Coolant light beeping at me, wondering why...

[ski&drive]

Recently if I'm idling when the car is up to operating temperature the low coolant light pops up on the display and beeps 3 times at me. If i start driving it will shut off after about a minute. The coolant is at the perfect level. The book says it could also mean over heating but the coolant temp gauge stays perfectly at the mid-point.

Vagcom confirmed the car isn't overheating and there are not other codes. The coolant res and coolant temp sensor are less then a year old.

Does the coolant light on the lcd display have any other significance beside low coolant or overheating??

[Jsmooth65]

connector on underside of reservoir.

[mjacksons4]

Yup...you can just wirenut the two wires together to get it to shutup until you can fix it properly.

[airjawed]

+3

The wire on mine was broken off and triggering the light.

I think a lot of people just push the reservoir aside when doing work on the engine and this fatigues the wires. That is how I got my car and I wire nutted it on...been fine since.

[ski&drive]

+3

The wire on mine was broken off and triggering the light.

I think a lot of people just push the reservoir aside when doing work on the engine and this fatigues the wires. That is how I got my car and I wire nutted it on...been fine since.

I did have to fix my wire a year or so back, I'll have to check it over again. The weird thing is it only happens when I'm idling in a parking lot or stop light once the car is at operating temp.... I could drive for hours on the highway with it not going off, but the second I pull off the highway for gas and the car is idling it will instantly come on.

[speedlyte]

It only shows for a little while.....Which is no read on coolant level due to the wires...