# 2006 Volkswagen Beetle draining battery

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-volkswagen-beetle-draining-battery/115008>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** newbeetle, volkswagen\
**Created:** [April 4, 2018, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-volkswagen-beetle-draining-battery/115008 "2018-04-04T19:05:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![DavidBailey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidBailey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/DavidBailey)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2018, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-volkswagen-beetle-draining-battery/115008/1 "2018-04-04T19:05:45Z")

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2006 VW Beetle Radio draining battery I noticed two fuses in fuse box which do I pull out #37 or #42 ? thanks in advance

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**Author:** ![shanonia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@shanonia](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shanonia)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2018, 9:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-volkswagen-beetle-draining-battery/115008/2 "2018-04-04T21:03:11Z")

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Are both labeled radio or some such? One may be to power the radio. The other, maybe lower amperage, for the radio’s memory.

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2018, 9:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-volkswagen-beetle-draining-battery/115008/3 "2018-04-04T21:36:58Z")

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Fuse #42.

Tester

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**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2018, 10:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-volkswagen-beetle-draining-battery/115008/4 "2018-04-04T22:41:23Z")

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Time to replace the radio?

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**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2018, 10:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-volkswagen-beetle-draining-battery/115008/5 "2018-04-04T22:50:04Z")

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I wonder if something as simple as pressing the power button would solve this problem.

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**Author:** ![shanonia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@shanonia](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shanonia)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2018, 10:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-volkswagen-beetle-draining-battery/115008/6 "2018-04-04T22:54:55Z")

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I wonder, too. I seem to recall years ago VW radios worked in any position of the key, including removed.

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**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2018, 11:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-volkswagen-beetle-draining-battery/115008/7 "2018-04-04T23:00:57Z")

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In my 59 VW the radio would work with no key in at all. It was hot all the time and you had to turn it off every time you parked. I suspect they changed that over the last 50 years but yeah, I’d do as Tester said.