VW Golf warning lights

weebelly · 2012-04-13 13:19:19

Just as I was pulling up to park this morning three warning lights came on - first the battery light (for 30 seconds before I stopped), then the ABS light then the airbag light. All happened 5-10 seconds after another before I stopped. Car is a 2000 VW Golf 1.4L petrol. Any ideas what is about to die on the car? Car was…

13-04-2012 01:19PM

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weebelly

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Just as I was pulling up to park this morning three warning lights came on - first the battery light (for 30 seconds before I stopped), then the ABS light then the airbag light. All happened 5-10 seconds after another before I stopped.
Car is a 2000 VW Golf 1.4L petrol. Any ideas what is about to die on the car?

Car was running fine at the time but I've not gone to turn her over since.

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#2 13-04-2012 01:55PM

bazz26

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The first thing is get your battery tested. It could be on it's way out, a weak battery could cause other electrical systems in the car to act up. Other than that you would need to have the fault codes read by a garage with diagnostic equipment.

My money would be on the battery however and getting it tested is the easiest and cheapest place to start.

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#3 13-04-2012 02:01PM

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So reminds me of the sig TestTransmission had for a while...

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