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shogun2
22-10-2007, 06:08 PM
Put the key in the ignition on Sunday and all the displays went out.
Seems the battery has died.
Rang VW Assist today. They came within the hour, but the battery the guy brought could not turn the engine over, so he backed his truck up and on she went.
I'm away tomorrow and Wednesday, so hopefully all will be OK on Thursday.
All for a flat battery ...
phaeton
22-10-2007, 06:54 PM
WOW :o

They better not charge you ;)
Sleepy
22-10-2007, 08:27 PM
Hopefully its the only time u see it towed!!
shogun2
23-10-2007, 06:25 PM
There's certainly been no suggestion of charging for the service, but time will tell. And, yes, I do hope this is the only time I see blue baby towed.
Transporter
23-10-2007, 06:50 PM
There's certainly been no suggestion of charging for the service, but time will tell. And, yes, I do hope this is the only time I see blue baby towed.

Hi Shougan2,
The battery in my T5 went too, some 4 months ago. So I think that original battery will not really last much longer than 2-3 years.
Dealer replaced it under 3 years warranty. So, when tha battery is 2 years old I will look for better alternative.
95vr6
24-10-2007, 10:04 AM
My battery in the T5 is still original, Dec 04. No issues to date.
Seano
24-10-2007, 03:25 PM
I've still got my original battery from July 2001! Mind you I also have original brake pads too......T4 roolz!!!
Transporter
24-10-2007, 09:05 PM
I've still got my original battery from July 2001! Mind you I also have original brake pads too......T4 roolz!!!

How many km's have you done?:cool:
Transporter
24-10-2007, 09:09 PM
My battery in the T5 is still original, Dec 04. No issues to date.

The warning sign from my battery was that it took longer to start especily after the weekend.
shogun2
24-10-2007, 09:36 PM
MRL T5
Thanks for the info. I suppose I just didn't expect it to need to be towed away for a battery replacement.
Due to work commitments I have only been driving the T5 on the weekends, so it's been sitting unused for periods of time. I certainly haven't had any issues in starting when I've tried, so the battery failure came as a big surprise.
Seano
25-10-2007, 11:52 AM
How many km's have you done?:cool:

Just rolled past 110,000km
BlackVr6ix
25-10-2007, 12:54 PM
Sometimes batterys will just "drop" a cell which will create a massive resistance in the battery and it will not produce any power at all.

5 years out of a stocko battery is extremely good. I have people with astra's and vectras replacing there stock batterys after less than 2 years!
shogun2
25-10-2007, 07:08 PM
Solitaire mechs were working on the car today (why has it taken three days for them to get to work checking the battery?:mad:). They found the DP chip. Will be interesting - from the sound of the enquiry they may try to pin the blame on the DP chip for drawing too much juice. Interesting times ahead. Will keep everyone informed.
Seano
26-10-2007, 09:49 AM
why has it taken three days for them to get to work checking the battery?

Easy. It's a warranty claim. No profit in it and as VW won't rush to pay then they won't rush to repair.
shogun2
26-10-2007, 02:09 PM
Baby (elephant) will be ready to pick up later today.
They have blamed the fault on a faulty door sensor they identified last service (4 months ago) that they have been waiting on parts to replace. So they have been "pushed" to finally replace the sensor - will see how it all goes.