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***update*** Dashboard warning lights?

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blingsta:

--- Quote from: LC5F on November 20, 2021, 11:47:00 am ---Interesting - before getting replacement just check the voltage on the old battery, should be around 12.5v.

Mine would play dead with a brand new battery, sometimes completely dead, other times it would pop the doors but then not start - acted like a dead battery, it would even loose window memory - disconnecting and reconnecting the battery would usually bring it back to life.

Eventually found it was terminal 15 relay under the steering column gone bad, I have not had any issues since.

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useful info for me to go on..   cheers fella  :happy2:
is that relay easy to find under the steering column?

LC5F:

--- Quote from: blingsta on November 20, 2021, 12:19:08 pm ---is that relay easy to find under the steering column?

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Easy to find, but awkward to remove - you can see it, it just doesn't have space to remove it, you need to un-hook the assembly - Edit: you need to remove the panels under the steering wheel and IIRC another panel underneath.

This Golf Wagen vid calls it clamp 15 - Bottom Right 460 relay:

blingsta:
So I couldn't make it before closing time for a new battery, bit I've managed to attach jump leads to it and the car is dead!!!! Nothing, no Interior lights no nothing?
Could that relay cause this?

blingsta:
And where could a get 1 of these relays please

blingsta:
Quick update....  I tried jumping jer again and she started  :grin:
Time for a new battery me thinks

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