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Offline gtti_234

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hazard / warning light help! !!
« on: 28 November 2010, 13:07 »
On my agu i have a red warning light comming up in the middle of the dash and it keeps beeping at me. It then disappears and comes back two mins later and starts beebing at me again has anyone got any ideas? cant get hold of vag com at the mo due to spending all my day time at work cheers guys.
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Re: hazard / warning light help! !!
« Reply #1 on: 28 November 2010, 13:16 »
Is it a circle with an exclamation mark?

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Re: hazard / warning light help! !!
« Reply #2 on: 28 November 2010, 13:30 »
As above sounds like the handbrake switch  :smiley:

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Re: hazard / warning light help! !!
« Reply #3 on: 28 November 2010, 14:49 »
Ye thats the one mate. i just took it in to my local garage with that light on a week ago and whilst my clutch was being done they reset the abs light and the red warning light. The abs light has stayed off but the warning light has reapierd could it be anything to do with the abs?  cheers.
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Re: hazard / warning light help! !!
« Reply #4 on: 28 November 2010, 18:08 »
Do you have the red trip display in the center of the clocks?

The reason i ask if you do and the handbrake switch is faulty it will say "Hand brake on" on the display.

If you don't it just beeps and the light will be on obviously  :smiley: 

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Re: hazard / warning light help! !!
« Reply #5 on: 28 November 2010, 18:11 »
check your brake fluid level

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Re: hazard / warning light help! !!
« Reply #6 on: 28 November 2010, 18:15 »
check your brake fluid level

Indeed That should have been the first thing to check  :smiley:

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Re: hazard / warning light help! !!
« Reply #7 on: 28 November 2010, 20:58 »
I reckon the switch on your handbrake is sticking


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Re: hazard / warning light help! !!
« Reply #8 on: 28 November 2010, 21:36 »
I reckon the switch on your handbrake is sticking

Yep my thoughts  :smiley:

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