There goes the PAS angle sensor..... Might have got some crap in it when the rack was changed recently. New VCDS confirmed G250 sensor implausible signal and another fault with it. Pretty scary as I was doing 70 (ahem) mph when it went and the steering didn't half go stiff! Was way worse than any usual non PAS steering.

Time for a new sensor.....

omg yeah it'ss horrible mate, happened on my fabia too, nearly led me to crashing it

Was pretty scary as all the gauges on my dash went out, then came back on again. Must have been a massive voltage fluctuation when it went. Was quite odd to slow down to a crawl and then suddenly the PAS came back online again.....

I know the feeling, mine went mid roundabout :( Other cars iv had have failed, but nothing as heavy as the fabia.

Matt

Was pretty scary as all the gauges on my dash went out, then came back on again. Must have been a massive voltage fluctuation when it went. Was quite odd to slow down to a crawl and then suddenly the PAS came back online again.....

Are you sure the fusebox on top of the battery is secure?

The reason I ask is that if the power drain was high enough to dim the guages it should have blown the fuse on the top of the battery, but then it wouldn't have come back on.

Well, the fusebox is no longer on the battery. It is where the battery was though. No other fault codes came up on VCDS so I believe the fuses are OK. I think the angle sensor was just telling the PAS pump to do odd things, and its such a voltage draw, the electrics just went a bit bonkers.

with mine it was caused by a loose electrical connection down near the pas pump itself

Shall check that out, although during the whole rack saga I had, I don't think the sensor was ever unplugged from the PAS pump. It might have been, but I would hope my friendly mechanic would have securely clipped it back on again.