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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: 16vmk3ash on 18 March 2004, 22:48
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Right i dont know what the f*ck is going on, but the f*uckers dead!
Was running great today, came home from work fitted my new discs, went to take it out for a spin and nothing.
The engine briefly turned over, but then started acting as if i had a flat battery (clock reset it self etc.)!
So i put it on a fast charge for 1hr, went out to try it again and now none of the lights on the dash will even light up.
I have checked all the fuses and there fine, cant see any loose wires, so what the F*CK is going on?
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Starter motor? or maybe god is saying these words
"never laugh at 8v's again ... they are faster than your none starting 16v"
LMAO ... just joking around.
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something silly.. but is the abs warning light or anything else on the dash on?
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its not the starter motor, there is f*ck all power. nothing on the dash will light up, it wont turn over, it wont atempt to turn over its just DEAD
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does the charger show how much juice is in the battery?
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on my battery charger there is a bar going up to 12. When i put it on charge it was reading 6, usually when the battery is full charged it will read around 2.
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you say usually... what it say now?
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ohh and btw.. *do not* trust fuses just by looking at them
use a multimeter, i've gotten all pissed off, and had ones that had such a hairline crack u couldnt see it until u flexed the fuse
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When i hooked it up to my charger it was reading 6, when i came back 1hr later it was reading about 6.2. it had actually lost power whilst it was been charged for some reason!
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Also, the lights on the dash were working before i started charging the battery but not after!
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very confusing.
battery losing charge v odd too.. i'd guess thats related to the dash thing, and hope its no more.
double check the charger connections and give it a go overnight if ur confident its safe to leave?
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I cant sus it out, so i have just phoned out the RAC.
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ok. holla back with the outcome. good luck :)
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Thanks for trying to help anyway mate.
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Right, had the RAC out today and the problem was the immobiliser on my Clifford Concept. So ive have had the immobiliser wires cut to get the car going again now i just need to get it fixed or replaced which aint gona be cheap!
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ring clifford and tell them to sort it (if its an approved installation)
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I bought the car with it already fitted and dont have any documentation for it!, i dont even know the exact model. Do cliffords come with a lifetime guarentee? if so is it tranferable?.
There is a clifford sticker on my window, with the name of the company that originally fitted the system. Should i contact them and see if they have any documentation or records of it been fited?
Another thing i took the car out tonight and because the immobiliser has been disabled, the alarm out enables every 15sec when driving, causing the alarm to go of, Very irritating!
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umm.. they may come with a guarantee, but not sure if its transferred with sale of car.
might be worth calling the place u have details of see what they say..
but is probably easier to book it into closest clifford dealer to you and get them to take a look at it.
only prob with those places is the hourly rate... eekk