Golf MKV headlight gremlin

yeah if anybody isnt too far away and haas a scanner they dont mind plugging into it id be really thankful lol.

i think thats why i gave up on the VW forums, they never seemed to be really helpful or super friendly lol. gave up before got to VWwatercooled though. I am sus of my battery, i remember about a year ago it randomly wouldnt start once. and it showed poor voltage. Showed poor voltage for a while but once jump started and driven it never didnt start the car again. i thikn its no coincidence all this has started happening since the cold nights have begun as well. and its not garaged here at the moment unfortunately.

If the battery is old, replace it. It is an easy item to eliminate and may be the issue. Your right, be getting cold in SA now, that's when batteries give up.

Personally I didn't experience strange things when my Golf battery was degrading, but batteries go in different ways and knowing how Hall Effect switching works, I know poor voltage creates all kinds of funny issues.

My L322 was doing all kinds of crazy stuff before the battery was replaced.

Our Golf received its 3rd battery last winter, I removed all the cold climate panels inside the battery box, fitted a much bugger battery in which was similar in price but 20%ish more capacity. The battery supplier here told me the panels are really only for cold countries where they wake up in -15 deg. End of the day its a calcium battery just like in our LRs - the L322 has nothing around it.

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yeah if anybody isnt too far away and haas a scanner they dont mind plugging into it id be really thankful lol.

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Are my posts invisible? Or is Adelaide too far from Mt Barker? I will be going to Bridgewater either tomorrow night or Saturday morning, I could take my scan tool with me.

sorry didnt realise you were in adelaide! not everything has been loading for me though as only got fast internet again today. i can meet you in bridgewater with it somewhere though ,if you dont mind that is. adelaides a bit far for me to drive to at the minute after a long drive today. bridgewater is nto too far though.

At the top right of any post is the location of the poster.

I will let you know when I am heading up. PM me your contact number.

yeah i didnt have that bit loaded for the last 2 weeks with slow internet :) i basically had everytihng in one huge single lined sentence that went out of my screen haha. will do!

well now my ecomony has just disappeared :( i need to sell my boat ASAP so i can take it somewhere and let the professionals have a look :(

well isnt this car just one big bucket of fun :(

demister/heater does not work, makes weird noise. very dangerous though when car fogs up! think the vents do not open :( boot gets wet, cannot find where leaking from as all boot seals/rear window seals all perfect. so has to be getting in from elseware. i cannot find it and have pulled it all out :( back seat still out as drivers side foam was saturated! gets into the right side of the boot and heads down! it also no longer tells me if i am not wearing a seat belt :(

i have no idea, i cannot afford to take it anywhere yet, hoping it holds on until tax time and i get enough back to send it to the pros :( getting rather upset with it. it is frustrating. is such a nice car, i have no idea why everything is like not working right. maybe its been hanging with me too long and is falling apart out of sympathy!

Sorry but, get rid of it. Mine is gone, the worst car I’ve ever owned.

Unfortunately the AC is a common fault, the compressor disintegrates internally and pumps metal fragments through the system, from experience VW want over 2200 to fix it, was 1500 aftermarket, only good news was because so many fail the auto AC place had plenty of complete systems in stock.

After replacing the throttle body, alternator (not repairable $1300), AC system, and 3 breakdowns due to injector failure ($2k, and is only now become a recall), enough was enough for us. First 6 years was faultless, and then VW reliability kicked in. Add to that the fact you need special tools for everything, try replacing the rear brake pads – 2 special tools required FOR CONSUMABLE ITEMS! When the alternator crapped out, tried to get the drive belt off so could see what was going on, special tool required WTF!!

Have a look at the tail lights for the water leak. My taillight had water in it last winter - presumably it could get into the car as well.