On Friday, the hottest day of the year so far, I jumped in the car and it was reading 29C outside temp. Seconds after moving off, I had a string of 4 sensor malfunction/failure messages/bongs on the infotainment and the radio output itself was like a CB radio - very crackly and not very clear. Reset...

Up until a few years ago, common VAG stance on brake fluid was to change initially at 3 years, then every 2 years thereafter. Unless you have a leak in the system, brake fluid shouldn't be absorbing moisture to lower its boiling point/introduce water vapour in use for 4 or 5 years. From an environme...

Service done and I mentioned the blobby projections on the puddle lights so they replaced those under warranty. While I was waiting at my local dealership (Sunderland Pulman) for the service to be done, Twickenham dealership called (where I got our white Born from, which was sold for my S3, we kept ...

Ours were replaced under warranty at 2 year service - common issue confirmed by Pulman Sunderland, they keep plenty of stock for anticipated need to replace.

Anyone had their Born serviced lately, and if so what were they charged? Ours is approaching 2 years old and we've been quoted £175 from Cupra Pulman at Sunderland. That doesn't include the pollen filter. They also said brake fluid and aircon services were optional extras, I would not be taking the...

Should do, unless it has any physically evident signs of misuse/accidental damage.

Anyone had their Born serviced lately, and if so what were they charged? Ours is approaching 2 years old and we've been quoted £175 from Cupra Pulman at Sunderland. That doesn't include the pollen filter. They also said brake fluid and aircon services were optional extras, I would not be taking them...

2 years for Cupra cars, 3 years for Audis and 1 year for Skodas and VWs (except Touareg - 3 years), which reminds me, our Born is approaching 2 years old!

Hi I think the heatpump has been demonstrated ro be pointless. This is a heavy car so it doesn't handle like a 1-series. So pure acceleration is not a good measure. The touchscreen is much less friendly than the 1 series joystick thingy. That's the biggest downside in doing long trips (over 150 mil...

I think the heatpump has been demonstrated ro be pointless. By whom? Many tests by YouTubers which showed that even in really cold temperatures it hardly made a difference, certainly not worth the 1K cost. Here's one example (it's the ID.3 but the Born would be identical): https://www.youtube.com/w...