A2TheA 0 Posted January 16, 2009 Battery light was on when i started the car today. (never usually on). i had no radio, no wipers, no indicators, no blower, nothing elcetrical. but i had lights. didnt try the hazards. i sat in the car for a bit because i thought the light will go out soon. it didnt! drove up the road to change my accelerator pedal (snapped the old one ) turned the car off, swapped the pedal, started the car up again and everything was normal and working. i didnt touch anything at all!!!! what on earth is going on? any ideas? Aaron Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve@cornwall 100 Posted January 16, 2009 Battery light was on when i started the car today. (never usually on). i had no radio, no wipers, no indicators, no blower, nothing elcetrical. but i had lights. didnt try the hazards. i sat in the car for a bit because i thought the light will go out soon. it didnt! drove up the road to change my accelerator pedal (snapped the old one ) turned the car off, swapped the pedal, started the car up again and everything was normal and working. i didnt touch anything at all!!!! what on earth is going on? any ideas? Aaron early stages of ignition switch gear on barrel failing. If it happens again switch off and start up again, will prob. be ok. I lived with this for a couple of years in my early days of gti ownership Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tagy 1 Posted January 16, 2009 my car did exactly the same a couple of months ago, but has been fine since. Think steve is correct. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
