russellbridge
A2OC Donor
Hi all
I've had the A2 ('02 1.4 Tdi SE) for 3.5 yrs now, and it's been used almost every day. If it's left for more than 4 days without use, the battery drains completely. This first happened a couple of years ago when we were away in Devon, and I couldn't remember whether I'd left the iphone charger in the cigarette lighter. When we got back I replaced the battery (it looked like the original one) with a new one as recommended by Mike (Varta Silver IIRC) to elliminate this as a potential issue.
Since then it's been left a few times for 4 or 5 days and on return the battery is completely drained (ie no central locking or anything...) It charges back up OK, and seem to be OK if it's used every few days. So as far as I can tell, the car has had the same problem since we got it.
The only mods are the underbody aero mods and aero wiper. No ICE mods - its on the original Concert II stereo.
Has anyone any ideas how to trace where the battery drain could be? The problem is that we very rarely leave it for more than 3 days to test...
Many thanks
Russ
I've had the A2 ('02 1.4 Tdi SE) for 3.5 yrs now, and it's been used almost every day. If it's left for more than 4 days without use, the battery drains completely. This first happened a couple of years ago when we were away in Devon, and I couldn't remember whether I'd left the iphone charger in the cigarette lighter. When we got back I replaced the battery (it looked like the original one) with a new one as recommended by Mike (Varta Silver IIRC) to elliminate this as a potential issue.
Since then it's been left a few times for 4 or 5 days and on return the battery is completely drained (ie no central locking or anything...) It charges back up OK, and seem to be OK if it's used every few days. So as far as I can tell, the car has had the same problem since we got it.
The only mods are the underbody aero mods and aero wiper. No ICE mods - its on the original Concert II stereo.
Has anyone any ideas how to trace where the battery drain could be? The problem is that we very rarely leave it for more than 3 days to test...
Many thanks
Russ
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