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After fitting the new sensor, which is within the clockspring, immediately behind the steering wheel, it recalibrated itself after driving just 1/200 meters. Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk

So you loosened the front of the belly pan, left the lights in (?) and just worked a few bolts on the side? Did you need to rest the bumper on anything or did it hold itself for the short while you needed it to? Thanks for any reply. I'm going for both corners and there's a recent how-to...

I had similar symptoms (ESP & ABS lights). For me it was the G65 steering angle sensor which is integrated into the clock spring. The car doesn't know the steering angle (because the sensor is faulty) and so deactivates ESP and ABS. Easy enough to swap, though it's steering wheel off which of...

Has your car been stored outside, or even worse, under or around a tree? I ask because plenums (one under the brake servo and one under the battery) can become clogged resulting in water retaining. Unchecked, if the water level gets high enough, this can leak into the cabin under the carpet...

It was removed to put on a shorter belt to bypass the compressor. This was done because the compressor seized. This can make the car sound like a bag of spanners with the pulley included in the OEM belt path as the pulley can be rattling around causing noise. With the bag of loose metal (which...

The thing is you'll find VAG COM a red herring which can, as it already is doing, lead you down the garden path with values and blocks and readings which don't necessarily reveal the fundamental issue to you. I too used VAG COM to concince myself of a re-gass, or that my internal flaps were a...

Been there done all that. The easiest way to check your compressor (which has most probably seized I'm afraid) is to have someone slack off the serpentine belt (auxiliary belt) at the front of the engine by pulling the top tensioner to the right using an adjustable wrench. Reach down and spin...

https://www.auto-data.net/en/?f=showSubModel&modeli_id=501 Fuel: 1.8T 190bhp Fuel consumption (economy) - combined 8.6 l/100 km. 1.8T 190bhp quattro Fuel consumption (economy) - combined 9.4 l/100 km. I've done 110k miles in my S Line. So 177k km. Average pump prices over the last 10...

S Line. Quattro's are far heavier, want more fuel and don't command much of a premium, if any, in the market (any more) over non quattro S Line's. Most drivers don't need quattro and personally I can only think of one situation in 12 years where I might have appreciated 4WD and that was coming...

My 1.8T BEX is Revo tuned. It was done around 80k and now sits at 140k with no running issues. If you can, scan the car before you go in -they don't much like flashing it if you're carrying HVAC module errors, particularly on higher mileage/age cars. Understandable; they don't want you coming...

In my view the car has reported the problem to you. It's the G28 sensor aka engine speed sensor aka crankshaft position sensor. Very common on this age of A4. My car did the same thing exactly yesterday! Slow to finally start then displayed an EPC light on the dash and sat idling high even...

Most re-gass places are "no charge no charge". So if your system doesn't hold gass (charge) they won't charge you -even Kwik Fit do that so they'll answer your leak/no leak/does it just need a regass question for free. If you need a compressor then you can buy new for around £190 or expect...

Interference. Everything powers in tandem (the radio/CD deck and charger together), but no reception. Just have to listen to CD if the phone wants charge! Sent from my E6653 using Tapatalk

Make sure your wife's not using a charger of any sort in the cigarette lighter port. I sometimes use a USB power adaptor in mine which kills FM stone dead whenever it's plugged in.

You must have seen some of the relays when you were checking your fuses. With the drivers door open remove the plastic side section and you'll see them behind the fuse board facing the driver -small little cubes with three digit numbers on. You'll also find relays living in the ECU box. However...

For the benefit of the thread: If it's the first time it's been done you might find the C clip the video mentions legs facing toward the firewall. Makes it harder (more fiddly) getting the OEM sensor out, as you have to prize it open and out toward the engine. The CTS must be installed before...

:grinning: I was waiting for that! Well, God knows what they did to fuddle just getting into a car and starting it. Might have thought that was covered in the Halfords training course at least.

Couple' warm days recently so finally swapped in a new ac compressor. Booked into Halfords Autocentre for full ac service (£49) which includes the regass. Went through the vac & leak test. Charged. Leak tested again. I'm sat in reception and hear a car cranking, trying to start. Thought it may...

Don't get reconditioned. You'll find it's a condition of the warranty that it's installed professionally (ie, not you or a mate for cash). I spent around £200 on a recon and it turned up from Poland looking like new. Lasted that summer and when the seasons next turned it was no longer working...

Hi all, I'm losing around 0.5l every few hundred miles. I've been adding back and no I'm not adding G12 each time! Had a nose today found a puddle resting at the rear of the engine. The coolant temp sensor all appears to be bone dry so I'm at the conclusion, sadly, that the problem is the rear...