Jetta will not start after a battery change

Asked by Almost1 Mar 19, 2010 at 07:30 PM about the 1997 Volkswagen Jetta GLS

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I had to change the battery in my car and now it wont turn over but everything else works. I think it is the security and if it is what do i do to unlock it. I already unlocked the radio.

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LouiGuy answered 14 years ago

sound like a starter problem more than anything else

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GuruTBZ4W answered 6 years ago

We changed the battery my husband thought it would fix it but it didn’t he then got diesel fuel thinking that the hoses had air and it still won’t start

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