it makes zero mention about these lights at all?

Recently I have noticed that the woofer had stopped working on the front passenger door. The car has the uprated Canton sound system installed from new. Can anyone tell me just how you get the door card removed in order to access the speaker, as I'm guessing that is where the problem lies. A couple of years back I was sideswiped by a Lorry on the M25 and that door received some damage, so I'm kind of hoping that when they repaired the door, that maybe the speaker connections were not properly made and that it has become disconnected? What tools do I need to access the fixings on the door card, I don't want to risk damaging it at all by not knowing what tools are needed or where to apply them in order to ensure safe removal and refitting of the door card.

Well my last post on this topic said that I'd give my views on the Carista in a few days..... well I think almost 2 years later its about time I did that . What can I say, it appears to do its job very well, it has found a few codes and corrected them but all of them were to be fair, minor codes to do with customization of the door locks, window and DRL lights etc so from that aspect, I'd be happy to purchase one for that aspect only. I think it is a worthwhile tool to have in the glovebox and the only slight downside is the annual subscription, but frankly it is not cancelling it as it is only a few £ a year, and you never know how many times you need to use in a year.

OK, an update on the trim problem, after a very long time of trying to find one in car salvage yards, I have finally located one and will driving around 200 miles in a round trip to collect next week. It only cost £24 but sadly not in colour, so I have to source the matching paint still, but I'm looking forward to fitting this as I'm getting fed up with the ugly look of old trip after it was ripped out by one of those American style car washes. I don't appear to have posted a photo of the poor trim piece, so I'll post below now. If it all goes well, I'll lift out the O/S one and fit it closer to the windscreen as that one is now slowly being lifted out of the channel with the wind hitting it. Thanks for the useful tips and comments already posted here.

Don't know if you have resolved the issue now or not, but my unit also lost all of its POI files and all related menus were greyed out as well. My service dept were unable to offer any help and then this year in desperation I purchased a new map update disc and installed it, when completed, it had also installed a new set of POI's and so everything is now working OK.

Update on the missing POI data, this week I discovered a company selling map update CD's, I purchased one, installed it and now not only do I have the latest maps but also all the POI have restored so I once again search for the nearest garage, bank etc when in a strange location.

Does anyone know just how the trim strips on the roof are held in place, these are the ones that are located each side of the car just above the doors, in the gutter? Are these just a simple press fit or are the glued into place? I'm looking to replace one that a car wash recently yanked out and the operators have only offered my 50% of the dealers price to supply and fit a new replacement. they are claiming that they cannot be certain that the trim wasn't already hanging off prior to going through wash. The wash is an attended one where at 2 or sometimes 3 people walk round the car with soapy brooms and scrub the panels with them and also apply high pressure jet washer to bad spots prior to entering the drive through section. I would have thought that if the trip was sticking up before going into the washer, that someone would have spotted it and pointed it out to me. Had it been one of the older style machines where you drove into the wash and then it started with no attendants what's so ever, I'd say fair enough, down to me but surely not when they do the prewash by hand, they should accept liability for the damage in full?

The other day I needed to look for a petrol station that close to me when I was in a strange location so I went to search via the Columbus sat nav but discovered that the menu option for POI is greyed out so I was unable to use that menu? Has anyone else come across that and if so what did you do to cure it?

Will the VCDS Lite version read and reset airbag codes etc? EDIT. I did a search for VCDS and the first thing I came across was this site https://www.gendan.co.uk/product_VCV23.html It seems to suggest that I need their Ross-Tech VCDS Hex-V2 for VW, Audi, Seat, Skoda cars 1996 on, 3 vin limit device for £225 vat and delivery included, has anyone any knowledge of this unit at all?