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For those who like closure on these things, an alternator has indeed cured it! I was originally convinced it wasn't the alternator since it did charge when I forced it on. I had checked the earths and the alternator was earthed fine to the block and I was measuring only 3-3.5v on the activator/excit...

Obviously I'd prefer not to just keep randomly throwing parts at it until something fixes it, but I guess if there are no other suggestions that might be the route i have to go down....

I have looked at that one, and other. Most of the examples I've found are predominantly issues with a broken signal wire, rather than low voltage on the signal wire. However I am now wondering if it actually is just an alternator fault and i've been mis-interpreting how it should work. After a bit o...

Hi All. First post on here and I have a 2007 Polo 9N3 1.4TDi (BNV) which I am hoping for a little help with!! I have searched this and other forums and I can't find quite the same problem anywhere. The short (ish) version is I let the car go flat over Christmas due to lack of use. Ended up doing thi...