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Heather Posted on Apr 04, 2017
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2007 volkswagen fan turns on by itself and runs high and drains battery

Fan turns on in the mmiddle of the night and races extremely high (sounds like a jet engine!) and drains the battery and cannot put car in neutral to push out of driveway for a jump. Have to have tow truck come and use a jump box. New battery was purchased 6/25/2012 so its not a old battery. Volkswagen replaced the termoswitch 10 days ago and the same thing happened 2 nights ago, 4 times that I am aware of before it stopped coming back on and off because I kept taking videos to show the dealership and the car is back in the shop. Also, this time, when the fans were racing the lights on the interior of the car kept coming on and dimming off. Any suggestions?

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I would say it's a bad temp sending unit.

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SOURCE: 2003 VW Golf won't start - battery was charged

You need to charge your battery up more. Either get a battery charger or leave the jumper cables hooked up for a longer period of time.
Your battery was probably completely dead. You might even need a new battery...they really don't like to be completely drained.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Apr 23, 2009

SOURCE: 2000 jetta has multiple alternator and battery failures

In my case, the instrument cluster was bad, causing the MFI display and radio to go haywire and putting a contstant drain on the battery. $760 to have the VW shop replace it. No problems related to the battery or alternator have occurred since.

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Jonah Oneal

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  • Posted on May 20, 2009

SOURCE: 2002 volkswagen passat repeat sensor code problems

tell me everyrthing the car does.tell me what sensor light you referring to when you say car shudder.sound like transmission torque converter problems torque converter makes shudder noises.how does it shift does it shift hard or ****.it could be speed sensor it causes transmission problems.

steve noel

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SOURCE: park and tail lights stay on even when car is turned off

brake light switch malfunction.check on pedal

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jul 05, 2009

SOURCE: 2001 volkswagen golf epc light on loss of power

i had the same problem... Change the spark plugs and the ignition coils, All of them... It usually accelerates without giving it gas.. Don't worry about that...

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