hi i will just give a description of my symtoms, its a pre facelift 3.0 v6 cdti 32000 miles and i am the only one who drives it and it wasnt banged of anything. the tracking was done may 2009 after two new tyres were fitted. about mid dec i noticed that the steering wheel would be slightly of centre for the car to go straight. driving home one night and the traction control light came on and then after a few more miles the steering warning light came on. thought the fluid might be low so took the inner guard of and the fluid level was fine and all the plugs were bone dry and no signs of corrosion. after a week with the lights more on than off i took it to vx to get the codes checked, on the way there the steering got slightly but noticably heavier and the lights went off. 70 quid poorer the report said road tested vehicle no warning lights on, checked with tech 2 several codes listed, recommend alignment and replacement steering arms as codes for steering angle sensor listed, cleared all trouble codes, if problem persists trouble codes need checked again and may require cim or abs unit. so i got the health report which said i needed to replace the rear banana arms also. so i bought the rods and arms and got them fitted and a full alignment done. the lights were still on. but after 2 days whilst driving the steering light would flicker on and off the esc light always on. next morning car ran for a week no lights. tuesday night lights on again then lights of wed morn till next tuesday night lights on for three weeks. then the lights came on more often and the steering got heavier again so on sat there i checked the battery voltage it was fine, checked abs plug fine, took all the wheels off and checked all the wires and plugs and cleaned every thing. lights still on. the esc light always on first then after a few or thirty secs the steering light comes on. when both lights on indicators wont self cancel cruise control always works. so is it worth getting codes cleared again would they not of reset after the tracking was fixed, or am i looking at a big bill. has anyone any ideas please
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