Golf V5

tonystop · 09-04-2008, 17:40

Hope I am posting in the correct forum.

Lady in work has a problem with her V5 Golf (99) basically the abs and brake handbrake light are flashing.

I have enclosed a picture, but she has been told that the ABS pump has failed. This is from an independant dealer.

However she has been told it is a £400 part. She has not ordered the part. As a favour I hope to get some information to see if this is correct or that she is being had so to speak.

RichB86 · 09-04-2008, 18:56

would need a vag com check to be sure try another garage to get another opinion and dont tell them the other opinion.

cheezemonkhai · 09-04-2008, 19:40

Could be an ABS sensor also perhaps.

What about the handbrake switch, would the ABS go a bit mad if the handbrake was still caught on or dragging on the rear wheels?

Whatever you do I'd phone around for parts prices as a £135 starter that the garage was buying from `GSF` for a colleagues golf, turned into a £65 part from GSF with a bit of hunting.

mattbeef · 09-04-2008, 21:25

If she can get the fault code from the garage that would help us to confirm it.
All else fails get her to price the part up her self to see if they can do it cheaper with labour only

KenONeill · 10-04-2008, 12:34

I'd think a sensor is more likely than the pump. Why (in the absence of a positive fault diagnosis) do garages so often seem to go for the most expensive possible part to have failed first these days!?

cheezemonkhai · 10-04-2008, 13:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by KenONeill

I'd think a sensor is more likely than the pump. Why (in the absence of a positive fault diagnosis) do garages so often seem to go for the most expensive possible part to have failed first these days!?

Because they can do it then go oh no didn't fix it try the cheaper parts

bengie · 10-04-2008, 16:43

it won't be the handbrake as if you leave it on all it does is beep and flashes the handbrake light, the ABS light doesn't come on.

buy a local member with vag-com a pint and see what it says.

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RichB86 Briskodian Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Oxfordshire Posts: 876 Thanks: 37 Thanked 31 Times in 30 Posts	Re: Golf V5 would need a vag com check to be sure try another garage to get another opinion and dont tell them the other opinion. __________________ Must Go Faster

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cheezemonkhai Briskodian Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 15,478 Thanks: 106 Thanked 507 Times in 470 Posts	Re: Golf V5 Could be an ABS sensor also perhaps. What about the handbrake switch, would the ABS go a bit mad if the handbrake was still caught on or dragging on the rear wheels? Whatever you do I'd phone around for parts prices as a £135 starter that the garage was buying from `GSF` for a colleagues golf, turned into a £65 part from GSF with a bit of hunting. __________________ Cars make CO2 and trees absorb CO2. By driving your car you're feeding a tree and helping the environment.

09-04-2008, 21:25	#4
mattbeef Briskodian Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Sheffield Posts: 3,368 Thanks: 36 Thanked 116 Times in 115 Posts	Re: Golf V5 If she can get the fault code from the garage that would help us to confirm it. All else fails get her to price the part up her self to see if they can do it cheaper with labour only __________________ I few bits here and there but im happy to Performance Torque Go on click me you know you want to

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KenONeill Briskodian Join Date: May 2006 Location: Normally somewhere in Scotland! Posts: 11,043 Thanks: 63 Thanked 548 Times in 536 Posts	Re: Golf V5 I'd think a sensor is more likely than the pump. Why (in the absence of a positive fault diagnosis) do garages so often seem to go for the most expensive possible part to have failed first these days!?

10-04-2008, 16:43	#7
bengie splash!!!! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: planet earth Posts: 15,219 Thanks: 17 Thanked 144 Times in 125 Posts	Re: Golf V5 it won't be the handbrake as if you leave it on all it does is beep and flashes the handbrake light, the ABS light doesn't come on. buy a local member with vag-com a pint and see what it says. __________________ owner of a skoda octavia 4xvrs3

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