altea

Hi Guys and Girls.. Picked up my 2005 Altea TDI 140 on Tuesday. Great car.. lots of torque and "go" ... and trip avaerage of 51mpg! !! but im having some teething troubles with it :( 1. Whurring noise from front end above 30MPH ... susspect Wheel brearing and booked in next week with the...

Hi I don't know if anyone can come up with a solution to this problem? I have an altea on 54 plate the radio has developed a mind of its own. When the car is parked and locked (so alarm is on and the ignition off). The radio comes on at full volume. This of course causes a voltage drop if not...

Evening all. Was just wondering if anyone has had there fr altea remapped but using only 95ron fuel, reason being the local garage only does 95/97 fuel and its a pain and to get optimax or tesco99 as theyre miles away, and also its my other half who drives the car normally and i know she wont...

Just wondered if anyone has any experience of either going from 17" OE alloys with 45 profile tyres to the optional Andromeda 18" alloys with 40 profile tyres or vice versa? I've got the latter on our Altea FR TDi and although they look the part, filling the cavernous arches handsomely, I'm...

Hi all, Recently got a new Altea XL 1.9 SE TDi DSG. Really pleased with it and currently touring the Highlands of Scotland. Beautiful roads for a great car. Just one little fly in the ointment.... Sometimes I need to leave my small dog in the car whilst me and my beloved nip into a local...

Hi all, i really hope you can help. I own a seat altea 1.9tdi 05 plate, the other day my orange engine admisions light came on and i started to loss power. I took it to a garage who placed it on a diagnostic machine which came up with this; 17055 shift solenoid e performance stuck off...

Hi all, Does anyone have this same problem? Even in the slightest frost my front electric windows are frozen shut. The motors just do not have enough power to open them and break the seal. I have to drive for about 15 minutes until the car warms up before the seal is eventually broken and...

Granted I'm never going to get over 50MPG but am struggling to even get 40MPG on a motorway trip at a steady 80mph?! A little closer to the manufacturer's 45.6 combined mpg would be nice. I had our A2 TDi supperchipped and as well as the obvious performance gains, I noted a marked...

Hi all my first post, just in the middle of buying a 2.0 TDI Altea XL, lifted the bonnet to find no engine cover, the salesman said they did'nt fit them after 2007, all the brackets are there even what looks like a locating rubber round the filler cap, is the salesman bulling me

hi all for the past couple of days the altea has a funny squeeking noise coming from the engine its worse when you accelerate and is there on tick over......:shrug: we had it mot'ed so i asked the tester he thought it my be something to do with 1 of the tensioners :confused:.........is it bad...

So the Altea's 5.5 year old and hitting 90K, given that VAG diesels seem to be good for 200K + just wondering when and if expenditure for maintenance starts becoming an issue. I have an Impeccable Service History ( every 10K,) In the last 3 months it just seems like I have forked out a shed...

hi people has anybody got wind deflectors on there altea if so have you got any pics .... i was thinking of getting some but i'm not sure wether they will look good or not....:)

I have been looking through older posts about the rear wiper for the Altea, and none give part numbers for a direct replacement wiper. Someone must make one by now, I tried the Halfords WA27 today, but it was 2" shorter than current blade, my wiper is 13"... Hellfords advised Bosch now...

Hi, was wondering if anyone could help with a problem I have with my altea 1.9 tdi pd.... when the engine is hot, it don't start very well, cranks over for about 3 - 5 seconds, and then starts. when cold, it starts on the key, even on a icy cold morning. Together with this, the...

Thought this might be an interesting idea for a thread.......! I've been making the boring daily drive a little bit more interesting by trying a few tests in the Freetrack. For example, I don't have to use cruise control to keep my speed at 30 mph in (fairly flat) residential roads as I...

Hi there newbie here! I'm looking for anyone else who may have experienced substantial delays with ordering a new SEAT in the past 6 months & were not informed about it when they purchased. Having spoken to others it would appear a pattern of new buyers build dates being pushed back in...

hi have just had warning light come on dash and had it checked an its come up egr valve and garage said needs new one and nearly chocked when they told me the price to replace is there any way of sorting this its 2 litre tdi sport on an 04 thanks

Hi guys, Recently my altea 2.0 TDI has been steaming up a lot in all windows. The front does clear but not very quickly and the air-con system doesn't seem very powerful. It is really annoying as it can be quite dangerous when driving. It happens so quick. It is as if the car is damp but it...

Dear All, Can you post the average MPG you get on an average drive and also how many miles you have done on one single tank of diesel. Just wanted to know if the remap has made a little difference. Kinjamin

My 2004 ALTEA 1.9 tdi FR has been absolutely brilliant for 40,000 miles but this week the tailgate release button fails to open the tailgate (I have the central locking, properly unlocked). ie. when I operate the SEAT badge button on the tailgate, it does not pop open. Nothing happens...