All,
Yesterday, the dome light in my 98 (A3) GTI stayed on all day while I was at work and then stayed on all the way driving home. It finally went out by itself when I got home.
I did a search and saw some earlier posts regarding the interior light staying on, even when the car is off and or driving down the road. This is the problem that I am experiencing, but I am not having the same type of alarm related issues that others have noted. Though, my keyless entry has not work for some time, the alarm still seems to be working fine.
I did not see any final follow up posts from the people that had this problem. Anyone who had this problem care to post their experiences?
I'll check the door switch and the wires that run through the door jam. Easy to believe that this is where the problem is, but I am unclear why this would not make the alarm go off while parked, or the door open indicator light be on while driving.
In addition to this problem, and the MIL problem I have had recently (see other recent posts with my name attached), also about two weeks ago I noticed that my right turn indicator light was flashing at double speed for about 20 seconds. I turned it off and back on, and things went back to normal. With all these things, I am concerned that one of two things may be going on with my car: 1) the battery explosion I experienced this summer (see posts from some time in late july) caused some type of damage to the electrical system or residual battery acid is corroding the wire harness in the engine compartment (I washed things thoroughly and repeatedly for days after this happened) or 2) the recent heavy rains we have had in washington allowed some water to get where it shouldn't. I have had leak problems with my Rabbit, assorted Golfs and Quantums, but I was hoping that my relatively new GTI would be better than those cars in that respect. So, what do you guys think?
ccp