Beefymilly

+1 on what ^^ he said!

Hi all, Trying to keep this simple, (not a master of gadgets) I have a very cheapy obd reader thing, that plugs into the port by the footwell of my Felicia, to be fair its brought a few codes to my attention, anyway I want to clean my throttle body (no drama with that) but I have read that you need to reset the TF after cleaning with vag com? Whatever that is? Is that a laptop thing? After looking on fleabay there seam's loads of connections that go in laptops, is that all you need? Other than a laptop... I would take it to my local garage but I'm as skint as a bottle of chips. (That's fries to you lot across the pond). Thank you in advance.

Update on the whole scenario, scrapped the battery, put a higher cranking amps battery on, car ran fine, deleted fault code, code reappeared, deleted again, reappeared again. Car is starting to ale slightly, although its only got 40,000 and was serviced every year at Skoda before I got it, Has a weird fault were if its running (warmish) you turn engine off then go to restart it takes a while to catch and then when it does, you need to give it a bit of gas as it tries idling very very low..... My old man says it 'hunts' on start up..... Probably get scrapped soon as I have my eyes on a 4x4

KenOneill, i was treating the ignition switch as a separate issue, when you turn the key the idiot lights light up, when you turn the key (to initiate the starter) at times you just get a click, turn the ignition off and straight on again it starts up without an issue, it cranks well and is more a symptom of a duff contact/connection/switch after some extensive searching and seeing other people with duff switch's (even only a few months old) I assumed of to be that, I managed to get a new old stock switch for the princely sum of £10. I'll be testing the battery tomorrow (have way too much welding to get done today and that's what pays) Thanks Mike

And I do appreciate the input hence me thanking in my post.

Oops sorry to hurt your feelings. I spoke to my local mechanic today and that's what he said about checking the battery It was 'lightrain' ^^^ that mentioned the AC test which I shall be doing!!! Also all you have mentioned is it could be a dying battery. So its not "strictly between me and my local mechanic"

Right I'll do another check on the battery same as before (what my local mechanic said) No ignition no idiot lights Idiot lights only Cranking Idle And 3000 rpm Then I'll do an AC test.... I have wiped the fault codes off and will use the car a bit and check to see if they come back..... I don't mind getting a new battery but if I can save £60 I will..... Most important job is the ignition switch took 6 attempts this morning for it to actually get going.. Thanks Mike

By "control module" do they mean the ECU? Thanks Mike

Just ran the car up to temperature, check the battery with a multi meter, before startup 12.45, idle 14.1 and 2500rpm 14.2.... Battery looks relatively knew maybe 2 years tops....

Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone could shed a bit of light/knowledge on this fault code (car is a 1999 Felicia 1.3 lxi) 00532, Transmission control module relay-Supply Voltage (B+) Malfunction low battery or bad ground... I tested the battery with a multi meter the other day and it was fine (will check again tomorrow) I also had a peculiar thing happen with the airbag light... I had the obd reader in with the ignition on (engine not running) just checking codes, when the airbag light came on, it lasted a few seconds then went off this happened a few times, then stayed off?? Any thoughts I know my ignition switch is going as you turn the key and sometimes just get a solenoid click and no go, ( I have another to replace, but thinking of just going for a push button as it will be a lot quicker to install).... Thank you in advance Mike