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Hi Has anyone retrofitted a charger socket like this from Aliexpress?? https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005495141718.html?ug_edm_item_id=1005005495141718&pdp_npi=3%40dis%21NZD%21NZ%2422.87%21NZ%2412.81%21%21%21%21%21%402141236e17020086206157559d5e52%21%21edm%21%21&edm_click_module=alg_pro...

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After a few months, the Aliexpress sensor is still working perfectly.

Hi I installed my Aliexpress sourced wheel speed sensor a few days ago. It is working perfectly and all error messages/lights have gone. I checked the resistance of all the Aliexpress sensors before I fitted the left hand sensor. They all read about 850kohm. This is much greater than I expected, but...

Hi I have decided to try some wheel speed sensors from Aliexpress. My plan was to buy a right front sensor. The car is telling me the left front sensor is faulty, but a physical check faults the right front. I am wondering if my car has left/right mixed up because my radio (Chinese android unit) als...

Hi I have ordered a scan tool from Aliexpress. The local VW dealer charges more $$ than the cost of the scanner I have purchased. They charge a lot more to look at the report and say what is wrong. I won't have the scanner until later in the week. I am an Electronics Engineer, so I setup a test rig ...

Hi OK I removed and tested both front wheel speed sensors. The left sensor measures 2.2kohms. The right sensor measures 28Meg ohms. If the sensor is a coil, then the left one looks OK and the right one is faulty. However that is the opposite to the VW code report. I also measure the voltage from the...

Hi In my search for a reasonably priced, not the best VW scanner, I have found the Ancel bd500. It is available from Aliexpress for about half the local retail price https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004501235596.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.29.2decM84cM84ccz&algo_pvid=80a811e0-229d-4feb-a6...

Hi I have also been stung by the cost of dealer downloading my data on my car. I only have one VW. I do all my own car maintenance but I need a scanner for the VW. I am not particularly interested in changing optional settings. Basically I just want to run diagnostics and calibration type things. Th...

Hi I had the dealer read my car's fault codes. See attached. That is all I asked them to do, and that was expensive enough. They wanted to do diagnostics, but for waaaayyy too much money. The reason I asked them to read the fault codes was because I was getting 3 orange warning lights, all related t...

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Thanks for the links.
I buy a lot of stuff of Aliexpress, including car parts. I don't buy safety related parts. Things like sensors etc can be factory reject parts, they work but are out of spec.

Hi I don't need OEM. OE would be OK. The local parts suppliers (not OEM) stock a small range of parts. I have not found a wheel speed sensor. I did a quick Google search to find the part number. No joy. In the past I have purchased car parts from the USA. Retail plus international shipping is cheape...

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I live in New Zealand where the local VW dealer sells parts at eye-watering prices.
I am looking for a UK on-line spare parts supplier. I use a freight forwarding service that provides a UK delivery address.

I had the local dealer download the fault codes. I need a front wheel speed sensor.

Hi I have an intermittent fault. The symptoms are that the transmission thuds (as if it has shifted into the wrong gear) and 3 warning lights simultaneously light up and stay on. The lights are: ABS Low tyre air pressure, ESP/ASR (Electronic Stabilization Program/Anti-Slip Regulation) Turning the en...

Hi I have tried pulling the inner cable alone and I can't open the door. I can't see enough to figure out if there is a problem with the outer. This is going to be difficult for me to fix because the car is my daily drive and the only time I can take it apart is the weekend, when the local dealer is...

Hi My drivers door won't open from the inside. It opens from the outside no problem. I have taken the door card off. Everything I can see looks OK. The visible end of the bowden cable was engaged with the handle. Noting is broken. The bowden cable has tension. When I pull the cable forward, there is...