Major Problems - Need Help Asap!

[p3asa]

Just a guess but an anomaly with the electronics?

No sh!t Sherlock!!

Well he did want suggestions   

But its obviously not, now that it has reoccurred and is a permanent problem, which goes with the rest of my post suggesting it might never reappear.

[GTD-Smurf]

Heard of a Similar problem to this were the dash instruments throw a wobbly and unable to start, this was down to a faulty battery incorrect voltage output system then goes into power management mode. Did your RAC man do a full battery check?? they i Know have gadgets that can tell you the condition of all cells on battery you may have a Duff cell or Two.

[H12]

Yup, up this morning and the alarm is going mental, all the warning lights are back on and it won't start!!!!

AAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry to hear about your bad news there, fella. It may be a blessing in disguise that it went mad whilst still on your drive rather than miles from no-where I guess..

Hope it gets sorted out asap and you get back to enjoying your car again 

[simonpolly]

As a matter of interest was it raining ?,check that no water is getting into the fuses,the plastic cover on the mk5 was a bit iffy.

[JonnyG]

Sorry to hear of your problems ....it sounds a bit similar to a problem I had on my first Mk V Gti

Mine turned out to be a faulty "entry contol unit"

The symptoms were that the car would start briefly and then immediately die, repeatedly.  A lot of the dash lights came on and all sorts of weird goings on with warning lights etc.   The RAC could'nt get start it and could'nt diagnose it through VAGcom (apparently that did'nt work either due to the fault).  The car was put on a trailer (it was DSG) & towed to my dealer who replaced the entry control unit under warranty.

The car did'nt put a foot wrong after that

Hope you get it sorted quickly and back driving   

[avalon]

And to think I'm getting rid of my Alfa ....


 


Ava

[Hartside]

[quoteAnd to think I'm getting rid of my Alfa ....][/quote]

Ditto.....

[Mk6Maniac]

At the vw dealer now who can't look at it for 5 days apparently, great!

simonpolly - no it wasnt raining at all, clear day

GTD-Smurf - yeah RAC checked the battery a few times, removed, re-inserted etc.

JonnyG - That is exactly the problems I have, pretty much identical. The RAC reckon the ecu is the problem or it might be the key system/car not recognising the key.

Gonna chase up VW again tomorrow otherwise the car will never come back!!! It's been a joke so far but it sounds exactly like JonnyG's problem so that's promising!

Cheers

[JonnyG]

JonnyG - That is exactly the problems I have, pretty much identical. The RAC reckon the ecu is the problem or it might be the key system/car not recognising the key.

That's what the RAC thought mine was at first and they asked me to try the other key (to no avail)

It may be an ECU problem, but I think there is also a seperate entry / start up control unit which used to be on the passenger side in the Mk V.

Like you I had to wait a few days while mine went to the dealer to diagnose    You should get a courtesy car though ? 

[JonnyG]

Ooooh this brings back memories 

Just found my old thread on my problems  :-

http://www.tyresmoke.net/forum/vw-golf-gti-forum/66994-new-car-broken-down-advice-needed-please.html

Might actually be called the "Convenience" or "Gateway" control unit 

Good luck with yours Mk6maniac ... I'm sure you'll be back in it very soon  .. it does sound very similar to what I had. 

I have to say that apart from that one fault the car was perfect the rest of the time