handweanie
Active member
sorry long story. clueless driver here
I've had my 1 year old (25k miles) 2012 touareg fail to start twice now in cold weather. both times it was single digits or colder (-16 F second time).
First time i drove about 0.1 miles I know the short drive wasn't ideal and the radio on with engine off didn't help . ran home got the other car and it jumped immediately. Getting jumped in the kids school parking lot is a little embarrassing to say the least.
didn't learn my lesson cause one month later, i pulled the car back in the garage to see if i could block the grill/radiator. again radio on and engine off. (idiot)
next morning (-16 F) car would not crank. dug out the neighbors driveway so he could give a jump and that worked. ( the treg is a ***** to push btw!)
the whole experience is really souring the whole tdi thing for me.
battery has since been tested and is fine according to dealer.
looking at dropping a better battery in to avoid future problems in addition to avoiding short trips and turning all electronics off minutes before the ignition. and even cycling the glow plugs which i shouldn't have to do.
any suggestions on a replacement battery. done some research and i'm sold on getting the highest CCA rated battery i can get. the factory battery is rated around 750 so i'm thinking at least 900 cca should do it. I've looked at interstates site and a and they just give the battery recommended for my model.
looking for a specific model and CCA rating.
thanks in advance
I've had my 1 year old (25k miles) 2012 touareg fail to start twice now in cold weather. both times it was single digits or colder (-16 F second time).
First time i drove about 0.1 miles I know the short drive wasn't ideal and the radio on with engine off didn't help . ran home got the other car and it jumped immediately. Getting jumped in the kids school parking lot is a little embarrassing to say the least.
didn't learn my lesson cause one month later, i pulled the car back in the garage to see if i could block the grill/radiator. again radio on and engine off. (idiot)
next morning (-16 F) car would not crank. dug out the neighbors driveway so he could give a jump and that worked. ( the treg is a ***** to push btw!)
the whole experience is really souring the whole tdi thing for me.
battery has since been tested and is fine according to dealer.
looking at dropping a better battery in to avoid future problems in addition to avoiding short trips and turning all electronics off minutes before the ignition. and even cycling the glow plugs which i shouldn't have to do.
any suggestions on a replacement battery. done some research and i'm sold on getting the highest CCA rated battery i can get. the factory battery is rated around 750 so i'm thinking at least 900 cca should do it. I've looked at interstates site and a and they just give the battery recommended for my model.
looking for a specific model and CCA rating.
thanks in advance