AverageMax

I sadly ended up selling the car. I had it looked at again by another electrician and he was as confused as I was by everything. Now own a 2018 VW Passat.

Perfect thank you. I will give it a go. Any fuses most likely to cause it? Or should I just do them all

Perfect I will have a look. Mine is even cheaper haha, only does 1A - 400A. So need a better one. What SHOULD it be drawing. What is an expected value.

I have a clamp ammeter, but I don't think it is sensitive enough (only goes down to 1amp). Any recommendations on one to buy?

Yes it does

No engine start stop

Where should I connect the multimeter? Between the battery terminal and the cable? Thank you

Hi all, I have been experiencing a lot of battery drain issues with my car. Only a few days of not being used and it's dead. Or even being used everyday (not driven particularly far) it still managed to die. I drove it for 2 hours yesterday to FULLY charge the battery (battery is new, replaced in July when the issues where first noticed). I measured the voltage with my multimeter. 12.06v as of 3pm yesterday. This morning (measured at 11:15) the voltage has already dropped to 11.75v. That CANNOT be normal. I have a black box fitted to the car but I can't imagine that is causing that much draw. What is causing this!!! I took the car into a garage about a month ago to have it looked at. They replaced the passenger door loom as the wiring was damaged, I also had the radio loom wiring repaired as I noticed that it was damaged when I replaced the head unit. This has had no effect as you can see. The head unit isnt "coded" to the car? Could that be part of the issue? What other steps can I take to work this out??? The heated seats in the car haven't worked since I got it, so I removed the heated seat fuses to see if those circuits were the issue, still draining. I can't trust my car AT ALL, because it just might not start. Please help me as this has been 6 months of pain, and I've already spent almost £700 on electrical fixes that haven't done ANYTHING. Specifics of the car. Skoda Superb MKII Hatchback. 2012 Elegance model. 2.0 TDI 140bhp

No, I have the cover. just wasnt sure if something should be under it

So it should be empty like that?

What is this for and should there be something inside it? Never noticed it before. Just unsure.

Yes I have the V17 disc

You should be able to find the SW online, but I don't think you can update yours any further anyway. As far as maps and cameras go you need a disc, I have one but ended up not needing it as mine was already up to date. It requires a dual layer DVD but I may be able to send you an ISO file, or you can buy them cheap online.

Was going to do that. Also update the maps to V17. Dont know if you know where I can get the ISO before I spend money on a disk.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/155411727633?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=I70s78DKQ0-&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=pc8e9flltqw&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY I'm about to buy this..just one final check haha. I don't trust myself.

Ok cool. Who knew this was so complicated haha. The most affordable one for me rn in a 3T0035680C. From what I can tell K is the highest it goes anyway. So maybe this version never got that upgrade. Most of the 3T0035686x ones also appear to be on a lower SW version than you said was SSD. This seems to have been a much later change. So long as 3T0035680C will work and can have the 2020 map pack installed. Im happy to go without DAB and an SSD for the sake of saving me over £300!!!

I've found one that ends in a K. I'm assuming that's the one to go for.

Fantastic. Going to order a 3T0035680x. I believe the letter is map region? So A for me as I'm western Europe. Thank you so so much for your patience with me haha. Very new to tinkering with vehicles. Ive also found the firmware update and map update (2020/2021) Iso images so I can update it fully.

As I said previously I don't use radio features at all, 3T0035680x models (at least here in the UK) are less than HALF what the 3T0035686x costs. The Yeti unit also being closer to £500 rather than the £200 of the 3T0035680x. Would it still work, just without DAB? Thank you so much for your help!!

I have the module

Do I need to remove anything? Need any tools? Or should I be able to see

I will have a look in a bit. What am I looking for exactly. The name of the Bluetooth device I'm connected to is "SKODA_BT" if that's any help for now

I'm using the cars Bluetooth I believe. It shows up on the trip computer and attempts to load the phonebook from it. I press the media button on the radio to access the music stream.

Well it has Bluetooth.... I can do the remote SIM thing with my phone and that's how I play my music as well.

I believe it has a third party DAB arial that was installed by the previous owner. There's a puc shaped thing on the dash. I've never tried tbh as I only use my phone and BT for music. But there's a couple DAB stations if I press the button