Car will only start when unhook battery for a minute then hook back up

Asked by GuruWLYH3 May 03, 2018 at 07:02 PM about the 2000 Volkswagen Jetta GLS VR6

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

2000 vw jetta vr6 will only start when you unhook
battery for a few minutes then hook back up. Brand
new battery. Guy before me hooked up an
aftermarket deck but it started for months after
that, then car sat for 6months and now will only
start when battery gets unhooked for a minute
then re connected.

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brotherben answered 6 years ago

It's a bad battery

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