Re: 96 jetta will not start all the time

In article <1147975532.454048.205280@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
<dentdoc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
#I have a 1996 VW Jetta 2.0 automatic, when I first got the car
#everything was working just fine then about 3 months latter I went out
#to start it and the car was tottaly dead. I jump started it and it ran
#just fine. About a month latter it did it to me again so I went and
#bought a new battery thinking that was the problem. It was running
#perfict for over a year and then it just started doing it again. I
#could jump start it and it would run fine for a few weeks then I would
#need to jump it again. Then it just got progresivly worse to the point
#now I have to jump start it every time I get in it. I had the battery
#checked and it is working just fine. Also it takes nothing to jump
#start the Jetta as soon as i connect the cables it takes right off.
#What is really getting under my skin is that the battery is not dead at
#all I never lose memory on my clock or radio presets.
#
#I was thinking it might be a short in the starter/silinoid or
#something, am i going down the right path? I dont want to keep taking
#off good parts to have them tested getting me no where.
#
#If anyone could help I will be very greatful

How do you jump the car? Do you do it "properly" with the red to
the battery's positive and the black to a chassis ground?

Check the condition of the "big three" cables: Engine ground to
chassis, Alternator to battery positive, and Battery ground to
chassis.

/herb
.

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