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Offline Snooze

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Parking sensors
« on: 15 March 2015, 21:39 »
So my parking sensors stopped working a while back. The Stealers wanted £200 just to find out what was wrong with them  :sick: At the time I thought sod it I'll make do without! I think now may be the time to get them fixed. Needless to say I'll be taking it to my local Indy, not the stealer.

Im told it could just be a simple sensor fault or a more costly problem with the control unit. Has anyone else had a problem with their parking sensors? If so how much do you think it may cost to fix?
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Offline Rhyso

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Re: Parking sensors
« Reply #1 on: 15 March 2015, 21:45 »
A diagnostic scan with VCDS would pinpoint the exact problem

If its simply a sensor then it would be a case of popping out the old one and fitting a new one.

Until you have it diagnosed then its hard to give an approx repair cost  :undecided:

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Re: Parking sensors
« Reply #2 on: 15 March 2015, 22:10 »
See one of my previous posts :wink:

I took mine to a VW independant to diagnose, and it turned out to be a fault with the part that give you the noise (part located under the scuttle panel) which only cost a few pounds to fix.

I was concerned it might be a sensor, but luckily it was something much easier. Steelers will charge the earth, so go the independant route :smiley:
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Re: Parking sensors
« Reply #3 on: 15 March 2015, 22:48 »
Snooze.

If you don't have VCDS. I live in Winchester but work in Basingstoke so if you want to meet up, i can run a quick scan for you. :)
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Re: Parking sensors
« Reply #4 on: 16 March 2015, 22:10 »
Cheers Ant. I'll let ya know!
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