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wrt power steering:
Like RUM4MO says, the power steering is electrically powered and it takes quite a bit of energy from the alternator or battery.
It does sound like normal behaviour to me, but it's difficult to see the amount of dimming and stuff going on.
I'm not sure about the age of the car ...

I'm guessing that your car does not have start/stop fitted, so it will not have a "good" stabilised 12V power supply under all conditions. All these cars with electro-hydraulic steering do make the lights dim a bit when at idle and you demand some steering response as the electric oil pump does ...

Sounds very much like an earthing problem. Check for tightness and or corrosion on earthing points. Check for damage on earthing straps.

I’m assuming you have checked alternator output and battery condition.


Yeah I have checked both alternator and battery and both are working fine! but i ...

was just wondering if anyone else had experienced this on their polo 6R it is a 1.2 polo petrol engine not a tsi , so at idle when i turn the steering it sort of drains the electrics, the exterior lights and the interior lights dim, when I put the aircon on setting 4 it dims the lights, lowering the ...

Never knew that haha, the fuel gauge really is a piece of work, I never knew it was that notorious for being wrong haha, yeah my local journeys mostly include elevation changes as well for about 7/8 miles and I can just about get 30mpg if I am driving carefully. Thank you for your help!

Well first of all, let's be a bit more specific.
1.2 litre engine on petrol? If so, the 12V NA engine or the TSI? or the 1.2 TDI?
What's your MPG? 100 miles on 20 quid doesn't quite dot it for me.
The bars are notoriously inaccurate anyway. The first last forever and the last two are 20 miles ...

Ricmondo wrote: Mon May 28, 2018 7:28 pm How many miles do you get per gallon?

What types of road do you mostly drive on?

If am driving like normal then I get around maybe 30MPG, 35MPG max I would say and I mostly drive on the motorway but Its a mix of motorway driving and local roads.

I have a 2012 polo 6R hence why I am posting in this forum lol , but I believe it is very heavy on fuel, its a 1.2 litre and I drive it nearly every day, the miles just tumble I am lucky to even get 100 miles on a £20 fill up, I am not even driving it round in a way where it would consume a lot of ...