Official Mexican / Brazilian Beetles - All years

[Gerrelt]

Yes, when I bought my Mexican, it allready had the module removed and "bridged".
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[GArBa]

I admit I've never investigated the inner workings of the alarm module, but it's first on my list of suspects, too. (my bug ate batteries like cookies before I started using a ctek)

some considerations:
when I replaced the side repeaters, I tested for insulation between the bulb tail (positive) and ground, and found continuity, i.e. a theoretical short (car not running, key off). took the repeater off, tested again and the insulation was perfect. put them back on, again the multimeter read continuity, but they worked perfectly.

A logical conclusion is that voltage was present on the ground (car body, i.e. return conductor), and by testing I was actually reading continuity through the multimeter itself as the "phantom" voltage is higher than the testing one (1.5V).
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cars:
'97 type 1 1600i
'14 type AA Seat Mii (sadly dead after 270.000 km)
'22 type C1 T-Cross
'23 type AC3 Hyundai I10 (VW no longer makes small cars!)
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moped:
'82 Benelli Magnum 3v

[Bruce]

The alarm draws nearly .25A continuously, even when you don't turn it on. The immobilizer also draws a continuous current, but much smaller.
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[hopkin]

[GArBa]

[hopkin]

That makes sense. I should say that when my car arrived in Canada, after 6 weeks in a container, the battery was dead. When I charged the battery, the car was in alarm state (and I couldn't clear the alarm using the FOB).

At that point, I bridged the alarm and never had a battery issue since.

[Bruce]

The immobilizer consumes considerably less current, IIRC, less than 40-50mA. I recall that the current alternated hi and low with each flash of the LED and that the LED took 5mA.
What I would like to do is eliminate the alarm but keep the immobilizer. So far I haven't figured out how to do that.
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[hopkin]

[GArBa]

last week when I worked on the fog light connector noticed the headlight switch had one weak locking tab, plus the connections were a lot oxydized, so today I swapped it for a febi-bilstein replacement unit. by comparing that with the OE unit, I can say that the finish is on par or even better. I'll refurbish the OE switch and keep it as a spare.
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cars:
'97 type 1 1600i
'14 type AA Seat Mii (sadly dead after 270.000 km)
'22 type C1 T-Cross
'23 type AC3 Hyundai I10 (VW no longer makes small cars!)
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moped:
'82 Benelli Magnum 3v

[GarryA]

My car never had and still does not have a radio.
I admit I have not done much investigation into any current draw on the batter as it sits. I expected the alarm/disabler. I plan on putting a battery switch on it but just have not gotten around to it.
I would be interested in bypassing the alarm since it is not functional. Is there a link to this information?

[GArBa]

the link on how to disable and bridge the alarm relay module is in hopkin's last post, just before mine.

if you plan to garage your car when not in use, a battery maintainer may be a viable option. I've been using the ctek MXS 5.0 for about 4 years now and it definitely does what it says on the box. All I had to do was connect the plug that came with it to the battery posts; the plug has a waterproof cap and safely sits below the rear seat when not in use. As I park the car in the garage, I just have to lift up the seat a bit, plug the ctek in and let it do its work.
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cars:
'97 type 1 1600i
'14 type AA Seat Mii (sadly dead after 270.000 km)
'22 type C1 T-Cross
'23 type AC3 Hyundai I10 (VW no longer makes small cars!)
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moped:
'82 Benelli Magnum 3v

[GarryA]

Yes, I figured out the link. I do not drive the car every day so a bat switch is my next step. I have a battery tender also.

[hopkin]

Well this driving season has finally come to an end.

Thanks to a mild and dry November, the roads have remained salt-free up until today. This has been the latest in the year I've been able to drive my car since I've owned it.

I was even able to take a road trip to Ogdensburg, NY for some Black Friday shopping. There were no cars at the border each way, but I did have to pay $18 duty when I returned to Canada .
You can see one of my packages in the backseat:

Shadows get pretty long this time of year, I took this photo a few days ago at 3:45 PM:

Finally one last picture today at a nearby trail, just before the freezing rain started:

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1971 Super Beetle (past)
1971 Super Beetle (past)
1974 SunBug (past)
1972 914 (past)
1991 Honda Civic (Original Owner)
1996 'Open Air' Mexican Beetle (current)
2015 Golf (current)
2017 Dune Edition (daughter's car)

[GArBa]

[GArBa]

ok, other small improvement to the dash.. bought porsche part 9116132340201C (rear fog light's switch cap) even if I wasn't sure of the size... it is smaller than the hella cap but it fits!!!

the whole dash... everything looks factory now.

and without flash:

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cars:
'97 type 1 1600i
'14 type AA Seat Mii (sadly dead after 270.000 km)
'22 type C1 T-Cross
'23 type AC3 Hyundai I10 (VW no longer makes small cars!)
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moped:
'82 Benelli Magnum 3v

[hopkin]

[GArBa]

"sembra merce" means "it seems merchandise"... something got lost in translation here.
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cars:
'97 type 1 1600i
'14 type AA Seat Mii (sadly dead after 270.000 km)
'22 type C1 T-Cross
'23 type AC3 Hyundai I10 (VW no longer makes small cars!)
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moped:
'82 Benelli Magnum 3v

[Gerrelt]

That looks great! Much better then the yellow/orange cap.
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[hopkin]

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