Hi just had the near side CV boot changed on my 2003 Audi A3. On leaving the garage there was no problem until about 10 miles later when my ESP light illuminated and stayed on. Took the car back to the garage where they said that it was nothing to do with what they had done but they said my steering angle sensor was faulty and would cost over £250 to put right, I also told them at the time that I had noticed that my steering wheel was no longer straight! Anyway they could not fix it until next week. This weekend I had to do a long distance trip to France during which time I noticed a lot of fresh grease over my nearside wheel, so I took it to a French garage. At the Garage in France the mechanic reported that the new CV boot had come off!! While he was fixing that I asked him to check the tracking, which hey presto was way out also! So he reattached the CV boot properly this time and fixed the tracking. After this was carried out the steering wheel was pointing in the right direction and the ESP light reset itself, therefore saving myself over £250! My question is could the original garage who changed the CV boot incorrectly in the first place have disturbed something to affect my wheel tracking? They deny it could have been their fault! I hasten to add before my trip to the garage I had no problems with my steering wheel being off centre or my ESP light. If you got this far thanks for reading!
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