"Kevin McMurtrie" <mcmurtri@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:mcmurtri-9D9221.21302404052008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> In article <190t14h9r14g1v63hnhkhfatamo1ua487f@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> Steve Daniels <sdaniels@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> I just bought a 2004 TT, 3.2 DSG S-Line.
>>
>> Sounds good, right?
>>
>> This morning it wouldn't start because the battery didn't have
>> enough power in it. I jumped it, and measured the voltage across
>> the terminals. Fourteen volts, just like it's supposed to be.
>>
>> Turned it off, and it wouldn't start again. Put a charger on it
>> for a couple of hours, and it started right up.
>>
>> I drove it about fifty miles, shutting it down and restarting it
>> twice with no problems, but after letting it sit for an hour the
>> battery was the same as it was this morning. Flat as a pancake.\
>>
>> I'm pretty sure my four year old car needs a new battery. What
>> say you all?
>
> Some battery plates probably cracked. Four years does seem a bit of an
> early death for a modern battery.
Depends on where you live. Here in Phoenix, the desert heat kills the
typical battery in about 3 years.
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