Hi ALL
Searched a whole load of other threads but can’t find anything comparable….. hopefully somebody out there can shed some light.
I have a 2018 Tiguan SEL 150 diesel, manual, 4motion which has just turned 17K and…..until today( Friday 13th!), has been largely trouble free.
Drove 5 miles or so this morning, (mostly on motorway at 50mph + ) Parked up for a couple of hours then returned to find that the car wouldn’t start. Ignition seemed to be turning strongly enough, to such an extent that my immediate thought was a fuel blockage. However, a few seconds later a warning came up along the lines of ‘ 12V battery running low …. please drive car to recharge’. That would have been fine however, the car still wouldn’t start. Even when I took my hand off the key, the ignition continued to turn with no audible difference in tone which would suggest a failing battery. After 3 or 4 failed attempts, I popped the bonnet and checked the terminal connections which were all sound. Tried ignition again and …… started with first ( next ) turn of the key. Over the course of the day, I’ve made a number of other ( mostly short ) journeys. I’ve stopped and started multiple times and fortunately there has been no recurrence of the earlier problem.
Despite the battery warning, the strength of the ignition ‘turnover’ when I tried starting the car has me wondering if that is actually the problem. Faulty sensors seems to appear regularly in some of the threads I’ve read through.
Anybody know if there’s a simple way to check this without have to go to the stealership ?? Thanks in advance. SR
Searched a whole load of other threads but can’t find anything comparable….. hopefully somebody out there can shed some light.
I have a 2018 Tiguan SEL 150 diesel, manual, 4motion which has just turned 17K and…..until today( Friday 13th!), has been largely trouble free.
Drove 5 miles or so this morning, (mostly on motorway at 50mph + ) Parked up for a couple of hours then returned to find that the car wouldn’t start. Ignition seemed to be turning strongly enough, to such an extent that my immediate thought was a fuel blockage. However, a few seconds later a warning came up along the lines of ‘ 12V battery running low …. please drive car to recharge’. That would have been fine however, the car still wouldn’t start. Even when I took my hand off the key, the ignition continued to turn with no audible difference in tone which would suggest a failing battery. After 3 or 4 failed attempts, I popped the bonnet and checked the terminal connections which were all sound. Tried ignition again and …… started with first ( next ) turn of the key. Over the course of the day, I’ve made a number of other ( mostly short ) journeys. I’ve stopped and started multiple times and fortunately there has been no recurrence of the earlier problem.
Despite the battery warning, the strength of the ignition ‘turnover’ when I tried starting the car has me wondering if that is actually the problem. Faulty sensors seems to appear regularly in some of the threads I’ve read through.
Anybody know if there’s a simple way to check this without have to go to the stealership ?? Thanks in advance. SR
