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Offline Bracey123

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alarm and radio just randomly come on
« on: June 02, 2012, 01:26:17 pm »
last night i was in bed and i hear a car alarm going off, look out my window and its my car, so i rush out and discover the radio is on nearly full blast aswell!! any idea what causes this?? i told my mate and he said his golf done it aswell

also when starting i get this loud rattling noise from the engine, should i be worried about it???

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Re: alarm and radio just randomly come on
« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2012, 02:17:41 pm »
I've had two alarm sirens die in my ownership. On the last one I did notice my radio would go on by itself sometimes.

A VCDS scan will highlight obvious faults, and also tell you what the previous alarm triggers were to help pinpoint it even more.

What kind of radio do you have?
Used to have Edition 30 - number 009 and a GT TDI 140.
Now have an S4 B8 Avant (stage 2)

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Re: alarm and radio just randomly come on
« Reply #2 on: June 02, 2012, 02:21:36 pm »
There's a ghost in your car ... :grin:

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Re: alarm and radio just randomly come on
« Reply #3 on: June 02, 2012, 02:56:16 pm »
its just the standard cd player tht comes in the mk5, also car was misfiring a bit on idle so went to check plugs etc coil packs werent in right and 2 of 4 plugs were literally hanging out!!!

Offline Ben Smith

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Re: alarm and radio just randomly come on
« Reply #4 on: June 05, 2012, 06:39:31 pm »
Had this problem on my the other night. A quick google revealed it to be a common problem. It seems to be a problem with the radio. There is a fix for the radio but the simplest solution from people seems to be make sure you have a cd in there all the time. Have done this to mine and not come back on yet. It was coming on regularly. Can't promise but working for me so far!

Ben.