Battery Dramas

[chalres321]

Hi Guys,

I have tried to solve this myself for a while but I am out of answers, only thing I haven't done is take it to a dealer/mech.
Its close to every morning, but when I unlock the car and get in, the car has this loud DONG sound over and over, the lights don't light up like it usually does when you unlock and the dash has a picture of the car in it. I have gathered that the car is lacking charge. I have a Iroad v9 Dash cam with battery protection. I just had the battery tested today and it seemed ok(1 Year old Varta) and the alternator is charging at 13.8V. Any ideas what is happening, Im guessing its a parasitic drain somewhere, but the car in dash has nothing highlighted, and I have tried opening and closing all doors including the bonnet and fuel cap. The car starts every time no problem but takes slightly longer than it used to. Iroad v9 was installed professionally.

Thanks
Charles.

[Reedy]

Have you got any LED inside. I found with mine when I locked the car the off button for the rear windows on the drivers door would flash all the time until I unlocked the car. This was due too an aftermarket trunk LED light.


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[Tobes_WIR35]

Does the engine start ok?

[stefcio007]

I recently made a thread about my battery too ->http://www.vwwatercooled.com/forums/...ry-113743.html

I would give it a good charge with a proper charger. I did mine for 24 hours after the initial 8 hour charge just to get the car started, and haven't had any issues since. Worth a shot.