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Most recently answered SEAT Altea XL 2007 - 2015 questions

I bought a SEAT Altea XL 1.9 diesel Stylance new, at a good price, four years ago from Perry's of Aylesbury. It has been serviced by Perry's throughout. It suits our needs, is enjoyable to drive and...

Hybrid v Diesel

We have two cars, Audi A4 and Corolla Verso, both 2004 and both Automatics. We are considering consolidating to one car between us. We would prefer automatic with cruise control and ease of access...

Does my SEAT Altea XL have a DPF?

I drive an 09 SEAT Altea XL. Does this car have a diesel particulate filter?

How do I find the horn fuse in my SEAT Altea XL?

My horn and radio steering wheel controls no longer work and I'm struggling to identify the correct fuse to replace using the information in the handbook. Can you help?

Under achiever

We exchanged our SEAT Ibiza 1.9 diesel, which had given us trouble free service achieving and sometimes exceeding the mileage figures quoted by the manufacturer, we decided to buy the new Seat Altea 1.6...

Getting Teves fixed

The Teves Mk60 ABS/ESP problem is turning into a bit of a nightmare especially for pensioners like myself who have just bought what they considered to be their last car, expecting it to run for six or...

Clever Tever

Bearing in mind recent discussion on the Teves Mk 60 ABS system, I have a two-year-old Altea XL 2.0 DSG with which I am very happy and had intended to make it the last car I own. I do about 6,000 miles...

Teves brakes

How many readers have AUDI, SEAT, SKODA, or VW products with Teves ABS faults and replacement parts costing £1,170 - £1,300? We currently have had this problem on both a 2.0 TDI SEAT Altea and a 2.0 TDI...

ABS sense

My May 06 Octavia 2.0 TDI has just been diagnosed with the failure of the ABS unit [G201 fault code]. I note your recent comments about VW covering the cost of replacing the pump, but from other comments...

Brake chancing

We saw and test-drove a VW Touran just under 3 weeks ago. There was a light on the dashboard, which I thought was the traction control light, and the ESP light near the gearstick was also on. The dealer...