What could be the problem with the Volkswagen Jetta?

Question

My daughter needed a new battery in her jetta after having to have it jump started one night. So we replaced the battery and it seemed to do fine except that the radio would not come on. My husband replaced a fuse thinking that would solve the problem, but still no radio and now the car will not start. It will crank so it's getting energy, but won't start. We were told to try to unhook the battery and re-hook it which we did but that did not help eiither problem.The alternator was checked when we replaced the battery and it is good. Any other suggestions on what we should try to get the car started?

Answer 1

i would suggest that the radio and the sytarting problem are two sepperate issues.the radio would be a minor problem and easily remedied proberbly just a bad permenant live feed or bad earth.the starting problem would be ignition or fuel problems on an earlier model of course the more modern the car the harder it is to diognise e.g immobiliser problems.what should you try?the first thing is to see if you have a good spark at the plugs.alot depends on the specs of the car it is hard to diagnose without knowng the engine specs.

Answer 2

What year is the car?

Is the car fuel injected?

The radio and the car starting have nothing to do with each other, did the radio problems and the car not starting happen simultaneously?

These cars have many electrical components, the computer etc... that can go bad.

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