The VW Audi Skoda Seat Thread

Matt Cup said:

Coolant reservoir level sensor wire?

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That’s my guess. I’m sure my VRS one looked similar.

RS3 went for its yearly service today, got 75k on the clock and needed everything doing 🤮

Service itself was covered by service plan (oil and inspection service would’ve been £465 alone!).

Then had plugs, brake fluid, haldex and DSG changed. A few pence short of £600 lighter walking out the dealership.

Just need 2 front tyres in the next month or so, current ones been on almost 2 years I think which isn’t bad going.

My fully discounted oil and filter change alone is £350. I love mine, but I don’t think it’s worth the cost, but I’m already balls deep now. They did point out it takes apparently 10 litres of oil at £23 a litre, which did make me feel a little better.

Went to start the engine, and bam - an array of warnings: drive system, stop-start, brake fault, you name it. Phoned up Audi, who booked me in for diagnostics… in two weeks (cheers for that!). They did say it was safe to drive since the warnings were amber, not red.

Tried to drive it, and, of course, it’s in limp mode. Called them back, and they sent recovery to take a look (thankfully, I’ve got the extended warranty - it’s been an absolute lifesaver).

The recovery guy quickly narrowed it down to a failed pressure sensor. Turns out, he also found a couple of cables on the wiring loom that had been nibbled by something small and furry. He didn’t think the nibbling was linked to the fault since the cables weren’t completely chewed through, but still… not what you want to hear!

Anyway, the car’s been dropped off at Audi, and they’ll be looking at it in the next day or so. Enterprise sorted me out with an A5 hire car within an hour - can’t fault the service so far.

I’m just really hoping the issue is just the sensor and not caused by more damage that wasn’t spotted. All the errors seem to point towards that one sensor, but after reading horror stories about wiring looms, I’m crossing my fingers it’s a simple replacement covered under warranty. Really don’t fancy forking out silly money for new looms!

I’m looking at new seats for mine - how easy is it to fit Recaro Wingbacks from the wider VAG range. There are quite a few competitively priced sets from S3 etc. Does anyone have any experience? Is it as easy as getting some universal frames?

Picked up some extremely cheap Cupra R bumper grilles this weekend. Just need to fix a broken clip and I’ll get them thrown on.

My most recent purchase as a commuter/dog car
2009 A4 tdi 170 S Line
Face-lift front and 19" alloys
Heavier steering than I'm used to.
Drives quite nice otherwise.


Had the Golf for a few years now.
Great fun track car. Remapped GT Tdi140. Fully stripped out, rear cage, seats, harnesses, coilovers, bios pedal box etc. Not the fastest, but handles really well as it was setup by Tuned before it shut down.
Needs new front wings as they are held together with vinyl 🤣
Cheap to run on trackdays

Got the Yeti back today. New clutch and Slave Cylinder along with 2 flushes of brake fluid. The DMF looked ok too so I took the gamble and kept it on, it's on 88k.

Car feels great to drive and the clutch feels so much better than before, I suspect the slave was on its way out for a while.

I've had to order a new drivers wing mirror glass as the old one has dropped off, looks like the previous owner had glued on a mirror plate and it's failed over time

Fresh MOT on the RS3, no issues and touch wood everything’s all good at the moment.



Will have had this 6 years next month, still don’t know what I’d change it for that doesn’t require me selling a kidney.

When it was being MOTd I was having a good nose in the dealership, brand new RS4 Performance Edition 25 thing was nice, for £117k 🤮. Or the RS5 at £99k 🤮🤮

Even the RS3 they had was pushing £70k.

Got back in mine and it still felt fresh (had some new front tyres the day before), interior had a nice simple elegance to it compared to the screen laden new stuff.

The new buckets they had in the 4 and 5 were lovely though (quick shitty pic I took of them)

Seeing as VW use plug in thingies for everything these days including turning off airbag lights, winding back rear caliper pistons, etc etc.

What tool am I best off getting? IE: what are the pro's and cons of the following:

1. Obd11
2. Carista OBD
3. Carista EVO

Thanks

I’ve got OBD11, does the jobs I need it to. You get credits to use for the programming of different things. I very rarely use it though. Last time was for rear disk/pad replacements. But it’s handy to have in the car. Haven’t bothered messing with the adaptations though as I can’t be arsed.


No idea on Carista but I assume they are pretty much all the same.

Matt Cup said:

I’ve got OBD11, does the jobs I need it to. You get credits to use for the programming of different things. I very rarely use it though. Last time was for rear disk/pad replacements. But it’s handy to have in the car. Haven’t bothered messing with the adaptations though as I can’t be arsed.


No idea on Carista but I assume they are pretty much all the same.

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Just cos there's a deal on them on Amazon today. I know that buying the unit is the cheap bit then getting fingered for a subscription service is where they have you by the plums.

Danith said:

Just cos there's a deal on them on Amazon today. I know that buying the unit is the cheap bit then getting fingered for a subscription service is where they have you by the plums.

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Pretty sure they have all gone like that tbh.

Danith said:

Just cos there's a deal on them on Amazon today. I know that buying the unit is the cheap bit then getting fingered for a subscription service is where they have you by the plums.

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Can't you buy like the premium version of obd eleven and get away with out paying subs.

Think this is more vag specific than the others tbh

davo172 said:

Can't you buy like the premium version of obd eleven and get away with out paying subs.

Think this is more vag specific than the others tbh

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Yeah seems obd11 is better for the limited things I'd want it for. 50 quid delivered

Danith said:

Seeing as VW use plug in thingies for everything these days including turning off airbag lights, winding back rear caliper pistons, etc etc.

What tool am I best off getting? IE: what are the pro's and cons of the following:

1. Obd11
2. Carista OBD
3. Carista EVO

Thanks

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obdEleven is what I have. Seems to be the better of the three. I don’t bother with credits or apps. Just do stuff yourself. It’s easy enough.

Mine is currently useless however, due to the latest SFD security VAG use. I think that’s the reason anyway…