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  1. Grip/wheel spin

    Hi everyone, I've had my seat leon cupra 290 for 3 months now (70 plate) its done 2k miles on it now, one thing I've noticed recently is that it struggles to grip when accelerating and the car just make slows of noise from the front like jolting and you can feel it in the car. The tyre threads...
  2. delboyuk2005uk

    Seat Leon TDI FR. Wheel Spin Grinding Noise.

    Only really noticed it over xmas and new year and now with the snow. When my wheels wheel spin on ice or snow it makes a grinding noise. Is this the traction control kicking in or is it something more serious?
  3. karls cupra

    front wheel wont spin freely ..

    jacked my car up today and tryed to spin my front wheel and it was very hard to move but tryed my mates car and it spins freely and keeps going, any one any idea what this could be as i do have a spongey brake problem as well and am thinking pads might be sticking to the disc .. but wondered if...
  4. rsmith

    Wheel Spin in wet, 1st to 4th gear

    Hello all, just want to reach out to you all, my wheel spin in the wet is atrocious i nearly ended up in the ditch the other day. in the wet or even just with a mildly wet road my ESP in constantly kicking in, i.e. on the way home the other night, it was wet so i decided to put the foot down in...
  5. Wheel Spin Bounce - I already have proflex DBM

    As above i've recently changed the DBM for a proflex or whatever it's called one and i'm still getting bounce when the wheels spin. It's been wet today and the bounce nearly caused me to lose out to an Audi 2.0 Tdi. I wasn't intending to set off from these lights quick but this A3 shot off...
  6. traction control=no wheel spin?

    Hi All I recently bought a Cordoba tdi 130 which allegedly has traction control. Ive noticed that when pulling away quickly at junctions itll spin the wheels pretty easily. The warning light isnt on and the tyres are good. Does this sound right? :confused:
  7. Revo'd my LCR...and I spin, spin, spin!

    Ok, just Revo'd my 2005 LCR after 2 weeks of ownership. I also purchased an SPS 2 to help with the security side of things. I love the power gains and the car certainly feels alive. However I have noticed that hard acceleration in gears 1 and 2 result in wheelspin, but NOT juddering (more of a...
  8. JAFFA

    Wheel spin

    i was at the traffic lights yesterday and a a boy racer next to me so i turned ESP off and tried to pull off fast but i pulled off like a lada and smelt i'm not sure whether it was clutch slipping or wot any help please !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:cry:
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