MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => How to Guides / Troubleshooting => Topic started by: shandyandy77 on January 04, 2020, 08:09:04 pm

Title: HELP PLEASE - All engine lights on!!!
Post by: shandyandy77 on January 04, 2020, 08:09:04 pm
Hi all

Mk5 GTI 2006 with Revo Stage 1

My battery went bad and was dead for a while. Tried to charge it and nothing happened. So put a new one in and now almost all the engine management lights are on: power steering, ABS, tyre pressure, main engine management, EPS. ABS and EPS do not work.

Occasionally I start the car and the lights are all out and everything is normal, but within 2 minutes all the engine lights come back on.

Any ideas what has caused this please and how I can fix it? Other than this the car drives really well!

Thanks all
Andy
Title: Re: HELP PLEASE - All engine lights on!!!
Post by: Dude2016 on January 06, 2020, 07:47:32 pm
I think you have to drive a certain distance then they automatically turn off
Title: Re: HELP PLEASE - All engine lights on!!!
Post by: muff1991 on January 06, 2020, 07:49:43 pm
I think you have to drive a certain distance then they automatically turn off
This ^^^ :-)


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Title: Re: HELP PLEASE - All engine lights on!!!
Post by: GVK on January 06, 2020, 08:20:23 pm
If you had an underlying fault with ABS sensors/rear hubs for example then the self-test won't turn off the lights automatically.

Really need to know what ABS codes you have.

There is a how-to thread on here with the details.

https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,111188.0.html
Title: Re: HELP PLEASE - All engine lights on!!!
Post by: shandyandy77 on January 07, 2020, 10:25:43 am
I think you have to drive a certain distance then they automatically turn off

sorry yes meant to say they stay on whilst driving
Title: Re: HELP PLEASE - All engine lights on!!!
Post by: Ytee on January 07, 2020, 04:28:21 pm
I think you have to drive a certain distance then they automatically turn off
I had a similar experience after I changed my battery. It wasn't out of juice for long, maybe a couple of minutes. Afterwards, I had a lot of lights on the dash, but a few miles later they had all disappeared. It didn't take long. Iirc the last one to go out was the power steering light.

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Title: Re: HELP PLEASE - All engine lights on!!!
Post by: maxamplitude10 on January 12, 2020, 08:52:35 pm
Should clear after a drive, if not plug it in and clear codes