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Author Topic: What's battery drain prob with early golfs ? And what is a canbus thing?I'm new  (Read 447 times)

Offline woodzrs

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As title , new to the golf scene , and keep seeing people saying about changing stereos for early golfs causes battery drain ?and to change the canbus ? What is the canbus lol and what do I need to avoid the drain ? I've got a 2005 golf and was looking at changing the stereo but this is now worrying me

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Best to use the search function as there are waaaaaaay too many posts on this. In essence. As your car is a 2005 mobile, if you will need a gateway if you want to replace the existing stereo with a VW head unit like the RNS510. If you are going down the aftermarket route, a new gateway is not needed.
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