Re: what the?????

["George Turner, Jr." <george@dxnet.com>]

hey matt,
i heard a little while ago a couple people were talking about faulty batteries...there was another guy on the list who had his replaced by the dealer free of charge....you might wanna give your dealer a call and see what happens.....
geo
-----Original Message-----
From: MAOberer@aol.com <MAOberer@aol.com>
To: gti-vr6@dev.tivoli.com <gti-vr6@dev.tivoli.com>; jettaglx@igtc.COM <jettaglx@igtc.COM>
Date: Sunday, July 05, 1998 12:08 AM
Subject: what the?????


>Gang,
>   I was driving along last night minding my own business, not racing and then
>the battery light comes on.  So when i stop i take a look under the hood,
>check engine related fuses, all good.  So later on i got to drive it (still
>with battery light on) again with no problems and then as i am nearing home,
>the lights dim, the radio dies and the speedo and clock both go
>blank...starting to get a little worried now.  I try to rev it up above 3000
>in order to charge it and it resented that. Then i pulled it in the garage and
>it gave out...  I put the battery charger on it and the lights came on and it
>started after charging for a minute or so.
>   This may be a bonehead post on my part, but does it seem like I have a bad
>battery, alternator and/or voltage regulator?  Any one else have this problem?
>
>Matt
>1995 Jetta GLX
>17" TSW VX1's
>Neuspeed Race springs
>Bright red battery light ON
>