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Hi Rusty After a long illness I found my car battery dead, replaced battery but Columbus unit wont switch on. Everything else seems OK Any Idea how to get the unit going again? Fuse is OK. thx

After a lomg illness I found my car deas, replaced battery but Columbus unit wont switch on. Everything else seems OK Any Idea how to get the unit going again? thx

I had same with estate and found a little plastic split in boot closure locking area that made the car think it was left open. Removed = fixed

Been a while, I know - covid So the cars have not been used for a loooong time. And that is not good for them So my 1st issue is the total lack of power to the center console - heating, fan, infotainment system - nothing lights up in the middle at all. (car starts and runs as it should btw) Seems like there maybe one source of the problem Any ideas?

Yes, nothing comes on when I do that No idea where to start with the fuses

Been a while, I know - covid So the cars have not been used for a loooong time. And that is not good for them So my 1st issue is the total lack of power to the center console - heating, fan, infotainment system - nothing lights up in the middle at all. (car starts and runs as it should btw) Seems like there maybe one source of the problem Any ideas?

Keep an eye on VW forums for 2nd hand wheels. Many fit and you maybe lucky. I got some 2nd hand VW wheels with winter tyres on.

HORAYYYY I can return

Good to hear. My is still freeand working so it isn't just a short fix/solution. I think it was donw to the fact I didn't change the pollen filter in years.

Thanks all I am in the fortunate position to own 2 virtually identical cars, so I swooped out the unit that worked and mixed and matched parts with the bust unit. As it is the more expensive climate conmtrol I wanted to know if it was the fan or the controller that was bust - it was the fan. Stuck solid So I forced it round, added WD40 and - it now works!! So just answering this one myself in case anyone else has the same issue - 1- take it out (see youtube vid from 2:16 - DO NOT follow any vid that has instructions if they show you taking the whole glove compartment off - this job is as easy as changing the pollen filter) 2- see if the fan is stuck and wont go round 3- if it is the fan - add WD40 where you see the shaft 4- spin it by hand a bit - if stuck - force it - you have nothing to loose now! Hold each end - the blades should go round 5- repeat 3 and 4 6 plug it in and see what happens Should just work Worth the £100+ alternative solution

TBH there are so many fuse plans I can't work out which fuse it would be

Any way to knowing which is bust? No fan speed works. Climatic version, so not cheap parts (f997167j 1K2820015G)

Not quite sure where you are going with that. In Wales I produce quite a bit of food for myself and others, have my own water supply and waste system, same in Germany. Not an easy thing to do while travelling. Why? Borders are a man made construct, as is nationalism - like many man made constructs, you believe in them or you don't. If you believe in them you only restrict yourself, not others.

Currently locked down in Wales (have an apiary here) but I have clients all over the world in many different industries, so work in many places - not fond of the term economic migrant - can have very misleading connotations. The UK may stick foreign workers in appalling accommodation but working abroad has changed since the days of Auf Wiedersehen Pet Every country need pickers, yes. The UK is making changes that will make it very hard to get them though. That Vid shows how we could be doing it, they seem a good company - make that the norm and we may have a chance of getting the workers we need. As good as they are, that place still imports many people that will become harder soon. Ask a rich person if it was luck or hard work - they will usually say hard work. But luck is massively underrated IMHO.