MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: bbfb10 on November 04, 2013, 03:49:30 pm
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I've had my 04 GTTDI for just under a month, recently, on journeys over about 20 miles two amber warning lights have come on. My Traction control/ESP light and my ABS light. When I turn off the car and turn it back on they disappear and dont come on at all when I'm on a short journey. I've booked the car in for Friday with VW, but was wondering if any of you can shed some light on what the fault(s) may be. Luckilly, the garage I purchased the car from gave ma a 3 month warranty with the car, so it won't be my money, but still interested to hear your views.
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Could be brake pedal switch.
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Got this problem also and still to source what it is!
I have mine booked in also for diagnostic work to see what the fault could be but i have heard it could be numerous things (reading from google search)
Just hope its nothing serious like ABS pump failure or anything :scared:
Meeky
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ABS wheel sensor?
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Possibly that also but just gotta wait til i get it diagnosed first and will let you know how i get on
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just repaired mine, it was the abs speed sensor and reluctor ring on the wheel bearing
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How much did you get yours sorted for bower if you dont mind me asking?
And where did you source your parts from?
Cheers :happy2:
Meeky
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Any news on this Meeky?
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Mine hasn't been left in yet BBFB10, but it is booked for a couple of weeks time as workshop is busy as where I work!
As above BOWER said his was abs speed sensor and reluctor ring, i was told mine could be this or abs pump failure or a wheel bearing also by a friend of a friend.
Been told many problems but as soon as my car has been left in and diagnosed i'll let you know mate!
Meeky
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Cheers buddy. "VW healthcheck" on mine on Friday, hope they pick this up.
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No worries mate :happy2:
Let me know how you get on sure!
Sometimes health checks tend not to pick up a lot of problems going from experience but lets hope VW prove me wrong!
Meeky
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Fingers crossed. Not sure how thorough a healthcheck is, but its better than nothing.
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Yeah absolutely mate!
Health checks are usually a visual thing on what they can see with the car to replace parts etc and how it looks rather than really testing it but again VW could prove me wrong!
Good luck with it mate :happy2:
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Cheers. Fingers crossed.
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Not sure if this might help to narrow problem down but when mine had the same problem i couldn't rev over 3000 rpm.. might be worth a check?
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This hasnt happened to me, it usually happens on motorway drives.
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How much did you get yours sorted for bower if you dont mind me asking?
And where did you source your parts from?
Cheers :happy2:
Meeky
i repaired it myself, it cost £50 for the wheel sensor which as it turned out was probably ok (even though ycds said it was the sensor), but its a far easier job to replace that first to rule out than replacing the wheel bearing and cos its stuck in solid the only way out is to break it out.
then it was £35 for a replacement wheel bearing from a online jobby and a month later its still ok showing no faults on vcds.
hope that helps
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Mine hasn't been left in yet BBFB10, but it is booked for a couple of weeks time as workshop is busy as where I work!
As above BOWER said his was abs speed sensor and reluctor ring, i was told mine could be this or abs pump failure or a wheel bearing also by a friend of a friend.
Been told many problems but as soon as my car has been left in and diagnosed i'll let you know mate!
Meeky
the reluctor ring is built into the wheel bearing, luckly when i removed my old bearing it was knackered anyway so didnt loose owt by replacing it
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How much did you get yours sorted for bower if you dont mind me asking?
And where did you source your parts from?
Cheers :happy2:
Meeky
i repaired it myself, it cost £50 for the wheel sensor which as it turned out was probably ok (even though ycds said it was the sensor), but its a far easier job to replace that first to rule out than replacing the wheel bearing and cos its stuck in solid the only way out is to break it out.
then it was £35 for a replacement wheel bearing from a online jobby and a month later its still ok showing no faults on vcds.
hope that helps
No worries mate thanks for the advice :happy2:
Will have to get a few quotes after i get my car checked over and diagnosed.
Cheers mate :happy2:
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Not sure if this might help to narrow problem down but when mine had the same problem i couldn't rev over 3000 rpm.. might be worth a check?
Hi Carlw,
Mine is allowing me to rev as normal so no issue there but was worth a check if you had the same issue as myself too!
Hope diagnostics show me something that's easy to fix :sad1:
Cheers mate :happy2:
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I've has the same issue on mine... also have noticed that few time its not let me rev over 3000rpm...
i know its a speed sensor not had time to loo into it.