August 2012
Evening All,
Bit random this.... Read more
Helping a mate out, I ordered up a starter motor that had failed (he has no internet), anyway, in my foolishness, I also offered to fit it for him.
BIG MISTAKE! Disconnected the battery, fitter the starter, no problems, doddle. Problem comes when reconnecting battery. Imobilizer freaks out, flashing red light on dash, flashing of headlamps.
Put the code in, keypad goes green (code accepted), but the alarm condition remains. Tried leaving it, ignition on, ignition off, battery off. No change..
Currently battery is disconnected overnight, and on charge. Will try again. Mate needs his car for work :-(
HELP! Read more
Just to follow this up, if anyone else gets caught out by one of these French POS, here is what I gleaned.
Fixing his remote keyfob was the key literally (thankfully I am handy with a soldering iron).......
I purchased a used VW from a VW dealer in March 2012. In August I had my car impounded by the DVLA because unknown to myself the car was actually un-taxed since February 2012. When I bought the car I was assured that the car was fully taxed until 31/12/2012. It has since come to light that the tax disc on display in the car was for the private registration number plate of the previous owner and was not registered to new car plate ever since the previous owner part-exchanged the car. VW bought a new tax disc for my car after I visited the showroom to sort out the matter. Until this point I had been unknowingly driving an untaxed car for over 4 months due to a mistake made by VW.
I was on annual leave when the car was impounded and it took a lot of my time on holiday to telephone the police, the nearby car pounds and Trace trying to find out if the car had been impounded or stolen. We were in London and missed most of an Olympics event that we had tickets to whilst waiting to talk to the police in person and report the car as lost or stolen. ... Read more
I think the VW dealer (not VW themselves, incidentally) has been fair to you, so take one of the offers. Fortunately insurance isn't an issue as you didn't have a claim and there was no loss to you, so I don't see how you can expect compensation for that.
Hi,
I recently purchased Mazda 5 2010 Takara petrol auto 2.0.... Read more
Most cars come with different add-ons - under the bonnet/dashboard things are often the same.
Cruise Control was an option on a neighbour's SAAB but at £300+ it was not an option. ...
I bought the above as a runabout for my daughter some years ago and it has given good service. However recently a fault has developed with the self cancelling indicator stalk mounted on the steering column. The indicators work OK when used to indicate left or right turns but do not self cancel when the wheel is turned back to central position after the turn has been completed, obviously a trip or lever which operates the mechanism inside the unit has broken off. I am told by a Dealer it will cost about £350 to replace the switch and do not want to spend that much on what is now an old car. I am told there are garages etc that can repair the existing unit so does anyone know of such a place preferably in the Midlands area.
Regards Wellman Read more
Hello Backroomers
I was called today by a company called Copart. The (pleasant enough) caller asked me "when would you like your Ford Fiesta collected?" She knew my full name and my mobile number. I didn't have the foggiest what she was on about and told her so. She said her information was from 'Admiral' (presumably the insurance company, with which I have never had a policy).... Read more
Hi, thanks for the reply but panic appears to be over. Looks like a person living at a property of mine (genuine guy) has indeed had his car written off but somehow his insurance company incorrectly gave the property owner's details to the salvage company (Copart). Copart have confirmed they are liaising with Admiral on this and tenant has confirmed that he was wondering why the salvage company had not contacted him yet. So, appears to be a mistake at this stage.
Actually, Admiral did answer my call also (eventually) and at least confirmed that they do not have a policy in my name or for a car with my car's reg, so unlikely to be something dodgy....
It's time to upgrade my Nokia phone, the Touareg has a phone prep which is voice controlled.
I need a phone with Remote sim access profile ( rSAP ) Dealer phone lists are 6 years out of date, vw customer sevice are no help, forums Lists out of date or apps that don't work.... Read more
This was a list of a German forum:
Samsung Galaxy Trend Plus (GT-S7580)
Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2 (GT-S7582)
Samsung Galaxy Xcover 2 (GT-S7710)
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (SM-N9005)
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo (SM-N7505)
Samsung Galaxy S3/LTE (GT-I9300 bzw. GT-I9305)
Samsung Galaxy S4 (GT-I9505)
Samsung Galaxy S4 LTE+ (GT-I9506)
Samsung Galaxy S5 (SM-G900F)...
I have a Hyundai Tucson in which the the fan belt recently broke, part of it got into the head, under the cam belt and damged the head. It's out of warranty and will cost too much to repair. The book value of the car (before this event) was about £7k. Its been a fantastic car but who would buy it now and what is it worth? It just seems too good to write off - what are my options? I'd really appreciate some help here..... many thanks in advance Read more
I'm having problems working out the circumstances under which a repair on a £7,000 car would not be worth doing.
Surely a replacement engine won't cost much more than a grand?
On the side of the injector pump is a little Lucas Device Part No 412219.
My Question is.. What does it do? ... Read more
Thanks very much....... Peter N
Hi, ignorant newbie here, be gentle! Hoping for some thoughts, I viewed a Golf today at an independent dealer, the guy seemed really nice, no bad vibes. I liked the car too, it ran sweetly and looked in OK condition for mileage. What confused me a little was that the dealer freely pointed out that the tyres and clutch needed replacing, they were both obvious actually, he also said that this had put a couple of people off. He said he would get these and anything else that needed doing fixed if I wanted it, new cam belt too, but it just seemed odd to do it this way round; surely he would sort these things first? My concern was that it wouldn't go into gear once during my test drive, this is presumably the clutch but I won't know this for sure until its been replaced...also the tyre wear was slightly uneven not markedly so, how would I know if the whole chassis had been bent? Sorry if these are daft questions thanks :-) Read more
Many thanks for your words of wisdom, which make perfect sense of course :-) I will pass on this one and keep looking..
I had remembered the HPI check but hadn't thought of the VOSA one, so thank you for the tip! I did ring VW and they were helpful....
Browse
Thanks for all the replies. I have resurrected my old SeatCupra.Net account! Wanted to get some independent opinions too, but seems like no-one on here is running an older Leon.
HJ - have read the CarByCar a million times now over the years!...