Hello, I was driving back from work and my 2009 MK5 DSG GTI just died…. When I turned the ignition key it was like the car had no battery yet I still had hazard lights, windows & head unit. When turning the key the highline clocks and full cluster are totally blank yet had power to other stuff above.
Got out checked under the bonnet at the battery terminals and if anything obvious was at fault but everything looked good. After 5 minutes the car starts perfect again instrument cluster back to normal and I got about 1/2 mile down the road and it completely cut off again! no warning signs on dash….just initially heavy steering and dead. I waited little shorter next time about 2 min and again started perfect… off I went quickly.. I got the car into my driveway left it to idle… died again.
Initially I thought… battery, alternator or ground.
I’ve searched online with mixed results… it seems like an issue with similar VWs that share our platform… the posts I’ve found have exactly the same symptoms and point to relay “433”?
Any help would be great as I need my car for work!
Thanks
