CityScout

Well under 7.5 volts. It was 2.96 volts - no I didn't miss the figure '1' off the front. 🙄 It's now on the bench, first with a big old fully charged battery paralled to it, and a bespoke de-sulphating pulse generator - plus a very basic 12 volt, unregulated charger across it as well. It came up to 9 volts in an hour, so the big battery was taken off and so far the voltage is up to 10 volts off charge, 13.9 on charge. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. I'll see what it's like in the morning - but it will be replaced. It has its MOT on Tuesday, so as long as I can get the warning lights out on the dash and it passes, I'll be happy. Hindsight is a wonderful thing. It had sounded a bit reluctant to start before it was laid up, despite being on a smart charger. I think the 3 months neglect has finished off what was already a fairly terminal battery.

Thanks for the link. That looks awfully like the underbonnet of my car ........ 3 hours on the smart charger has done nothing. Time to dig out the big charger and if that doesn't work, it's jump leads and spare battery. It looks likely it's going to need a new battery, so my quest is to try and avoid AGMs if possible and reasonable. Resetting the battery management system is the next issue, ie, who can do it? I could with my scan tool - but that is in Spain at the moment .........🙄

Yep, external smart charger was connected - but something was not right - I suspect a 'Pike' issue, in that it's been left for 3 months with the plug not properly connected. Is your Mk ll 'Start-Stop' equipped - as per my Mk lll ? I am not a fan of AGM batteries, having had problems with them, a short life and just not performing as advertised. I understand some manufacturers are not fitting AGMs to Start-Stop vehicles any longer - because of the problems. I was looking for an alternative, eg: an EFB variety which are more than capable of 'Start-Stop' loadings. The other thing I don't know the answer to is if the charging system is properly configured for anything other than AGM - or even correctly set up for AGMs. There is a difference but it's possible both options could be covered.

It's been a while ............ Has anyone tried any other option for a new battery than the original (096) AGM type? Guess who's got a flat battery ............🙄

We had the great misfortune to try that with a Snooper attached to a 9 metre motorhome. It was very busy and Just as we got towards the bit that I knew from memory was awkward to catch the turn for Malaga - it quit, went blank, expired! Not funny! Not surprisingly it was replaced with a different brand. Back to happier memories: Looks like it's going to have to be a sticky disc on the dash and a generic offering from Garmin/TomTom/Mio.

Nice little unit. Looks to be the standard Garmin mount and power supply (USB) so can't utilise the existing outlet on the dash. Not the end of the world - but does anyone know if the existing outlet adapter for the factory fit satnav accepts anything other than the 'factory option' Garmin?

Very true - but driving on your own, too long spent looking at it could well mean running out of road ................

Ah! The one thing she doesn't want to do is use her ancient, basic, phone ('that's for phone calls' and I can understand that sentiment) Neither does she want to replace a perfectly adequate phone for the sake of getting annoyed/confused by an app she can't fathom. As for TomTom? Nothing wrong with the old TomToms - but I'm not even slightly impressed that they dumped support of my faithful old 520 nor impressed by the newer versions that insist on downloading 8-9Gb data for every map update. A mare if, like us, you have poor, or limited internet. A simple, small, basic satnav, least complication possible, minimum bits stuck on the dash is what's needed. Will

Hi All It's been a while .................. At last getting to grips with (nagged into ) doing something about the wife's 2012 Citigo satnav situation, ie, the lack of one. Nothing I've read encourages me to try and get hold of the VAG-supplied Garmin, although there are quite a few offered secondhand - probably because they're not wonderful. She doesn't want to use a phone/tablet/whatever, just a plain, simple satnav. I'm trying hard to avoid a windscreen mount and wire draped all over the dash, so does anyone know if the standard adapter will take any other Garmin-type satnavs, or if there's an aftermarket adapter that sits in the existing dash mount and takes the on-board power from there to run another brand of satnav? .......... or is it simpler to just buy a disc to stick on the dash and go a totally independent route? Will

I know this is a bit ancient history, but: Did you get anywhere? Trying to do the same thing on the wife's 2012 Citigo. Even a basic conversion from the back of the radio to a Buck converter/USB would work OK. Finding the identity of right switched supply seems to be the difficult bit. Will