electrical

Hi all, I recently purchased an Ibiza 1.6 Sport. Having spent a few weeks getting to know it, I've found some electrical butchery has taken place. When looking in the fuse area under the steering wheel there was a mess of spliced cables etc. I got a friend of mine who is an automotive...

just when ive spent a fortune on my car and thought it was running great another little problem arises, as above its electrical, when i press the brakes the indicators all come on (dont flash) stay on solid, my two rear brake lights dont work at all, only the strip of brake light on the rear...

Having recently rescued a SEAT Cupra from an evil person for £200 I now have problems to fix ! Firstly and most perplexing is a steering wheel that if you push it toward the dash or pull it toward your chest causes almost all the dashboard lights to come on including the ABS and the engine...

Hi, can anyone help please? Recently taken my 2004 Leon 20VT Cupra to garage to have a threaded wheel nut removed and when i got it back the driver side door light, the alarm that goes off when you leave lights on wasn't working and more bizzarly the central locking seems to playing up a bit...

I'm currently in the process of swapping my headlights for OEM Xenons but am having a bit of a problem disconnecting the electrical connector from the original units. It seems a very tight fit and don't want to be pulling on anything too hard for obvious reasons. Does anyone know if there is...

electric windows/interior light/central locking fuse keeps blowing?! any ideas on what this could be? i've replaced it 5 times now and its just blowing straight away?!? i dont really wanna be sending it to a garage yet as i'm a bit on the skint side :blink:

When I turn off the engine (mk1 Leon) some of the dash lights, millage, petrol light etc. flash on and off like crazy, and the petrol beep noise beeps on and off too. Even after locking the doors it won't stop. :( However, when I turn the sidelights/lights on it stops, and everything is...

Hi, I'm hoping someone can help me here!! I'm having a problem with my Seat Leon electrics. I got in my car this evening and found that the lights wouldn't come on! Sidelights are working fine, but not dipped lights. Main beam also works fine... Also, indicators and wipers are not...

hi guys there has been a burning smell in the car after i have been driving a while now the stereo will not turn on it started to play up by not turning off , i have pulled stereo out to expose back & all wires goin in look ok, any suggestions?:think:

car has stated developing a couple of not too attractive habits! When I’m driving along the interior light comes on, sometimes it fades off again, and sometimes it just stays on! Also it keeps trying to unlock itself when I’m driving along! Anyone know of any hotspots to check for damp/shitty...

hi all, was just wondering if anyone had this problem on their car... passenger door central locking and electric window no longer work, illumination to the window switch has gone, however, open door light and speaker work.. i obtained the wiring diagrams, and from what i can tell, the...

hi all, ive owned my tolly for about a week and a half now and have found a couple of little faults, one was the memory seat problem(still not solved) and the other is the near side mirror reverse thingy. sometimes it works and sometimes it doesnt. also on occasions i will stick the car...

Every other car forum i have been on they have had a electrical forum. this then had child forums for each of the models. these child forums contained everything to do with elctrical problems, wiring issues and any modifications people are doing to their standard wiring looms. i am...

i have had an electrical fault with my front electric windows for sometime and each time i take it in to be repaired under warranty, the mechanics reset the sensors and the problem is solved for about a week and then it comes back. my car was bought brand new in 05 and i shud not have this...

I have a 90BHP AHU engined 1998 Seat Ibiza Tdi. Recently, I encountered starting problems which I thought were related to worn glow plugs. These were found to be OK but apparantly there was no feed to them. Changed Glow Plug relay and temperature sender to no avail (glow plug light is not on for...

When i switch the engine off i am getting what can best be described as an 'electrical whine' noise coming from under the bonnet! It seems to last 30seconds or so! Is anyone else experiencing this, or know what it might be? Cheers :confused:

Hi Guys I have a very strange electrical problem with my car the fog light on the dash board is very dimly light when the ignition is on. But when you try to turn the fog light on the front wipers come on the rear wiper does not work at all and also when I open the boot there is a very strange...

Hi everyone. Love my Altea, but it's going back to the garage next week for them to look at some strange issues. :cry: Recently its started blowing nearside front indicator bulbs, every two weeks. The cruise control refuses to work 10% of the time and most worryingly; the other day I heard...

Hi all I have posted this problem over at uk-mkivs.net, but have not had mush of a response. So I was hoping someone here could shed some light on the problem. My car did not want to start today for some reason, it took 2 turns of the key before the engine fired-up, so I did a scan with VAG...

Hi, I am experiencing some electrical issues this past week. Situation: Upon start-up the car runs at aprox 10 volts on the gauge. As soon as i rev it up it jumps to ~14 volts. Once its there its stays there. Symptoms: Twice i had my power steering not working but it kicked in as...