German knackers
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From: Dunfermline.
Mate of mine text me today, asking me to take a look at his 21 reg Q3 Black TFSI
Plugged in my OBD Eleven specifically for VAG cars.. 9 faults it had... 9!!
A massive array of sensor faults - this from twatting a particularly large sleeping policeman too fast by Costco. Totally upset the entire steering angle sensor, wheel sensors, TPMS, radar sensor, the lot.
That's the real reason for the surveys...
Plugged in my OBD Eleven specifically for VAG cars.. 9 faults it had... 9!!
A massive array of sensor faults - this from twatting a particularly large sleeping policeman too fast by Costco. Totally upset the entire steering angle sensor, wheel sensors, TPMS, radar sensor, the lot.
That's the real reason for the surveys...
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From: In the land of pies and pasties
Remember our cars in the 80s - not a sensor in sight, just a fuel light, oil light, handbrake light, headlights/fogs on, door ajar alert :-D
Our Maude's Q3 also freaked out last year, when she inadvertently walloped a kerb a bit too hard whilst parking up. A number of warning lights relating to brakes kept appearing for several days, including a "go to workshop" message, however, there appeared to be nothing wrong. Even a scan proved faults weren't there.
Crafty these Germans... Go to workshop my arse! Likely the jolt freaked out a sensor within the Haldex unit - I believe that all of the Quattro units on VAG stuff have these overly sensitive sensors.
1 Year later, the car has zero faults!
Cars are of late, are computing such irrelevant bollox. Meanwhile, Service advisors are busy counting money..
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Joined: Mar 2004
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From: Nottingham
I think 90s designed cars were the pinnacle
An S2 has injectors and electronic ignition
No carb, plug leads, distributors
My mum's up is a like a Chinese mockery of a car.. you could destroy it with your bare hands in minutes
The e hasn't faulted yet but I don't ramp it up kerbs. The suspension is very good...
An S2 has injectors and electronic ignition
No carb, plug leads, distributors
My mum's up is a like a Chinese mockery of a car.. you could destroy it with your bare hands in minutes
The e hasn't faulted yet but I don't ramp it up kerbs. The suspension is very good...
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From: In the land of pies and pasties
3 series I had a few years ago (06 330d) went wrong when the "plug in the dash key" upset the steering column lock.. causing a known module fault, meaning the car wouldn't start. Clever that, well done BMW. Given an approx bill of £1,300 to repair by the local BMW specialist.
swerved that by buying a dummy bypass sensor from Italy, for 60 quid. Wired up and hey presto, fault gone. Car sold 2 months later, good riddance.. and at the time, I made nearly 1k on the car (only owned it 6 months). Bit of a Brewer swervidge...
swerved that by buying a dummy bypass sensor from Italy, for 60 quid. Wired up and hey presto, fault gone. Car sold 2 months later, good riddance.. and at the time, I made nearly 1k on the car (only owned it 6 months). Bit of a Brewer swervidge...
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Joined: Mar 2004
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From: Nottingham
My BM was meh in reliability stakes though I didn't use it much
Dodgy drive belt, broken spring, seized calipers, some ECU shat itself at BMW, throttle actuators frail as a 90 year calcium deficient spinster, both failed, both bodge repaired
It has since had a bottom end rebuild as those engines are really very weak
from a Honda that is shit I guess but it's probably bang average. My neighbour has an old 911 and a new one, the new one is very frequently at Porsche being fixed
Dodgy drive belt, broken spring, seized calipers, some ECU shat itself at BMW, throttle actuators frail as a 90 year calcium deficient spinster, both failed, both bodge repaired
It has since had a bottom end rebuild as those engines are really very weak
from a Honda that is shit I guess but it's probably bang average. My neighbour has an old 911 and a new one, the new one is very frequently at Porsche being fixed
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