MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: tanbe174 on May 29, 2010, 04:53:39 pm

Title: Battery low???
Post by: tanbe174 on May 29, 2010, 04:53:39 pm

Hi all,

I have some problems starting my car lately. It's basically everytime the first time i start the car it takes him like 5 sec to start. Afterwards for every start it works just fine. I thought the battery might be the problem and need to be changed.

I have a photo while in ignition and the battery icon is red.

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg535.imageshack.us%2Fimg535%2F7022%2Fimag0004b.jpg&hash=892220f0c8e345ad72fc6f6671f61c131db48903) (http://img535.imageshack.us/i/imag0004b.jpg/)

Does the battery need to be changed asap ?
How much does a battery cost + labour?

Title: Re: Battery low???
Post by: Nasir on May 29, 2010, 05:02:20 pm

The red icon is meant to be there, a battery usually costs around £100 for a genuine VW one.

Title: Re: Battery low???
Post by: v2brett on May 29, 2010, 05:04:28 pm

yeah the battery icon is there until you start the car,  have a read of this thread it maybe the common (with some cars) cold start issue  :happy2:
http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,498.0.html

Title: Re: Battery low???
Post by: candy turbo on May 29, 2010, 05:09:35 pm

there is quite a lot of battery drain on our cars , the dvd sat nav is known to drain if the car is nt used for long ish periods of time  :happy2:

Title: Re: Battery low???
Post by: tanbe174 on May 29, 2010, 05:15:06 pm

Thanks all for the replies

Thought really the problem was the battery
Got quite worried and thx for posting the url will have look at it.
It's a cold start but come on its almost summer and its about 10C even when's raining