auxiliary heater not working

[itwasntmemate]

hi i am new to the forum, did all the searches checked all the stickies could not find the answer to my problem. So here is the question last year when it was cold i was getting white smoke from my aux heater on my alhambra 2004 130bhp answer is change glow plug Yes,but i never got round to it weather got better and it never got done. Now today was a cold day and the heater never came on at all and car never got above 70 degres even lower when i put heater on inside car now is my problem still the same. Change glow plug or is something else wrong now with it not working at all is it a fuse if so does anyone know which one does anyone know how to control this heater any sugestions will be appreciated :1zhelp:

thanks in advance for any help that may be usefull

[zollaf]

yes try changing the glow plug

[cav1]

when your heater has failed to start 5 or more times it has an auto cut off to stop the heater from tring to start again, untill it is cleared.

[itwasntmemate]

when your heater has failed to start 5 or more times it has an auto cut off to stop the heater from tring to start again, untill it is cleared.
you say cleared how would i clear it is there a way to reset this heater

[cav1]

You need a program like vag com to do it?

[itwasntmemate]

You need a program like vag com to do it?
my brother has vag com but i still av not got the right lead to connect to my alhambra thanks any way i will av to get a lead

[andy1020]

I have same problem, found this great set of instructions for changing the glow plug, including details of how it's wired:
http://www.fordmax.org/fbbuploads/1226355108-AuxHeater2.pdf


One question though- for testing, can I short out the temp sensor at the wiper to turn it on? (provided it's been reset of course..)

Andy.

[ianyerman]

cant get my vag com to read aux heater, any ideas anyone??
comes up no responce from controller

[kenney]

Hi If it is an Eberspacher,they have their own diagnostic tool.

[ianyerman]

so where do i get one of these? and how does it work? is it the same as vag com?

[kenney]

http://www.eberspacher.com/dealers/ The diganostic tool is fairly expensive,for maybe a one time use only.It would maybe pay you to have a diagnose read ,in a VW commercial workshop.The tool works something similar to vag com,it is connected in serie with the heater,and shows the faults in various codes.