Good morning everyone, im going up to Manchester to go looking at a mk3 superb in red, its a 2.0 Tsi, Laurin and klement dsg. 

Ive done the usual hpi check but there something bothering me, see attached pic

Namely engine MIL inoperative or indicates malfunction yet suddenly no mot issues 10 days later and no mention of light

Am I looking into this too much? 

Maybe they scanned car to see why light was on, fixed the cause, now all good?

2 minutes ago, Wino said:

Maybe they scanned car to see why light was on, fixed the cause, now all good?

I'd like to think so, like i said, maybe just being uber skeptical... 

Ask when you get there, and review receipts for the work done following that MOT fail.

Have a good look at the brake discs,

7 hours ago, Wino said:

Ask when you get there, and review receipts for the work done following that MOT fail.

Have a good look at the brake discs,

So I went, I looked i liked... 

But

 

The instrument cluster ( rev gauge) decided it wanted to stick at 6k rpm... Just the needle however... Nothing else.. No errors came up on the dash just that. It then went back down very judder when turned off. 

I couldn't replicate it, but noticed the needle was still juddering when I restarted it and continued the test drive

Any ideas? 

That car did not move in those 10 days according to the mileage so perhaps that was the time to arrange rectifying the faults

11 minutes ago, edbostan said:

That car did not move in those 10 days according to the mileage so perhaps that was the time to arrange rectifying the faults

Agreed, looks like those faults have been addressed, but see my previous. 🤔 Head scratcher that one! 

1 hour ago, Dahmich said:

So I went, I looked i liked... 

But

 

The instrument cluster ( rev gauge) decided it wanted to stick at 6k rpm... Just the needle however... Nothing else.. No errors came up on the dash just that. It then went back down very judder when turned off. 

I couldn't replicate it, but noticed the needle was still juddering when I restarted it and continued the test drive

Any ideas? 

Possible indication that the needles have been taken off, and that one pushed back on too far, so it rubs/catches?

 

23 minutes ago, Wino said:

Possible indication that the needles have been taken off, and that one pushed back on too far, so it rubs/catches?

 

What would be the reason for this? Any faults or common issues relaying to this to be made aware of? The sweep on the start up seems smooth enough? 

Accessing the fault light to obscure it is one possibility...

Did the seller have an explanation about how that situation was resolved?

2 minutes ago, Wino said:

Accessing the fault light to obscure it is one possibility...

Did the seller have an explanation about how that situation was resolved?

No, didn't come to the garage with the issue so wasn't questioned, it very much "well it not there now" kinda thing went over the rest of it brakes etc looks like new. 

Wait and see what comes back after he throws it on diagnostic I guess! 

And the results are in 

Good news.

All fixed.

The instrument cluster needed to be reset on the diagnostic tool.

Now is spot on.

They told me it lost its mem when the car was without the battery charge.

Sound feasible? 

Looks good, has it been spruced up and the grill dechromed ? The wheels seem very glossy. 

23 hours ago, Redboy said:

Looks good, has it been spruced up and the grill dechromed ? The wheels seem very glossy. 

Think it's had the black pack fitted minus the badges, there's no chrome around the windows but need to check if it's vinyl 

Wheels look fresh either powdercoat or paint.