My odometer will not shut off after the ignition has been turned off. Problem just recently started. It managed to drain my battery which I have now replaced, but the problem persists.

I knew the ignition cylinder was the problem for odometer and radio displaybstaying on, so I went ahead and removed it, installed new ignition switch, cylinder and ???? There's your problem .

When a battery is drained like that control modules lose memory ,thing's need to be relearned ! Battery Disconnect or Replacement Problems European vehicles are the worst for this

The first place to start would be with the new ignition switch.What you are saying sounds like a defective switch.

That is normal. A week might have been to long for a week battery but a good battery should have still had enough to start the vehicle. There could be a larger draw on the system. This could be checked with an amp meter. You should see less than .050 amps and ideally less than half os that. Aftermarket radios, vanity lights, and glove box lights are real common on volkswagens. The clock and odometer did not cause this.

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that is one grimlin that is pretty well cornered your ignition switch is command central for all you listed that was not working properly inside the barrel of your ignition are the contact pins that supplies power to everything that requires power that why when you turn ignition off everything shut down so your battery does not die out .i would say that there is a 99% chance that your ignition is shot.

Make sure the odometer is set to odometer and not tripmeter.

Stick the key in the ignition. Hold down the odometer reset button, turn the key to the on position(don't start the truck) and hold it until the lines are gone..

You will automatically see a few lines in the odometer that will start to go away. Once all the lines are gone, the counter has been reset.

Make sure the odometer is set to odometer and not tripmeter.

Stick the key in the ignition. Hold down the odometer reset button, turn the key to the on position(don't start the truck) and hold it until the lines are gone..

You will automatically see a few lines in the odometer that will start to go away. Once all the lines are gone, the counter has been reset.

YOU NEED AN AUTO ELECTRICIAN TO LOCATE THE BATTERY DRAIN & OR BAD CONNECTION . THE TRUNK LIGHT MAY BE STAYING ON WHEN THE TRUNK IS SHUT, ALSO THE ALTERNATOR CAN CHARGE THE BATTERY, WHILE THE ENGINE IS RUNNING, BUT IF A DIODE IS BAD IT CAN DRAIN THE BATTERY WHEN THE ENGINE IS OFF

disconnect the battery for 30 secs. and then reconnect it. this will clear the ECM...and shut that light off. however,that light will come back on in about 10 mins,if you havent fixed the problem that caused it to come on in the 1st place.

One way that always works is to disconnect the battery for at least ten minutes. If the cause of the check engine light turning on in the first place is not fixed, then the light will come on again pretty quickly after starting the car.
To reset your service light here are the steps.

1. Get in your car and shut the door.
2. Put your key in the ignition
3. Turn your ignition key to position 1
4. Push in your Odometer reset button and hold it in while holding it move the ignition key to position 2 while holding down the odometer reset button.
5. After couple of seconds of holding the button down and the key in position 2 your service light will start to blink once that happens let go of the reset button and start the car.

on dashboard press ODO METER until normal KM reading appears(not trip AorB) after that turn off the ignition.
then with the odometer button pressed (hold it pressed), turn on the ignition ON (don't release the odometer button!) .many underscore (like - - - - - - -)will appears & start disappearing
keep the odometer button pressed until the maintenance light goes off