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Hello...my 2001 golf 's battery dies over nite...took it to a vw garage ...they said they found that the door lock motors were drawing power..making the batery go dead..just was wondering if this sound legit...???

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Is possible but unless they are constantly running because of a malfunction, you may just have a shot battery.

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