mark674500

PS - do you leave the battery connected to the car whilst charging?

That's interesting to know - thanks for the idea!

I've a 09 plate 2.0 TDI, that has been barely used during lockdown and the battery keeps going flat. The battery was replaced before lockdown, but was slightly lower than the recommended capacity for the car. The supplier reassured me that it would be fine, and when the car was used daily it was. The battery has been going flat when the car is not used for a period of weeks which I guess is understandable, but I think it's getting worse. It's been tested and came out as OK. The car is supplying charge. On Saturday the battery was so dead that I had to use the bypass switch on the starter battery pack to get it started. It didn't like being started this way and the hazards were stuck on for a good 10 mins, but I assumed this was as the CPU didn't have it's normal startup sequence or due to low voltage on battery. I drove it for an hour and they came on again partway through the drive. Today, just three days after it had an hour's drive, the car won't start and the power is flicking on and off, it sounds like a relay is struggling to stay in the right position. The only modifications that may be drawing power are a USB power supply instead of the lighter socket, which has it's own switch so does not draw power, and a reversing camera which is switched on from the reversing bulb via a relay to isolate it from CANbus. Is this likely to be just needing a new battery, in which case I'll get one of the correct capacity? If so, is it necessary to keep the car connected to 12V whilst I change over to a new one? I thought that it was required for alarm codes etc, but of course if the existing battery had gone flat then it makes little difference. Thanks in advance for your advice, and please feel free to point me to other threads. Mark PS the car is being traded in soon so whilst I want to get it going OK, I'm also after an affordable solution

I've just been looking at joining the VW emissions group claim through Milberg. It seems pretty standard stuff for a group action, except that the introductory email doesn't at state their fee, other than that's it's less than 50%. So they could charge 49.9%. I would have thought 30-40% is normal. Of course 50.1% of something is better than nothing! I just wondered what people here thought: * Is this group (Milberg) ok? * Are there other, better, claims to join? * Is there any reason not to join this group claim? Many thanks, Mark