Having some electrical issues on a 2002 Mk1 Leon, hardly surprising for a 21 year old I suppose, but seeing if I can make things a bit more reliable.,..
I've had some flickering lights in the cluster, mainly the handbrake, but yesterday the TCS light was coming on, but I don't think it was on as in an error, as it was dimmer than the others, like tthe one that comes on when the headlights are on, and it gradually went off over a 3 hour drive. It would fade, come back a bit, and eventually looked like it was off.
I sometimes have the issue where after turning off the ignition and taking out the key, the tach and speedo will light up.
This morning it got a bit worse. 15 minute drive to work, and the airbag light came on, but I think it's showing as a proper issue, as it comes on with the ignition switched, goes out, then comes back on again and stays on, and it's bright like the others, not flickering. Anyway, I got to work, parked up, and got the PC with vag-com to do a scan, but laptop dies on me, low battery. But when I switched on the ignition, none of the warning/indicator lights in the cluster would come on. If I tried to start the car, it would run for a couple of seconds and shut off.
I left it for about an hour, came back, and the lights now come on in the cluster with the iginition, and the car started and seemed to be running ok now, and seems to be running normally. However, the lights in the cluster are coming on, but the light behind the time, tacho and speedo are flickery. Sometimes some of the segments on the time and miles indicator look a bit faded.
So it seems to be an electrical fault, something to do with connections? Having read a few threads of similar issues, I should probably take the cluster out and have a look at the connections on that. But I also see mention of earth straps, where are they? I think there are a couple of them under the battery tray, but are there others that would need attention?
Any other insight on what to do or check would be appreciated. Thanks.
I've had some flickering lights in the cluster, mainly the handbrake, but yesterday the TCS light was coming on, but I don't think it was on as in an error, as it was dimmer than the others, like tthe one that comes on when the headlights are on, and it gradually went off over a 3 hour drive. It would fade, come back a bit, and eventually looked like it was off.
I sometimes have the issue where after turning off the ignition and taking out the key, the tach and speedo will light up.
This morning it got a bit worse. 15 minute drive to work, and the airbag light came on, but I think it's showing as a proper issue, as it comes on with the ignition switched, goes out, then comes back on again and stays on, and it's bright like the others, not flickering. Anyway, I got to work, parked up, and got the PC with vag-com to do a scan, but laptop dies on me, low battery. But when I switched on the ignition, none of the warning/indicator lights in the cluster would come on. If I tried to start the car, it would run for a couple of seconds and shut off.
I left it for about an hour, came back, and the lights now come on in the cluster with the iginition, and the car started and seemed to be running ok now, and seems to be running normally. However, the lights in the cluster are coming on, but the light behind the time, tacho and speedo are flickery. Sometimes some of the segments on the time and miles indicator look a bit faded.
So it seems to be an electrical fault, something to do with connections? Having read a few threads of similar issues, I should probably take the cluster out and have a look at the connections on that. But I also see mention of earth straps, where are they? I think there are a couple of them under the battery tray, but are there others that would need attention?
Any other insight on what to do or check would be appreciated. Thanks.