So my 2012 Golf is having a lot of trouble starting, and it's not particularly cold out. Anyways, the symptoms are in the morning when I start it cranks and cranks, the engine sounds like it's turning over just fine, but it simply doesn't start. I always wait for the glow plug light to go out before cranking too. This morning I was cranking it for maybe 3 seconds, and flip it off and on three times before I could get it to start. It was 63'F this morning. Also, I really haven't had any issues starting it in the afternoon, even though it's only 65'F and has been sitting for 8+ hours.
Once I start it, I can turn it off and restart it with zero problems. It's still the original battery (which I'm thinking may be needed to changed before winter really hits) and I believe VW replaced a glow plug about 10k ago, and I want to keep the car for another 10-15k mi before doing the buyback. Currently has 64k on it. It's been doing this for the last week or so, but I want to say the last 3 months it's been progressively getting worse (with three months ago I started noticing it didn't start instantly, maybe took 1 second of cranking, then went to 2 seconds of cranking maybe once every other week, this may have tracked temperature though).
Does this sound like bad glow plugs? Could it be the battery going? I have zero lights/indicators telling me something is wrong. Is there something else that could be doing this?
Once I start it, I can turn it off and restart it with zero problems. It's still the original battery (which I'm thinking may be needed to changed before winter really hits) and I believe VW replaced a glow plug about 10k ago, and I want to keep the car for another 10-15k mi before doing the buyback. Currently has 64k on it. It's been doing this for the last week or so, but I want to say the last 3 months it's been progressively getting worse (with three months ago I started noticing it didn't start instantly, maybe took 1 second of cranking, then went to 2 seconds of cranking maybe once every other week, this may have tracked temperature though).
Does this sound like bad glow plugs? Could it be the battery going? I have zero lights/indicators telling me something is wrong. Is there something else that could be doing this?
