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hi all a few weeks ago battery light came on dash took it to local garage did a drop test on battery came back battery needed changing bought new battery all good i went on holiday & had to drive from Manchester to newcastle all the way back up bat light came on when pressing acceleration, so...

Hi all every time I lock the car door or auto locks my alarm goes off, not sure what the problem is I make sure all doors are closed properly! & I'd their away of stopping the car from locking by itself thanks!

It's the 04 - model with 2 separate grills top - number plate - bottom

Hi is it possible to remove the front grill above the number plate without taking the full bumper off if so how thanks!

👍 got sum rust under door will be cheaper to cover than to get re-spray were can I get tiger seal from?

Hi all thinking of getting some, how difficult are they to fit, can I use an adhesive instead of drilling???

Turns out it had a loose wire!

Car back in garage getting another starting motor fitted, hopefully this was the issue, battery etc all fine car wouldn't turn with booster pack on battery fingers x

The garage have said they sent the alternator of to be refurbished however the copper is still dirty looking, I've cleaned terminals & leads still the same. if I drive to work 15miles takes about (40mins in rush hour) car starts fine but If I do short distances it doesn't work. Lights on dash...

I've 2.0tdi 53 reg I'm still getting problems with starting car. The car will turn over, after I drive it regardless of how long I stop somewhere go to start again nothing it turns as if it has a flat battery, I recently replace battery, stater motor & got alternator refurbished but still...

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Hi all where is the ecu located on a 53 reg 2.0tdi?? Thanks

Are they expensive & can they be easily replaced ( d.i.y)? Seems to be the problem that I'm having with the car after reading about it...

Hi all I'm getting this code on my diagnostics machine any ideas thanks

Hi all I have above car having problems with car staring, notice a few weeks ago when stopping car for 20mins or so then tryin to start it again it would labour to turn then start, eventually it didn't start up I took it to a garage they refurbished alternator change battery I still had the same...