Hi Guys,
My wife and I just bought a 2003 Beetle 2.0L GLS with 128,00 miles on it.
It has been running great until today. We were driving today and I noticed the ABS and the airbag light come on. At a red light the brake light came on then when I started off the warning bell started dinging so I pulled into a parking lot and switched it off. Well then it would not turn over. It would try to but acted like a dead battery although lights and radio still worked. Had a friend come out and jumped it off and it started right up and drove home with no more problems. The only thing that I did before jumping it off was pull out the fuse at the battery which I don't know what they are for yet. A couple of the cables in the connection box on top of the battery are corroded and I intend on cleaning those tomorrow.
Any ideas as to what would cause this?
I've been a mechanic and an electronic tech my adult life and it leads me to think there is either a bad connection or a short somewhere
all of my experience is with American and Japanese cars, no European car experience so these are new to me.
My wife and I just bought a 2003 Beetle 2.0L GLS with 128,00 miles on it.
It has been running great until today. We were driving today and I noticed the ABS and the airbag light come on. At a red light the brake light came on then when I started off the warning bell started dinging so I pulled into a parking lot and switched it off. Well then it would not turn over. It would try to but acted like a dead battery although lights and radio still worked. Had a friend come out and jumped it off and it started right up and drove home with no more problems. The only thing that I did before jumping it off was pull out the fuse at the battery which I don't know what they are for yet. A couple of the cables in the connection box on top of the battery are corroded and I intend on cleaning those tomorrow.
Any ideas as to what would cause this?
I've been a mechanic and an electronic tech my adult life and it leads me to think there is either a bad connection or a short somewhere
all of my experience is with American and Japanese cars, no European car experience so these are new to me.