So my headlight levelling sensor has bitten the dust.
I went to take the car out the other evening, and I saw a message on the DIS saying 'Headlight Range Control Defective (which I've been getting for a few weeks TBH, but it wasn't affecting the headlight level) and the headlights were pointed at the floor about 10 feet in front of the car.
In effect, the car is undrivable in the night.
So I ran a VCDS scan and it came back with the following:
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Address 55: Xenon Range Labels: 8K0-907-357.clb
Part No: 8K0 907 357 B
Component: Dynamische LWR H01 0030
Revision: 00000001 Serial number:
Coding: 0000002
Shop #: WSC 06324 000 00000
VCID: 34616A8B57B9BDBE4F5-8061
3 Faults Found:
01537 - Vehicle Level Sensor; Supply Voltage
007 - Short to Ground - Intermittent
Freeze Frame:
Fault Status: 00100111
Fault Priority: 2
Fault Frequency: 3
Reset counter: 102
Mileage: 151214 km
Time Indication: 0
Date: 2016.12.16
Time: 12:42:30
00496 - Sensor for Vehicle Leveling; Front
010 - Open or Short to Plus - MIL ON
Freeze Frame:
Fault Status: 11101010
Fault Priority: 2
Fault Frequency: 1
Reset counter: 205
Mileage: 142519 km
Time Indication: 0
Date: 2016.06.26
Time: 11:21:43
00496 - Sensor for Vehicle Leveling; Front
008 - Implausible Signal - Intermittent
Freeze Frame:
Fault Status: 00101000
Fault Priority: 2
Fault Frequency: 24
Reset counter: 62
Mileage: 151400 km
Time Indication: 0
Date: 2016.12.28
Time: 18:31:51
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Sensor blown, right?
So I took the car to a local garage to get the auto electrician to hopefully put things right. All they could do at the time was charge me £65 to confirm what I already knew.
I wasn't over the moon about that, plus the customer service was so appalling that I've sworn I wont take the car back there to get it fixed.
They quoted me £102 for the replacement part, plus £25 for 30 minutes labour to fit it, so I currently have 3 choices:
1. Take the car to another garage and cough up the cash and get it done
2. Buy the sensor online and do the work myself
3. Physically set the headlights myself and use VCDS to make the errors go away.
What would you do if you were in my shoes???
I went to take the car out the other evening, and I saw a message on the DIS saying 'Headlight Range Control Defective (which I've been getting for a few weeks TBH, but it wasn't affecting the headlight level) and the headlights were pointed at the floor about 10 feet in front of the car.
In effect, the car is undrivable in the night.
So I ran a VCDS scan and it came back with the following:
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Address 55: Xenon Range Labels: 8K0-907-357.clb
Part No: 8K0 907 357 B
Component: Dynamische LWR H01 0030
Revision: 00000001 Serial number:
Coding: 0000002
Shop #: WSC 06324 000 00000
VCID: 34616A8B57B9BDBE4F5-8061
3 Faults Found:
01537 - Vehicle Level Sensor; Supply Voltage
007 - Short to Ground - Intermittent
Freeze Frame:
Fault Status: 00100111
Fault Priority: 2
Fault Frequency: 3
Reset counter: 102
Mileage: 151214 km
Time Indication: 0
Date: 2016.12.16
Time: 12:42:30
00496 - Sensor for Vehicle Leveling; Front
010 - Open or Short to Plus - MIL ON
Freeze Frame:
Fault Status: 11101010
Fault Priority: 2
Fault Frequency: 1
Reset counter: 205
Mileage: 142519 km
Time Indication: 0
Date: 2016.06.26
Time: 11:21:43
00496 - Sensor for Vehicle Leveling; Front
008 - Implausible Signal - Intermittent
Freeze Frame:
Fault Status: 00101000
Fault Priority: 2
Fault Frequency: 24
Reset counter: 62
Mileage: 151400 km
Time Indication: 0
Date: 2016.12.28
Time: 18:31:51
_________________________________________________________
Sensor blown, right?
So I took the car to a local garage to get the auto electrician to hopefully put things right. All they could do at the time was charge me £65 to confirm what I already knew.
I wasn't over the moon about that, plus the customer service was so appalling that I've sworn I wont take the car back there to get it fixed.
They quoted me £102 for the replacement part, plus £25 for 30 minutes labour to fit it, so I currently have 3 choices:
1. Take the car to another garage and cough up the cash and get it done
2. Buy the sensor online and do the work myself
3. Physically set the headlights myself and use VCDS to make the errors go away.
What would you do if you were in my shoes???