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I know its been a few years but I thought I would give an update we've still got our Altea, now with 132,000 and still in great nick. the turbo "spike" was getting beyond a joke, so i engaged Arden Bridge Services near Redditch to replace the Turbo. They do about 2 VAG turbo swaps a...

i'm getting my turbo replaced on Monday, found a garage in Redditch who have done a few of these so I'm getting a recon replacement turbo for £250 +VAT then fitting and oil and filters. Hopefully it also improve the fuel economy which has dropped to about 35 mpg now from high 40s when we first...

Ok thanks for the help I'll get all the paperwork off the garage and see what their investigations conclude

Dan thanks so when the garage refer to the wastegate what are they actually talking about ? and does that mean the garage don't really know and they are just plumping for a replacement turbo because its a nice juicy job? it wouldnt surprise me

Listers SEAT Worcester have just spent time looking at my BKD 2.0 TDI (2004) and they reckon its the wastegate which means a new turbo required - even though 95% of the time we run on full power. By the way - stop the engine and restart it and you get full power back straightaway. SEAT...

this warm start problem has been happening for a while and I did nothing about it, however the starter motor failed last night, so it could be a sign that the starter motor is on its way out for reference we have a 2004 Altea 2.0 TDI DSG with 107,000 miles

yes it has to be done straight away

I've just done a price comparison with my pre facelift 1.6 TDI Sportrider SC against the 2012.5 model 1.6TDI FR SC which looks the closest comparison there is so much missing from the new model compared to my runout model. RRP is £15170 and the "options" on the new car add up to £2270 :-o I...

I have a 54 reg(2004) Altea and the alarm light is on the passenger side, it's nothing new and I wasn't surprised when our 12 reg Ibiza was the same. I agree about HRW switch though, totally obscured in reverse and 1st when you are most likely to want to push the button. by comparison, we had...

sorry......

I took delivery of a new SC Sportrider 2 weeks ago, and gave it a first wash during the week. I tried to lift up the drivers side wiper arm but it fouls the top edge of the bonnet. How do you change the wiperblade ? (not something I plan to do soon though I admit)

whenever it happens to me (about every 8 months) I go through the motions and get the bulb out and use a flat head screwdriver to scrape the rust/residue off the contact and also clean the bulb contact too(which has usually burnt down quite a lot too) it gives me another couple of months...

my first choice colour was Speed Blue, but of course it wasn't available, so we went for Black and are very happy, it looks fantastic when it is clean

Phone call from "Caroline" at SEAT today. They stopped fitting rear speakers in 2011 and Brochures were re printed but obviously not distributed to Dealers!!! Checked mine properly and it defo doesnt have rear speakers so looks like thats it.

I rang the local dealer today, he did a search using the reg no and got the spec it left the factory. It appears it only has 4 speakers not the 6 that the brochure promises. Not sure what to do now, it looks like there are speakers in the back but without getting the side pods off how can I check?

I've just ordered two off www.ebay.de at €20 each with €3 postage if it works I'll sell the other one on. People on UK ebay are selling them for £70 a piece :censored:

i got my MY2012 Sportrider on Saturday and annoyed that there the rear speakers are not working. I have the Bluetooth option and it says you get two ADDITIONAL speakers, which I assumed would be the A pillar speakers but it seems that the 4 speakers are the A pillar and front doors with dummy...

winter tyres sort it, it was a breeze during that snow in february, driving round beemers and mercs stuck on the M42 at hopwood, must have weaved round 50-60 stranded cars with my winters on :-)

innotec rules ok!! it sorted my car out perfectly

this is a note for others with the same problem I treated my 2004 2.0tdi 140 dsg with this http://www.innotecturboclean.co.uk/ in august 2010 and its been fine ever since my local VAG specialist Volkswizard in South Birmingham did it for me