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AA has recovered my car and reported 2 bolts missing on drivers side front suspension rack.

Ater turning on a parking space and returning the wheels to straight position, it suddenly become very hard to steer. THen I noticed that my wheels were already on straight position by the steering wheel was not. So i try to drive it home and there are times where it is very hard to steer on turns ...

The noise develops after replacing front wishbone bushes, and after a month the NSF spring as it snaps. The noise is like comming from behind the drivers footwel, or maybe the driverside dashboad. It only appears when accelerating, when breaking. to describe it, its like the sound when tightning ...

It does'nt happen again since the temperature control sensor was replaced. No warning lights on the dash although they have seen a fault when they diagnose it.
Symptoms noticeable: temperature meter on the dash is often times dropping to zero but returning to normal temperature again and happens ...

Hi guys!

Does any1 encounter this problem before? It just happens sometimes that i need to turn the engine off & on again to get the right revs(just below 1000). My temperature sensor is due for replacement tomorrow, is it the same thing that causes this problem?

Any advice?

well, if i didnt complaint about the occurence of another fault, and i put my car to replace tha airbag control unit. They will surely do it costing me £355. But since i complaint, and demanded that they should fixed it at their cost, they are now telling me it might be faulty and they dont want to ...

im planning to bring my car for a VW diagnostic test (different dealer)for a second opinion to see if there is really a fault on my airbag control unit.

Volkswagen told me they have cleared all the faults on my car so my airbag warning light is off and can turn on any minute. Does that mean if if ...

Thanks for the reply alex/drewbar.I actualy already have a hot debate with them when i collect my car. And one of the service advisor has shown me a documents that shows the fault report..... I have a glimpsed on it and i have seen the report saying "SUSPECTED CRASH SENSOR FAULT"....i argue for a ...

Hi everyone

As i have put on one of my post, that after paying 80pounds for VW diagnostic because my airbag lights up on the dash. They have told me that theres a fault on the crash sensor. They have replaced it and they told me that there is now a fault on airbag control unit.

As i dont have a ...

Need help again. I am totally upset.

VW has just replaced the airbag crash sensor and now, they say i also need to replace the airbag control unit for £350..... I ask them why this problem not on the diagnostic report and they told me that it comes out after replacing ng crash sensor.

My ...

Thanks for the advice!

I have already visited 2 VW specialist garage and unfortunately, they both don't want to work on my crash sensors. They both told me that they have a small computer and it requires a big computer to setup the crash sensor ones fitted. They are pointing me on to VW to have it ...

Thanks for the reply!

I might just ask a specialist garage to do it for me if they can and hope for a cheaper price.

But if anyone has done a repair on these things, i would be very glad to know how much they have spent.

And 1 thing, my MOT is getting near, will my car fail because the airbag ...

My airbag lights on the dash and VW say these are the problems(subject). They qoute its £193 to replace the crash sensor & £121 to do the cooling switch.

Any of you guys who has replaced this before and just want to know roughly how much it cost you? Is it an easy job to replace these?

Thanks ...

Thanks for the help!

I bring the car this morning to VW and they told me that they just reset it. Their reason - there is no technical fault or theres nothing wrong with the car and it has something to do with the electronics system sometimes sending some wrong signals and activating some ...

Thank you!

1.has it been in a bump?
No, it just light up while on red traffic light. On the next traffc light, i tried to switch OFF & ON the the engine and it still lights up.
2.has the light always been on? Yes, 1st turn of the key everything lights up on the dash and disappears(except battery ...