c4mbl 1 Posted May 13, 2007 Report Share Posted May 13, 2007 Hi guys, had this problem for a few months now and its starting to worry me more and more. Sometimes, maybe once out of every 20 times, when i get into my Vr and put the ignition to stage 2 i get some smoke coming out from behind the steering wheel, underneath the plastic covers, in general area of the ignition barrel!!!Any one any ideas what could be causing this as its not something id like to leave too long.Cheers. Link to post Share on other sites
cabrioman 6 Posted May 13, 2007 Report Share Posted May 13, 2007 wow bugger me not good sounds like ur gettina big short to earth mate like the main power cable to earth could be barrel or wirers chaffing i suggest removin the cover and havin a look b4 u get more than just smoke .... Link to post Share on other sites
rodney 17 Posted May 13, 2007 Report Share Posted May 13, 2007 Dude have a look you will be able to spot the burnt cables. There is lots to burn there.You dont need a worst case with people in the car........... Link to post Share on other sites
c4mbl 1 Posted May 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2007 Yeh nice one guys cheers, will have a look before i go out in it again, if its not clear il take some pics and hopefully some one can spot something. Thanks alot. Link to post Share on other sites
digitalcommandos 0 Posted August 5, 2007 Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 did u ever find anymore out about this dude?mine has done this a couple of times as does my mk3 gti. Link to post Share on other sites
c4mbl 1 Posted August 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2007 To be honest mate, ive not even looked at it yet. It was doing it maybe once every two months, and every time it happened i kept saying to myself, better get round to looking at it, but didnt!!!Its off the road just now, pobably until the start of next year, so im definately going to look at it before it goes back on the road!! Link to post Share on other sites
descb600f 0 Posted August 7, 2007 Report Share Posted August 7, 2007 Having just looked elsewhere on here at a burnt out VR6 which started as a puff of smoke from behind the steering wheel I suggest sonner rather than later Link to post Share on other sites
c4mbl 1 Posted August 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2007 Just checked behind my steering wheel for the source of the smoke, and i cant see anything at all that would be causing this!!No burnt wires or anything, i spent 10 mins looking at each wire and didnt see anything!! Link to post Share on other sites
amazak 3 Posted September 9, 2007 Report Share Posted September 9, 2007 I have the same problem, happened twice in 1 month, never ocurred again, but I was told by a mac that it is probably the iginition switch....Also see link here from further clarification.... http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=55480 Link to post Share on other sites
petervr6 0 Posted September 23, 2007 Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 i had the same problem on mine but when i turned the wipers on every now and then it would do it but the wiper stalk had a bit of play in it and it was shorting out .. Link to post Share on other sites
jamiej 0 Posted September 30, 2009 Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 Mine has starting doing this when the light buzzer to alert you if the door is open and lights are on, I have an air bag, how do I get to the wires, is it fairly simple? Jcar is a late 1997 Golf VR6 Link to post Share on other sites
Ian_rogers 0 Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 I had this on my Ibiza it ended up with me not bein able to put my wipers on, stopped the wiper stalk from clickin up! Link to post Share on other sites
leehill139 0 Posted July 4, 2010 Report Share Posted July 4, 2010 IVE HAD THIS PROBLEM TODAY, IT APPEARS TO BE THAT THE HEADUNIT WAS PUSHED IN TOO TIGHT AND CHAFFING ON A BROWN/RED CABLE, WHICH THEN RUNS TO IGNITION BARREL...I REMOVED THE HEADUNIT, CLEANED CABLE, TAPED IT, NEATLY PUSHED CABLES CLEAR OF HEADUNIT...PROBLEM NOW SOLVED...JUST NEED TO SOMEHOW GET TO THE BURNT OUT WIRE BEHIND WHEEL, AS ITS BLOODY TIGHTGET IT SORTED THO, I NEARLY CRIED WHEN I THOUGHT MY PRIDE AND JOY WAS ON FIRE...IMAGINE IF ITS YOUR MRS IN THE CAR Link to post Share on other sites
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