I had a cable from ebay, run it on the car, skoda fabia, and i have found a fault code in the steering assist, the code is, does anyone know where i am able to find some more information about what is wrong, i think it is the steering sensor, don't want to buy one and it not be that...

Control Module Part Number: 6Q0 423 156 Q

Component and/or Version: LenkhilfeTRW V250

Software Coding: 00140

Work Shop Code: WSC 13765

1 Fault Found:

01317 - Control Module in Instrument Cluster (J285)

79-00 - Please Check Fault Codes

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Many thanks

hi there..

u2u me with the vehicle year and what engine as i have fault codes list in my auto data software

boggle

Thanks, U2U sent

First rule of fault code reading is fault codes can't be trusted, they rarely point to the true cause of a fault and are often spurious.

Second rule is take a note of the codes then clear them and see if they re-occur.

I have gut a feeling this is either spurious fault code or one of those mysterious codes that occur when a a brake light switch goes bad (strange but true).

Clear it if the code re-occurs you might have a fault but if you have no symptoms don't worry too much.

Also VAG-Com isn't perfect as most of the codes were done by reverse engineering and VAG use a lot of different ECUs.



Not directly connected to your problem but something to be aware of

http://www.gendan.co.uk/article_12.html

googling your error code shows up loads of stuff.

None of it very informative.

Sounds like a catch all error for "I don't understand".

Matt