Geordi
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Jan 4, 2002
- TDI
- 14 JSW DSG, 03 Wagon 01M, 400k and IPT performance auto!
Ok this is a new one... Went out to the wagon today to get something out of it, haven't driven it in a couple days. Battery was completely dead, reading 9 volts. It also was warm and I thought I could smell something like ozone, but that may have been a false positive b/c I was working on another vehicle doing wheel bearings and abusing an electric impact gun on that job.
Swapped the battery with a group 65 I had, checked everything, moved the car around a bit and everything seemed normal. about 3 hours later, THAT battery is dead too, pulled down to 11.0 volts.
The only odd things I have observed recently is a persistent door latch issue (doesn't read that the door is open, lights are never on / no chime for headlights) and when I hit the unlock button on the remote, the outer elements on the high brake light flash. With the hazard button, the outer LEDs of the high brake also flash. The starter bendix is also giving me issues (not holding the starter engaged to the flywheel) but it doesn't seem like that is the source of the short b/c tapping the positive starter wire to the battery doesn't show a spark. Doing the same with the lead to the fuse box DOES show power however.
I've replaced all the tail / parking lights with LEDs, but this battery drain just seems to have started today / the last couple days. The weirdness of the lights has been for a few weeks now. I have taken it on a trips to St Louis and Vermont in the last few weeks and other than the extreme cold, it was fine for the entire trips. Where do I start looking?
Swapped the battery with a group 65 I had, checked everything, moved the car around a bit and everything seemed normal. about 3 hours later, THAT battery is dead too, pulled down to 11.0 volts.
The only odd things I have observed recently is a persistent door latch issue (doesn't read that the door is open, lights are never on / no chime for headlights) and when I hit the unlock button on the remote, the outer elements on the high brake light flash. With the hazard button, the outer LEDs of the high brake also flash. The starter bendix is also giving me issues (not holding the starter engaged to the flywheel) but it doesn't seem like that is the source of the short b/c tapping the positive starter wire to the battery doesn't show a spark. Doing the same with the lead to the fuse box DOES show power however.
I've replaced all the tail / parking lights with LEDs, but this battery drain just seems to have started today / the last couple days. The weirdness of the lights has been for a few weeks now. I have taken it on a trips to St Louis and Vermont in the last few weeks and other than the extreme cold, it was fine for the entire trips. Where do I start looking?