New Galaxy Owner Few Minor Problems..

[lydanial]

hi all nice forum hopefully you can advise me.

 

i have just purchased a 01 x plate galaxy tdi..

 

no handbook!! do previous owners feed them to there many children on long journeys?

 

ok,

 

1, the parking sensors are tempermental.. i press the button and the light inside flashes and it beeps at me, quite high pitch not the gentle parking sensor beep!, this is usually the case when they are not working, however i dont notice if its a solid light when they are working but i would assume so... suggestions please.

 

2,how powerful is the aircon unit? on my last car when i hit A/C it blasted my face till icicles fell of it, this car feels cold but if i set the climate to lo and the fan on full i wouldnt say its going to cool the whole car down on a hot day, and its definately not blowing strong into my face or the floor.. again answers on a postcard.

 

3, when i start the car there is a warning light on the dash, it looks exactly the sames as the 'lights' icon but with an exclamation mark in it, this goes off after touching the brake??? whats that light for please?

 

4, stereo.. when i turn the stereo up to above 20, ALL the speakers on the left side of the car turn loudly crackly and distorted... more answers please?

 

5, passenger side electric window switch doesnt seem to work, i can open it on the drivers side but if i even touch the pasenger side one it just shoots straight up, i am assuming a dodgy button/switch?

 

finally more of a question rather than a problem, someone told me that these things eat front wheel bearings?? i notice if i am corning quite hard there is significant noiselike a whooshing but i am undecided on if this is a wheel bearing or just good old road noise... any one else get some loud road noise??

 

thanks for all your help to this complete newbie..

[mumof4]

Hello and welcome to the forum...to answer yourq q about the handbook,mine has been chewed,had sweets stuck to it and a couple of pages missing so i must assume that yes children do eat them!!.you can buy them off ebay for a few quid. :)

[Guest 3.5bullet]

1. i believe this a warning tone to let you know the system is working?

 

2. the galaxy is known as not haveing a very efficient ac system

 

3. thats normal! the brake bulbs are not connected to the bulb check system till you hit the pedal, this then clears the bulb out indicator

 

4. duff wiring? duff head unit? complete set of duff speakers?

 

5. one touch button, release it and hit it again and it should stop and start as you wish

[NikpV]

1, the parking sensors are tempermental.. i press the button and the light inside flashes and it beeps at me, quite high pitch not the gentle parking sensor beep!, this is usually the case when they are not working, however i dont notice if its a solid light when they are working but i would assume so... suggestions please.

 

dodgy sensor

 

i believe this a warning tone to let you know the system is working

 

on the contrary the high pitched tone indicates that the system in NOT working correctly flashing light also indicates a problem, steady light = fine - excactly the symptoms we were suffering - changed dodgy senor things now are fine

 

 

see thread here - and links in thread to others

 

2,how powerful is the aircon unit? on my last car when i hit A/C it blasted my face till icicles fell of it, this car feels cold but if i set the climate to lo and the fan on full i wouldnt say its going to cool the whole car down on a hot day, and its definately not blowing strong into my face or the floor.. again answers on a postcard

 

about the age for a service/regas

 

5, passenger side electric window switch doesnt seem to work, i can open it on the drivers side but if i even touch the pasenger side one it just shoots straight up, i am assuming a dodgy button/switch?

 

classic broken wires in door/pillar loom problem probably a short - see faq

 

not really heard much about them eating wheel bearings

 

oh and btw Welcome to the site - loads of useful info here

[west]

hi all nice forum hopefully you can advise me.

 

i have just purchased a 01 x plate galaxy tdi..

 

no handbook!! do previous owners feed them to there many children on long journeys?

 

ok,

 

1, the parking sensors are tempermental.. i press the button and the light inside flashes and it beeps at me, quite high pitch not the gentle parking sensor beep!, this is usually the case when they are not working, however i dont notice if its a solid light when they are working but i would assume so... suggestions please.

 

2,how powerful is the aircon unit? on my last car when i hit A/C it blasted my face till icicles fell of it, this car feels cold but if i set the climate to lo and the fan on full i wouldnt say its going to cool the whole car down on a hot day, and its definately not blowing strong into my face or the floor.. again answers on a postcard.

 

3, when i start the car there is a warning light on the dash, it looks exactly the sames as the 'lights' icon but with an exclamation mark in it, this goes off after touching the brake??? whats that light for please?

 

4, stereo.. when i turn the stereo up to above 20, ALL the speakers on the left side of the car turn loudly crackly and distorted... more answers please?

 

5, passenger side electric window switch doesnt seem to work, i can open it on the drivers side but if i even touch the pasenger side one it just shoots straight up, i am assuming a dodgy button/switch?

 

finally more of a question rather than a problem, someone told me that these things eat front wheel bearings?? i notice if i am corning quite hard there is significant noiselike a whooshing but i am undecided on if this is a wheel bearing or just good old road noise... any one else get some loud road noise??

 

thanks for all your help to this complete newbie..

 

 

 

erm its a galaxy.......

Possiby the greatest car design ever, but made from swiss cheese.

 

Things you can be sure off:

 

 

1. Whatever you fix, something else will break

2. Nothing will be 100% correct or functional all at the same time.

3. The dealers love em for the repair bills

4. You can fix most things yourself for peanuts

5. Its easy to fix (mostly)

6. You will wonder how you coped with a normal boot

7. Whilst bits break, fall off or just don't work, there will never be enough wrong with it to justify selling it.

8. It will probably outlive you.

[lydanial]

 

 

1. Whatever you fix, something else will break

2. Nothing will be 100% correct or functional all at the same time.

3. The dealers love em for the repair bills

4. You can fix most things yourself for peanuts

5. Its easy to fix (mostly)

6. You will wonder how you coped with a normal boot

7. Whilst bits break, fall off or just don't work, there will never be enough wrong with it to justify selling it.

8. It will probably outlive you.

 

 

lol, dont get me wrong i've only had it about a week but love it already,

 

ok so i had to sell my beloved subaru impreza to buy it but...

 

1,the misses let me buy a nice new motorbike for my need for spped to compensate..

2,kids all fit in nicely now, plus theres room for a dog.

3,cruise control is great on a long run..

4,when the parking sensors work they are a god send when the wife is driving.. and me i guess as i cant see the end of the bonnet...

5,room to take all the kids out and the mother in law... hmm maybe not a good one after all!!

6,its a van!

7,its definately more economical than an impreza!!

8, its faster than my brothers zafira diesel :-)

9, gonna get a very long way on one tank of diesel... mind you its a BIG tank!!

 

i was looking on ebay for an owners manual and a haynes, but can only find haynes upto year 2000 , have they made one for the mark2?

 

thanks again..

 

ps glad you could answer a few questions for me.. tried looking at parking sensors tonight before it got dark but couldnt find a faulty one so i jumped into the car and started it up and it works now :wub: however i do recal some very heavy rain today and the wife did drive through a whopping great puddle that actually sprayed up and soaked the entire winscreen and most of one side of the car.. i will see if it continues working without fault but if not i will go and get checking.

[NikpV]

i was looking on ebay for an owners manual and a haynes, but can only find haynes upto year 2000 , have they made one for the mark2

 

no

[mumof4]

i was looking on ebay for an owners manual and a haynes, but can only find haynes upto year 2000 , have they made one for the mark2

 

no

 

 

Thats why we were gonna do a book!! :wub: :) :D