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05 VW golf plus has died

  • 01-11-2010 9:40pm
    #1
    snowdaze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 338 ✭✭


    my car will not start! I have had elextrical problems in the past like airbag light coming on for no reason - I got it fixed...and when I ahve to change a headlight bulb it doesn;t work again very easily...but now, it just wont work at all.

    I tirn the key and the engine starts but then dies afgter about 2 seconds...nothing at all lights up on the dash!! It is with a mechanic now but Iam frightened it will have to go to a main dealer and cost me tons!!!!

    Any advice on this awful car - I have had it since new and there have always been niggly silly problems with it!


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  • #2
    snowdaze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 338 ✭✭snowdaze


    sorry for all the typos - just see them now - anyone any ideas? simple solution or big bill???


  • #3
    Anan1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,815 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    I'd forget the mechanic and bring it to a good auto electrician.


  • #4
    jock101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 685 ✭✭✭jock101


    Ive heard that lately, that the new Golf models from 04 on. Seem to have been built shoddily, like most brands it seems from news report over the last year?:rolleyes: Half assed manufacturing to cut costs! Where has the Axis car company's production quality gone?


  • #5
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,091 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    jock101 wrote: »
    Ive heard that lately, that the new Golf models from 04 on. Seem to have been built shoddily, like most brands it seems from news report over the last year?:rolleyes: Half assed manufacturing to cut costs! Where has the Axis car company's production quality gone?
    No actual advice, then?

    Not your ornery onager



  • #6
    testicle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,429 ✭✭✭testicle


    esel wrote: »
    No actual advice, then?

    QED


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  • #7
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,822 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    Anan1 wrote: »
    I'd forget the mechanic and bring it to a good auto electrician auction.

    FYP. :p

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • #8
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,822 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    jock101 wrote: »
    ....Where has the Axis car company's production quality gone?

    Axis ?? I nearly spat out my tea when I saw that..........:eek:

    Does this mean that Nissan's in Sunderland are built by the Allies ?? :)

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • #9
    TJJP
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,529 ✭✭✭TJJP


    snowdaze wrote: »
    sorry for all the typos - just see them now - anyone any ideas? simple solution or big bill???

    Just get a dictionary, shouldn't cost much.


  • #10
    SouperComputer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,949 ✭✭✭SouperComputer


    Simple stuff first.....battery\alternator?

    Buy a battery charger, charge the battery and go from there.


  • #11
    johnos1984
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,096 ✭✭✭johnos1984


    jock101 wrote: »
    Half assed manufacturing to cut costs!

    Actually the Golf was vastly more expensive than all other cars in its class to produce according to VW themselves. If I recall correctly it cost 30% more to make than a focus hence the rushed redesign. The fact it was unpopular also helped to speed this process along


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  • #12
    Digitaljunkie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 349 ✭✭Digitaljunkie


    snowdaze wrote: »
    my car will not start! I have had elextrical problems in the past like airbag light coming on for no reason - I got it fixed...and when I ahve to change a headlight bulb it doesn;t work again very easily...but now, it just wont work at all.

    I tirn the key and the engine starts but then dies afgter about 2 seconds...nothing at all lights up on the dash!! It is with a mechanic now but Iam frightened it will have to go to a main dealer and cost me tons!!!!

    Any advice on this awful car - I have had it since new and there have always been niggly silly problems with it!

    Yea auto electrician would be ur solution. Have come accross this problem before on vags where the system got a spike and it sent the ecu into boot mode!!


  • #13
    snowdaze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 338 ✭✭snowdaze


    Car working again now - the cluster of clocks in the dash (speedometer etc) had to be taken out and put in a warm dry place overnight -when replaced the next morning, it started up immediately.

    However, more electrical faults have occurred since....the rear wipers no longer work and the fan on the inside heater does not work....

    Apparantly it is common for this to happen if it has been unused for a short while and stored outdoors in the rain.....what do you think???

    Got the car back now and will get the other electrical stuff done soon when I can do without it again...or it may decide to let me down totally again - who knows - my trust in it is gone now


  • #14
    Greenman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,962 ✭✭✭Greenman


    I'm not a VW fan but I have to say I lost my faith when my father's 99 Golf selflocked an unlocked itself at anytime of the day or night. One thing the family learnt was to always have the keys in your hand if you stepped out of the car.


  • #15
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,822 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    snowdaze wrote: »
    Car working again now - the cluster of clocks in the dash (speedometer etc) had to be taken out and put in a warm dry place overnight -when replaced the next morning, it started up immediately.

    However, more electrical faults have occurred since....the rear wipers no longer work and the fan on the inside heater does not work....

    Apparantly it is common for this to happen if it has been unused for a short while and stored outdoors in the rain.....what do you think???

    Got the car back now and will get the other electrical stuff done soon when I can do without it again...or it may decide to let me down totally again - who knows - my trust in it is gone now

    LOLOL, and people give out about Renault's ?? I drove Renaults for 10yrs and I never came across anything like that. The battery in the keyfob died once, though, I'll give you that...........:rolleyes:

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



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