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Scary electrical whine started coming from behind the dash - dropped car off at shop today for new ignition switch :)

I did my clutch a couple weeks ago. I was intending to do a sachs vr, Kerma talked me into the South Bend stg2 - I am *very* happy with it.

230k my on ahu, installed a new bigger turbo, found old turbo to be in perfectly usable condition. First 180k was with dino oil, switched to Synth as soon as i took ownership

2 hours of diagnostic charges later, we have determined its the ignition switch. Going to ignore it for now, if/when the problem occurs, bumping the key a bit fixes it. YAAAAY ELECTRICAL GREMLINS BE GONE!

Head lights (low beam only) and wipers - Intermittently cease functioning. While they are not functioning, the Parking brake indicator light on the dash illuminates dimly. If I put the brake on while this is happening, it lights up properly. I have not been able to figure out any specific...

Last night cleaned / replaced all engine grounds. Removed battery tray, visually inspected everything I could find. After all this was done, hopped in the car, key to on, OH LOOK, hand brake light is on. What else did i find - NO HEADLIGHTS!!! High beams work, no low beams. Reseated the...

Rainstorm for todays drive in, terrifying when the wipers stopped - Twice while making a right turn, turn signal on, the wipers stopped, brake indicator came on. Started / turned off as soon as blinker turned off. Later tried to repeat this, wipers were unaffected by blinkers. Tried the 4...

Have this same shudder at low rpm 5th gear. Just installed a new VSS, will see if shudder has disappeared. k03/04 hybrid, sprint520, tuning, straight pipe turbo back

New VSS installed, speedo and fuel gauge work fine now. Revisiting the brake indicator - Drove in with my wipers on. A few times the wipers would pause mid stroke for half a second, the brake indicator turns on. Later in my drive the wipers stopped for a good minute, light on fully lit the...

To add to the weirdness, the hand brake indicator was softly illuminated for part of todays drive. It turned off on its own after making a left turn.

Ordered a 191 919 149D from local dealership, will have it thursday. Matt - will def look into that, thanks for the tip.

Replaced clutch over the weekend, car drives great, broke some things - Pulled vehicle speed sensor off the transmission by accident, breaking it in several pieces. I can read a partial part number, 191 919 1xx - the rest is gone. Can anyone come up with the remainder of this part number? I...

When i bought the car Feb 1st, IQ was at 1. I was able to raise it via software to ~1.2 if i recall. As for when I hammered, each time soft value was back to default value. I figure default value leaves the mechanism 'centered' so that after I hammer to the value reccomended, the ecu could...

This seems a possible explanation, but riddle me this - Why does it only happen in 5th gear in the 40-55mph range? I have a VCDS and can easily replicate this issue, Anyone know the groups to log to try to prove/disprove this theory? -- Is the data sampling rate even high enough to catch...

I have the same/similar problem - ~42-48mph, 5th gear. Car will shake violently somewhere in the 1500-1800 range. Feels like a big impact gun/wrench is powering the car instead of the engine. Letting off the go pedal the slightest OR pushing it down the slightest and the shaking goes away. I do...