Dashboard like a Christmas tree help!!!

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This is the worst kind of fault to have on a car :0(

My approach would be to work through it logically. What is t he history? What has happened to the car in the past that might have resulted in damaged wiring, plugs or components? Aftermarket accessories fitted? Dashcam, lights, cheapo gizmos? Impact damage? Water damage? Is the new battery the correct one for the car? Was it correctly coded to the car?

The odds are that some event in the past has caused this fault. It could be a random chafed cable but it's not very likely. Where did you get the new battery?

Ok so I've had the car since September last year, I'm the second owner from new. It's had its moments, in November last year I lost all power that was a oil pressure sensor, new battery fitted in February (unsure how to know if this was coded or not but it comes up with multiple warnings afterwards and after turning the steering wheel a few times and driving it the lights went out) most long journeys it pings to say low tyre pressure which normally it isn't the cases. It's been well looked after serviced etc. Dash cam was fitted last September and other than that nothing has been touched in the car.

There's no fixed pattern to the car doing this, sometimes it's cold, sometimes after a couple of short journeys, sometimes after a longer journey so I can't pinpoint a specific time it's doing it.
 

Mr Pig

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The tyre pressure warnings are normal. It isn't a very good system and false warnings are common.

Nothing else is! Who fitted the battery? Unless it was a dealer or a VAG specialist it's pretty likely they just swapped it and did not code the new battery to the car. This could easily be the cause of at least some of your problems.

Modern, stop-start cars have a system for monitoring the battery and altering how the battery is used and charged as the battery gets older and its behavior changes. When you fit a new battery, you have to tell the car not only that the battery is new but what type of battery it is and what capacity. If you don't, the car won't be able to manage the battery properly. It's one of those things that are expensive but not doing it right can cost you more in the long run. I wouldn't even bother looking at anything else until the battery is sorted out.
 
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cairus

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I don't know what cars you drive, but my Seat Leon, 2 of them, have absolutely no errors in the memory.

Regarding battery learning, yes, VW specifies it that way, but if the same type is installed with the same performance, you don't necessarily have to tell the system that a new battery is installed. The system just takes much longer to learn that on its own. Even a lead battery works for a very long time in a start-stop vehicle 😉
 

Mr Pig

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I don't know what cars you drive, but my Seat Leon, 2 of them, have absolutely no errors in the memory.
Pretty much always see something. Usually two or three. For the dash to be lit up and zero codes? Seems unlikely.

Yes, my understanding is that if you fit a new battery of exactly the same type without coding the car will eventually realize and adapt accordingly. If it's not the right type of battery? I wouldn't bet on it.
 
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cairus

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As a normal user you will never change the type normaly, so EFB to AGM etc. You will also never change from 58Ah to 90 or more. I can only speak from my experience of tests I have carried out

When you Change from 58Ah to 60Ah, it is no Problem. But by more Then 10Ah it is better to code the New Batterie
 

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As stated, the charge profile won't be correct as the system adapts to aged batteries and factors in the reduced capabilities of that battery and if the car isn't told it's had a new battery then the charge profile will be incorrect potentially causing longevity issues and/or voltage instability.

Battery issues cause sooooo many electrical gremlins... Even poor quality batteries such as Lion brand
 
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cairus

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As stated, the charge profile won't be correct as the system adapts to aged batteries and factors in the reduced capabilities of that battery and if the car isn't told it's had a new battery then the charge profile will be incorrect potentially causing longevity issues and/or voltage instability.

Battery issues cause sooooo many electrical gremlins... Even poor quality batteries such as Lion brand

I have been driving with incorrect values for 1 year, deliberately, the vehicle drives without failure
 

cairus

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.I also switched off the recuperation once as a test to keep the battery at 100%. It works, but then start/stop always kicks in and no trick could deactivate it. You just have to bear in mind that I test a lot of things and have paid enough "tuition fees" too. But this way you understand certain things better. I'm sharing my experiences here, nothing more.
 

mty12345

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I don't know what cars you drive, but my Seat Leon, 2 of them, have absolutely no errors in the memory.
Yeah but i'm guessing you don't have numerous faults and lights displayed on your dashboard?

As others have said, i fail to understand how the OP can have all those lights on the dash cluster, yet the car doesn't have any fault codes? Make zero sense unless like someone else said, the garage is just scanning the Engine module and nothing else.

IMO the car needs to be sacnned with VCDS or something else that can scan ALL modules.
 
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