vehicle battery

Hello, some of you may have seen my post a while back about how my battery kept dying, but if not ill give you the basics. -Battery died after around 3 weeks no use -VW said everything was ok I just needed my battery charging corrected -VW charged battery correctly -Battery still died -VW blame...

Just ordered a ctek time to go charger as main battery voltage is low. Do i need to disconnect the battery leads before connecting the charger? Vw T6 2016. Thanks...

Hi all Maybe a silly question but is the battery covered under the 3 year warranty ? Van is two years old and battery seems to be knackered Ta Marc.

So, after many years of VW transporter reliability without any issues whatsoever be it T4 or T6, it had to come to an end. Van started this fine this morning, but then after about 30 miles the radio started to play up and the park pilot screen came up and wouldn't turn off, so I just switched...

Hi All, I have been perusing this thread, Flat battery and noticed that things had to be reset if you change your main starter battery. Does this apply to all T5/T6 models and if so can it be done with Carista rather than VCDS? A little more knowledge is always appreciated. Next is, what do the...

As with my media system fault with low battery readout could this be related to my recent stop n start event we had a couple of weeks ago as below ? Here is something that happened a couple of weeks ago which makes me think something is wrong as well, We drove from Newcastle upon Tyne down to...

Earlier this year i left my T6 parked for three weeks whilst on holiday. The battery was as charged as it could be (I know they only charge to 80%) and there's no excessive drain. I returned to find the battery completly flat, no central locking and not even a flicker of light from the dash. I...

Does anybody use one of these or have a view? I'm just thinking ahead to possibility of cold winter weather and the impact on a starter battery of a T6 camper parked up in the open that's not going to get used that much. I will be trying to make a point of taking it for the odd blast up and...

Hi All Could someone check the positive terminal on their battery in the engine bay and maybe send me a picture? I think im missing the plastic cover that covers the terminal after having my suspension fitted last week, i found the negative cover in the back of the van but not sure if there...

My van (April 2017 T28) is fitted with a Moll battery. I am experiencing some issues with it not starting after a few days sitting on the drive. Now this could be due to the tracker I have fitted draining it but I doubt it, I'll do some drain current tests before taking the plunge. If I were to...

I'm was in the office today, popped out for lunch and a lady flagged me down saying she couldn't start her car. I offer to "help" (she had jump leads) but haven't done this for 25 years so I tried Google. I saw some info on disconnecting my negative but I didn't have any tools. I tried the bog...

I have a CBE PC180 fitted to me van and until now it has been working well. During the last two trips I've noticed that as the day goes on the panel starts to show a flashing light beside the van battery readout. If we press the button to show the battery level it seems to have fallen into the...

Battery Charging - Main Battery Earth Point - so weve all be told NOT to bridge out the battery monitor on the neg side of the battery when charging it. This is so the ECM can correctly gauge the SOC (state of charge) of the starter battery by monitoring the current flow in and out of the...

I have my leasure 110ah AGM battery under the driver seat. It’s charged with a Ctek split charger also under the seat. I don’t have the room under there for the Smartpass unit. But given that a hi amp cable is already there from the starter battery positive to the Ctek. Can I put just a high...

For a while I’ve had an issue when starting that the engine turns over as if the battery is almost flat. I switch off the ignition, try again and after a few tries it fires up with a few warnings ie active cruise etc not working. Restart again and everything is fine, and can be so for weeks...

I have noticed that my battery has been starting to struggle when the van has not been used for a few days. Van is an 18month old EU6 150. I have been away working over the weekend so the van was parked up from Friday afternoon until late Sunday evening. Low and behold it wouldn't start - not...

I have a T6 with the factory fit aux. battery. Have asked the dealer whether the dash top and dash front 12v sockets are connected to the main battery or the aux, but they can't tell me. Does anyone know which battery the 12v sockets are connected to? Want to run a cool box this weekend and...

Any known issues to look out for when disconnecting/re-connecting the battery?

Hi, I have a multivan with factory fitted auxilary/second battery and webasto heater. Unfortunatelly my dealer does not know if the main battery is disconnected (or will be disconnected when some threshold voltage is reached) during camping with heater on. I would like to know if I can be sure...

Hi all, I have a waeco UI252A battery charger. It can charge 2 leisure batterys and the ignition battery. The last one with a current of 1 A. Can someone tell me if it's possible to connect the wire for charging the ignitionbattery to the IS1 electrical interface. Maybe by the pin a5 of the grey...