@nta16 Cheers, i got a couple of these are little while back. Middle isle special in either lidl or aldi.

With Regards to the dealer. The most annoying part is that the dash was lit up like a Christmas tree when I took it in, I showed the mechanic a video of the dash as the fault occurred showing all the warnings being displayed one after the other. The fact that I demonstrated the issue yet no diagnostics were done other than simply plugging in a cable was more annoying even than the surprise charge. I've penned a complaint that I'll be sending in once it's fixed "hopefully" as when I collected the car having had the mechtronic done I was told they had updated a number of modules as the software was outdated and If I had any issues just to call back. Then this issue started so im thinking maybe a software issue as so many things could not possibly have broken at once. I called the dealer and they said not to worry, just pop back and they'll have a look. At no point was it implied they were going to be charging anything.

Well for a start if no charge was mentioned then I'd take that as a con, they should ring you to confirm any chargeable work before they do it to get your permission and out of common courtesy at least let you know. If it's not too late if you paid by card then ring the card people and see what they say, if they can suspend or cancel payment. As you say the information you gave the Dealership wasn't fully taken into consideration and real diagnostics not done.

I too would suspect any recent computer updates, and I'd have thought an error code for speed sensor but perhaps it's too intermittent and short duration and/or like on many other occasions I'm wrong.

I've never seen any proof from various members visits to Dealerships that any scanner is even plugged in a decent place will send you a before and after report, of course scam artists could just unplug something to give fault codes or other side delete error codes knowing full well they will return with use of the car.

An intermittent fault is a pain to track down but a high charge and dismissal is very bad service especially from supposed trained (Dealership) experts in your car.

A word of warning about generally buying sensors, buy those that others know work long term on your particular car, these may be lower price or higher price, factory original or not, some sensor need to be very specific to the (VW) module/computer system (and updates?) others can be a lot more general or generic.

And then it might not be the sensor at fault, something else might just need cleaning (and/lubricating), wires and connects not clean, secure and protected but if you do change a sensor do make sure all connections and wires are all clean, secure and protected.

I loathe working on our car(s) and only started doing so again (not that I know or can do much) after paying professionals to do (some simple) jobs that I then had to tidy up or adjust or completely redo again and thought I might as well do the work myself in the first place and if I don't do well at least I'm cheap and I know I can (usually) always find myself to get it sorted again.

Good luck.

Edited 18 July, 202518 Jul by nta16

@nta16 I went for a Febi Bilstein part who specify it as an alternative to the oem part number rather just make of car so hopefully i should have no compatibility issues. I already have some contact cleaner to ensure the plug is thoroughly clean before reassembly and my multimeter to check voltage is consistent with a bit of wiggling on the cable. Hopefully it'll eliminate everything except what ever the sensor reads in the hub and the module which controls it. Both of these will be beyond my capabilities

Partial update due to late delivery. Sensor came today and took all of 15 minutes to swap over from jacking up the car to tightening up the wheel nuts. The torx bolt came out with no issues and a little wiggle brought the sensor straight out. Hopefully this solves the issue. I'll post back in a day or two to hopefully put this post to bed.

On 23/07/2025 at 18:25, Shanew said:

I'll post back in a day or two to hopefully put this post to bed.

Issue fixed with the ABS sensor change?

Unfortunately not.

While I had the wheel off to change the sensor I could not see and physical of obvious damage to the cable in the wheel arch so have ruled that part out.

As the fault is intermittent to the point I can drive from Leeds to Bridlington without issue but recieve the warnings 3 times over within 15 minutes on the journey home I really don't know what to try next.