Re: Temp Gauges

["JoseGomez" <kwerky@email.msn.com>]

Yep I too thought that's what it was but apparently in our cars that doesn't
apply. At least that's what they told me.Having said that, I subsequently
read on the GTI list that some 95's had a bad alternator ground and so I
don't know if anything got screwed up in the electrical system and caused
the battery to be damaged/run down.

Jose

-----Original Message-----
From: Marc Gallagher <mgallagher@Langan.com>
To: 'jettaglx@igtc.com' <jettaglx@igtc.com>
Date: Thursday, March 02, 2000 8:33 AM
Subject: RE: Temp Gauges


>
>Not sure why you were running on battery power if the alternator was
>working.  When the car is running, the alternator supplies the juice (or at
>least in most other cars).  Maybe you had an "intermittent" alternator
>failure thanks to the engine gremlins?!?!
>
>m-
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: JoseGomez [mailto:kwerky@email.msn.com]
>Sent: 02 March, 2000 8:15 AM
>To: jettaglx@igtc.com
>Subject: Re: Temp Gauges
>
>
>Just to let you know my experience. My original battery took a crap at
>around 14k miles and the car left me stranded! It's funny to see someone
>push a car in the middle of rush hour traffic in Manhattan withthe alarm
>blarin everyone looking at you as though you're trying to steal the car.
>Anyway, the symptoms were instrument dash lights lowered in intensity,radio
>lost volume, eventually my rpm and mph  needles went to zero and lcd
>displays blanked just before the car conked out on me. My alternator
checked
>out fine all they did was replace the battery and the car fired up right
>away.
>
>Jose
>