Caddy clocks been cut
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D.robinson
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Caddy clocks been cut
Just bought a 2007 2.0 sdi caddy and previous owner has cut the wires in the clocks for the speedo and punched the abs light out and was wondering about replacement clocks for it....if anyone has any advice it would be more than welcome
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Doc
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Re: Caddy clocks been cut
Hi, welcome to the forum.
The instrument cluster in your caddy also contains your immobiliser system so changing the instrument cluster will also require transfer of the immobiliser data so that your caddy will start afterwards.
The instrument cluster in your caddy also contains your immobiliser system so changing the instrument cluster will also require transfer of the immobiliser data so that your caddy will start afterwards.
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SnoWhite
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Re: Caddy clocks been cut
Hmm - That makes me wonder why anyone would intentionally open up the dash to disable the ABS warning lamp?
I suggest you take care at least until you get the brakes checked, just in case there really is an issue with the ABS and to obtain an MOT pass a previous owner chose to disable the ABS warning light rather than actually fix the problem.
As for the cut wires - does that mean the speedo does not work? Obviously if the car does not have a working speedo it is a definite fail on any MOT Test.
So what to do about the cut wires? If the speedo works then perhaps ignore them, otherwise I guess the first step may be to reconnect the cut wires and see what that results in. I wonder if the cut wires were an attempt to defeat some sort of speed limiter which some companies insist VW fit to their vehicles. Typically the proper solution is to get the limit coded out, but I guess if cutting those wires means the limiter does not get any speed information it will no longer restrict the top speed.
Do you have access to a VAGCOM scan? That should reveal any logged issues - even if a previous owner has done their best to hide them.
I suggest you take care at least until you get the brakes checked, just in case there really is an issue with the ABS and to obtain an MOT pass a previous owner chose to disable the ABS warning light rather than actually fix the problem.
As for the cut wires - does that mean the speedo does not work? Obviously if the car does not have a working speedo it is a definite fail on any MOT Test.
So what to do about the cut wires? If the speedo works then perhaps ignore them, otherwise I guess the first step may be to reconnect the cut wires and see what that results in. I wonder if the cut wires were an attempt to defeat some sort of speed limiter which some companies insist VW fit to their vehicles. Typically the proper solution is to get the limit coded out, but I guess if cutting those wires means the limiter does not get any speed information it will no longer restrict the top speed.
Do you have access to a VAGCOM scan? That should reveal any logged issues - even if a previous owner has done their best to hide them.