Warrior193

Hi Biggles, was there any explanation for the Admin fee? I suspect chancing it as BoxerBoy says. Just tell them no.

Hi Gumdrop, I can't speak for the 1.5, but my 1.4 does appear to be slightly more economical with Mov.99 - runs fine on 95 octane, but even with the higher cost, I believe I come out slightly ahead using 99. I would be interested to hear how your DSG manages when using engine stop-start.

Hi Staro, I'd be a little suspicious of the fact that your charge indicator goes from 'amber to green within 5 minutes' - yes the battery MAY be fully charged, but your nice new battery may also be a dud. Have you checked the battery voltage with lights, heated screens etc. switched on (with engine off) ? This will give a better indication of actual battery health.

As we are all in the same 'family' I'm sure most reasonable members won't hold your choice against you.

One of the blessings of a manual box, you can choose to hold for a short period on the clutch pedal if you don't want the engine to stop.

Thanks for that JR, gives me a clue on where to look.

Can anyone help me find a home for this piece of plastic trim? I found it on the floor of the rear passenger footwell, but for the life of me I can't find where it came from! I will try later to put up a photo of it. Iv'e tried keying in the number on Google, but it just comes back as "trim"

Hi welcome to the forum, I think you will find that the steering is not actually locking - just getting very 'heavy' due to the electric assisted power-steering disabling on engine-stop. If you do try to turn the wheel, the engine should start. Are your front tyre pressures correct?

Hi, welcome to the forum. Was the clutch release bearing checked at the time? A noise when pushing-in the clutch suggests a failing release bearing to me.

Unless the 2017 model is markedly different from MY16, my understanding is that the radio and navigation aerials are separate - 'Shark fin' on roof for Sat-nav, the radio aerial is incorporated into the rear quarter-window glass.

Hi Nevals, a full charge to 100% will really be of benefit to the battery. Is your battery still the original? Is it EFB - or AGM?

I've lost navigation on my Amundson a couple of times - try this first, select 'eject SD card' in the infotainment menu, remove card, then refit. Well worth updating maps too.

You might possibly have success with an electronic (fluxgate) compass if you wanted - these can usually be calibrated (swung) to ignor pretty significant local magnetic anomalies.

Hi, I've never done it - but I understand from other posters that you will get an instrument-cluster full of fault codes on reconnection, which should clear by themselves after a short run on the road. Infotainment pre-sets shouldn't be affected.

Yes, that's how mine is - I rather suspect that VAG did this to prevent complaints about the lower state of charge that the battery usually sits at due to the micro-hybrid, energy recuperation system.

hi Nevals, welcome to the forum. Battery SOC display was discontinued sometime before MY16 (late 2015)

Try messaging Rustynuts.

I believe that you cannot use an ordinary SD card for the GPS data - it may be possible to reformat an ordinary card but I have no knowlege on how to do this. There was a member on this forum who was able to supply 32GB cards with updated maps.

Hi Ian, welcome to the forum. Have you used the GPS SD card that was supplied with the car? I'm not sure if the VAG protocol has changed since MY16, but I think you will need a specially formatted card. There is a member on this forum who has updated ones available at reasonable cost.

Thanks Stan, I will add this string to my saved topics.

Hi GM, a really good testamony for the Mk3, was your car affected by the 'DieselGate' issue - and, if so, did you have the 'FIX' installed?

And, of course, there is the fact that a really good salesman could sell a fridge to an Inuit.

Hi Alex, let us know how you got on once you have given it a good charge, there are a lot of others who are not familiar with the performance characteristics of EFB and AGM batteries. It's useful to know if members manage to recover batteries with fading performance. - NB. you don't need to remove the battery from the car to charge - just make sure you connect the Negative (black) charger clamp to the flat tag on the firewall (not to the battery terminal itself).

If your budget can run to it, I can recommend one of the Ring RSC range of chargers - I have the RSC608 (8 Amp) Failing that, make sure the charger you do buy has a AGM/EFB setting.

Hi Alex, I suspect your battery has died - possibly from low use during the winter, there has been mention of a dodgy batch of Molls, but I think this faulty batch was from more than three years ago. Unfortunately there is no practical way to top-up the electrolyte in these batteries. I rather suspect your Dealer will say "consumer item, not covered under warranty" but ask anyway. I'd try charging it and giving it a test to see what happens - also check the alternator output voltage at the battery terminals.