abre
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So a kind sole drove in to me on a roundabout bending both front chassis rails and a few other bits, took 2 months to repair, ran out of MOT while on the body shop, needed a 50,000 service... so when I got my poor A2 back I got it to my dealer who MOT'd it and serviced it also fixed the run on when the ignition turned off (£70) some pipework not properly connected from the rebuild they said, got the bodyshop to reimburse me. But as I drove off the dealers forcourt I noticed the dear glowplug warning light flashing. So back in to service reception for a rant, told them it was the brake light switch, but they had to check it and confirmed my diagnosis, 2 months later a switch was available (they were on back order) fortunately switch was working so did have brake lights. Decided to fit the switch my self after being told it was a minimum half hour job as the switch needed adjustment, shame roadside change them in 5 mins flat... Anyway new switch fitted but the warning light was still flashing. Only thing not working was the diesel shut off if you left foot brake... so started to think it was a bodyshop gaff, so I opened the passenger footwell up to find it well covered with aluminium grit, Mmmmm methinks debris from replacing the chassis rails, to cut an even longer story short, I pulled the 3 connectors appart on the dashboard loom (brown, green & blue) to find the brown socket full of aluminium grit, cleaned it all out and now the light has stopped flashing and the engine stops correctly and it runs better... How much would that have cost to be found and fixed by the dealer?