pastvast
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Sorry for the cross-post... but I need answers!!
My '03 Jetta currently has a bad infestation of electrical gremlins that showed up last night. Here's what it has been doing (in chronological order):
Last night-
Battery light goes on
Lose all dashboard instruments (spedometer, tachometer, odometer, fuel gauge)
Regain all instrument gauges
battery light no longer on, but airbag error light goes on
This morning (it's dark so my lights are on)-
airbag error light still on
lose instrument panel backlighting (but backlighting on doors, heat/AC, seat heating stay on)
lose radio
ABS error light goes on
headlights dim (but still on)
cruise control erratic
instrument panel stuck (and doesn't change when key removed from ignition)- no change in odometer as I'm moving, spedometer stuck at 70, tachometer stuck (oddly enough... the clock works)
lose turn signals (both the indicator inside and the actual lights)
Any ideas on what has caused this gremlin infestation and how to exterminate them???
Here is work that's been done last week by our very own Jetaah:
brake fluid change
replace cruddy turbo actuator
install Panzer plate
general looksie with vag-com to see what else the car has to say for itself
Other work performed this fall/winter includes:
replace alternator
replace fuel filter
normal oil changes
Thanks for your help with this!
-Stephanie
My '03 Jetta currently has a bad infestation of electrical gremlins that showed up last night. Here's what it has been doing (in chronological order):
Last night-
Battery light goes on
Lose all dashboard instruments (spedometer, tachometer, odometer, fuel gauge)
Regain all instrument gauges
battery light no longer on, but airbag error light goes on
This morning (it's dark so my lights are on)-
airbag error light still on
lose instrument panel backlighting (but backlighting on doors, heat/AC, seat heating stay on)
lose radio
ABS error light goes on
headlights dim (but still on)
cruise control erratic
instrument panel stuck (and doesn't change when key removed from ignition)- no change in odometer as I'm moving, spedometer stuck at 70, tachometer stuck (oddly enough... the clock works)
lose turn signals (both the indicator inside and the actual lights)
Any ideas on what has caused this gremlin infestation and how to exterminate them???
Here is work that's been done last week by our very own Jetaah:
brake fluid change
replace cruddy turbo actuator
install Panzer plate
general looksie with vag-com to see what else the car has to say for itself
Other work performed this fall/winter includes:
replace alternator
replace fuel filter
normal oil changes
Thanks for your help with this!
-Stephanie