Transporter

We travelled to Poole to look at a Transporter with an annoying fault
The right indicator would not blink after the initial blink when the stalk is put into the “indicate right” position
The owner replaced the stalk and checked the wiring running to the central electronics box.
Initially the owner thought the central electronics box was faulty and we were called to code the box which the owner had purchased.
After this was replaced, we coded it to the car and the fault was still appearing
We advised that the only cause must be the wiring running from the central electronics box to each of the lights.
We have been updated that some rather unusual high resistance was apparent on the right side headlight indicator wiring and this was the cause of the fault
This transporter was rather tasty with racing strips and Mazda RX7 Electric seats

Another happy customer!

Touareg Doughnut issues

We were called out to a damsel in distress in Chigwell, Essex who had been quoted £1700 by Volkswagen to repair her vehicle.

The owner had a 2005 Touareg which was making an awful clunking / banging noise when travelling over 30mph

After a physical inspection underneath the vehicle, we could see that the Propshaft carrier bearing on the rear driveshaft had split which was causing the knocking noise

VW do not offer the bearing to purchase as a replacement part. Instead they expect you to purchase the complete driveshaft which retails at nearly £1100 however after a few phone calls we were able to find the bearing without the need of going to the dealership.

The failure of the “doughnut bearing” (so called as it is shaped like a doughnut) is common on the VW Touareg /Audi Q7 and Porsche Cayenne

We stripped the propshaft on the customers drive and returned the following day with a new bearing installed on the propshaft

Within the hour the new driveshaft was installed and after a test drive we had another happy customer!

From A3… To S3!

We were contacted by the owner of an Audi A3 who had an S3 engine installed but was unable to get his central locking to work.

The owner was frustrated after two other (so called) specalists were called out to look at the car

Within 3 minutes we were able to sync to remotes to the car

 

another happy customer!

From Manchester.. To Essex

We were contacted by a dubber from Manchester with a V6 4Motion who needed a few modifications done:

Fit a set of custom instrument clusters
Fit a .:R32 Steering wheel
Enable Miles to empty
Enable Lit pointers
Enable Autowindows

the above work was done within 30 minutes and he was on his way with a smile on his face

another happy customer!

MK5 Key and remote…

We travelled to Sidcup in Kent to supply and program a key for a MK5 Golf

The customer was quoted £168 for the new key but we were able to beat that price substantially!

While we were scanning the vehicle, we noticed the coilpacks needed changing as the misfire log was building up on idle

we also changed these as part of our service!

Another happy customer!

Andover..Two Keys, One customer!

We recently travelled to the village of Upton in Andover where we supplied a pair of keys to a customer with two VW’s

Initially the customer had issues with finding a local locksmith to cut the keys however after some persistance, the keys were cut and we were able to code the keys

while we were there, we also enabled autowindows and miles to empty on both vehicles

Another happy customer!