I own a 2000 VW Jetta 2.0 5 speed. when i bought the car it has a dead man switch hooked up straight to the battery. the dash stays on the tripometer and clock does not turn off when i turn the car off. Which is killing the battery in a day. i have to use the dead man switch to stop it from draining the battery. what can be causing this?

 

The dead man switch isn't a good idea as all settings are set to default. You need to find this battery drain which is a common thing CAN Bus, which you can Google.

You need to get your motor scanned (preferably with VAG-COM\VCDS) for any error codes logged in the ecu and post them, that will save a lot of guessing.


https://volkswagenforum.com/forum/ne...gnature-34185/

 

The dealership wants to charge me $200 an hour to scan it. i have worked for several dealerships before and know how it goes with shops. I actually talked to the technicians and they have never encountered this problem with any jetta.

 

You don't say where you live?

In the UK dealers charge £60 for a diagnostic scan which doesn't take an hour.

Your saying $200 for a dealer scan so I assume you could be in USA. AutoZone will do a free scan in the hope you buy something of the.

 

Sorry about that i do live in the USA. i scanned the computer and the only code is a misfire i fixed. i ran through the wiring diagram and solved the problem.

 

Can you please share what the wiring problem was?

 

First posts normally go in introductions else you could get a free fix and we never see you again!!!

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