faulty

  1. Have i a faulty brand new car?please help?

    :confused::confused: Please could somebody help me , on Friday i picked up my brand new Seat Leon sport , i drove home approximately 10 miles , parked up and closed door and locked using the key fob. Anyway i walk into the house and within 30 seconds i could here a noise coming from outside ...
  2. Faulty Curtain Air Bags

    Hi ,had A Slight Problem With My Curtain Air Bag ,it Went Of As I Was Traveling Home From Lisburn N.ireland On The Motorway On Slip About 150 Yrds From Motorway, A Small Explosion Went Of In The Car The Curtain Air Bag Deployed Hitting My Wife And Second Oldest Child(5)very Hard ,we All Suffered...
  3. glynnd

    Faulty Map Sensor

    I think my map sensor is faulty, if it is would it lead to a reduction in boost pressure.
  4. Smoki333

    Faulty lambda senor/ 02

    Had this come up on vagcom, Cleared and come back. Worked fine until i put my sports cat on. 17526 - Oxygen (Lambda) Sensor Heating: B1 S2: Open Circuit P1118 - 35-00 - - 17522 - Oxygen (Lambda) Sensor: B1 S2: Internal Resistance too High P1114 - 35-00 - - 16524...
  5. Start problems - faulty immobiliser?HELP PLEASE!!!!!!

    I own a 2000 W reg Ibiza sport. A week ago I went to start my car and it started for about a second and died, I kept trying and it just did the same. the AA came and looked and got the car going. He has informed me it is something to do with my immobiliser. My car wont start now and I feel like...
  6. Thor_Asgard

    Faulty Fuel Gauge

    I have had my Leon since Tuesday 30th of January Today while going for a drive in my car The fuel gauge went stright to zero the car kept going as a few moments before it read half a tank so pulled into a fuel station and filled it up 25.00 pounds of fuel started my journey back home. fuel...
  7. Hairy

    Can Petrol be faulty?

    My LCR was running perfectly on new-years-eve, filled up with V-Power and pootled home in traffic. Come New-years-day I get out on the open road put my foot down and it just didn’t go how it normally does. It still has power and runs smoothly, no funny noises from the engine, but there is...
  8. luckymjr

    rear overide switch faulty ?

    Hi all . I've just noticed that when i push the ( rear window overide switch ) the rear windows can still be opened by using the rear switches :cry: If i hold my finger down on the overide button continiously , the rear windows CANNOT be opened : is this normal :confused: Surely...
  9. bigjode

    Can FAULTY n75 cause this

    The car is only bossting to 14psi sometimes, even though I have revo st1 and SPS3, no matter what SPS settings I use. It used to peak at 21, then one day it jsut started acting up. Also, sometimes, the boost fluctuates and you can see the guage flickering between 14-16 psi as you floor it...
  10. Convenience unit faulty??

    i've been having a problem with my electric windows - after driving for about ten minutes they don't work any longer and the light behind the switches falshes. i've since found that using the central locking switches seem to reset it. Therefore as it was under warranty i put it in to have it...
  11. Faulty temperature sender unit?

    :( I'm the owner of a '53 plate Leon S (1.4) and I'm having problems with my engine temperature guage which is registering anywhere between no reading at all to 45% of the engine temp range, whatever takes its fancy! :confused: I take it that it's the engine temperature sender that's at fault...
  12. bentaw

    symptoms of faulty N75

    When i am on the motorway or going up the slip road in say 5th or 6 th and i put my foot down it feels like the car is going on full boost almost like it gets to a certain PSI and holds, whereas when i am in lower gears the car seems to come on boost and not stop it doesnt happen all the time...
  13. faulty outside temperature reading

    I've got a faulty outside temperature reading in my car. Does anyone know if this likely to be caused by a faulty sensor?
  14. GazM

    Is my coolant temp sender faulty?

    I've had suspicions about it because the car idles lumpy sometimes, especially when cold, and other people here seem to have those symptoms with a faulty cts. What's really made me think is I had vag-com plugged in this morning and at the end of my 1/2 hour trip to work the coolant temp...
  15. GazM

    Faulty MAF ?

    I've only had my 2001 Leon Cupra for 3 weeks, so I don't really have a feel for it yet or know what I'm doing under the bonnet. It idles really rough on cold start and searching the forums I see other people have had that too, but 3 days ago the engine warning light came on. It seemed to...
  16. outside temp/ air con faulty HELP

    The temp on the outside temp is reading at least 10 degrees below normal, it is about 3 at the mo when it is really around 15. The frost sign is on the display and therefore a/c won`t cut in so it`s hot inside. I have serched and picked up a new temp sensor today from seat, plugged in and it...
  17. LEON_FR

    Faulty 007 DV??

    The car is a juddering a bit not lots but you can sure feel it, specially in the lower gears. Do you guys think there is something wrong with the Forge dv how could i tell for deffo???
  18. dmjw01

    Faulty coolant temperature sensor?

    Do I have enough evidence to convince a dealer that the coolant temperature sensor on my Ibiza FR TDI is faulty? The symptoms are: Fuel economy has not quite improved as much as I'd expect now that the ambient temperature has picked up after the winter. It's maybe 4 or 5 mpg down on what I'd...
  19. faulty car help please

    hi finally picked my tdi sport up on wednesday afternoon i got 500 yards down road when got warning chime:( quickley discovered it was passenger seat belt warning went straight back to dealer who spent best part of an hour trying to fix it before deciding they need a code from tech support fix...
  20. TDI Temperature Sensor Faulty

    Hi All, GF's car (Leon TDI 110) just had biggy 60K service and when they plugged in vagcom, they found the temperature sensor was defective. Now we had no symptoms of this - except I had previously moaned that mpg was a little poor, even after a maf clean and air-filter change. So...