Implications with disconnecting the battery.

[itavaltalainen]

There is a distributor in Bulgaria:

http://www.ross-tech.com/distributors.php

[bgbazz]

Thanks for the link...what sort of kit should I be looking for?

[bgbazz]

I had a good look at the connections under both of the seats today (hard little buggers to get close to), gave them a wriggle etc...no joy.

Also had the battery disconnected for just over an hour...still no joy.

Looks like a long trip to have the system checked and diagnosed by a specialist.   

[itavaltalainen]

Ross-Tech Hex+CAN is what you want (MiniCAN does not support mk4 anymore).

Course fault is still in memory, it only deletes itself after very long time, that is assuming wiggling the cables has (temporarily) sorted it. Disconnecting the battery does squiddly squat to fault codes.

[bgbazz]

Thanks for the reply.

As I said above, wiggling the cables did nothing at all, but the battery disconnect exercise, whilst not working on VW cars, DOES work on some other brands. I solved the airbag light problem on two of my Peugeots and resolved various problems on my 2003 Jeep Cherokee, Nissan Patrol and Toyota Yaris, just by disconnecting the battery for a while.
One of the best examples was the Jeep...before the battery trick, it was giving around 15 liters/100kms...afterwards, that figure dropped to around 8 liters. 6 years later and the consumption is still the same. Another one is the Yaris...CEL light was on and scanner indicated 02 sensors faulty...battery trick and 3 years down the track, the light has not returned and my scanner shows no faults.

I am not taking the p!ss, but I am having trouble getting my head around all this electrickery stuff.

I will be taking the drive tomorrow and visiting the closest Bosch service centre which has all the VAG diagnostic
equipment...fingers crossed for a solution.

Thanks again for your advice.

[bgbazz]

There is a distributor in Bulgaria:

http://www.ross-tech.com/distributors.php

Just to update....I contacted the local distributor...they are not even remotely interested in any vehicle pre 2014.
Basically got told to feck off.

My Bosch man did a detailed scan and no faults came up...he reset the airbag warning light and after roughly 300 miles of driving, it has not returned. Just for peace of mind, I went back and had the car scanned again today...no faults or codes came up.

I would still like a scanner of my own though.

Thanks again to all who offered advice.