Hi all, had the T1 in at VW last tuesday to code keys (of the 3 that came with the car only 1 worked). Took them about an hour to fix, no prob. Drove to work (2 miles) and parked it. When I wanted to go home, no MFI. Start engine, bam: 4x4 error, headlight level system error etc, the usual when you have low Volts. (as I found out here)
I thought it was because of the recoding of the keys, maybe the dealer had the ignition on for quite some time. So drove home, took a detour to charge the batteries, but the next morning I found my poor Treg dead, no alarm, no response to the remote. Emergency start procedure: engine on, everything seems to work as it should.
Drove it for 25 miles/ half an hour: later that day same problems. So it seems one of the batteries is dead. Most likely the one under my seat since there is no MFI / central lock / alarm at wake up.
I've been reading a lot about how the system works and how to swap the batteries (great how to's on here). But I still have a doubt:
It's a twin battery setup, do I have to connect a 12V power supply to keep radio memory etc or does it draw power from the rear battery when you disconnect the front one?
I thought it was because of the recoding of the keys, maybe the dealer had the ignition on for quite some time. So drove home, took a detour to charge the batteries, but the next morning I found my poor Treg dead, no alarm, no response to the remote. Emergency start procedure: engine on, everything seems to work as it should.
Drove it for 25 miles/ half an hour: later that day same problems. So it seems one of the batteries is dead. Most likely the one under my seat since there is no MFI / central lock / alarm at wake up.
I've been reading a lot about how the system works and how to swap the batteries (great how to's on here). But I still have a doubt:
It's a twin battery setup, do I have to connect a 12V power supply to keep radio memory etc or does it draw power from the rear battery when you disconnect the front one?
