"iforgotmyburnerkeyonce" (zer0hz)
08/29/2014 at 12:23 • Filed to: vdublife
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"iforgotmyburnerkeyonce" (zer0hz)
08/29/2014 at 12:23 • Filed to: vdublife | 2
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I've been having a rough week. There was a fire at work, the people I was excited for their contracts to end have been extended, and now, this morning, I get a battery light on my '09 Rabbit.
No biggie, I thought, I'll just pick up a battery after dropping TheGirlfriend off at the train station on my way to work.
My little Rabbit said: "Haha, you're funny." Halfway to town, the Speedo starts dropping off and coming back. Ok, that's weird. I can live with it. Then I partially lose power steering. Then all hell breaks loose. Misfires, total loss of power steering, guage cluster clinging on to the last bits of life, all while hypocritically mocking me by screaming through it's warning chime, wasting more battery. Then, no throttle.
Fuck. That's when I remember the Germans decided to do a drive by wire system, including the accelerator pedal. That was smart.
I pull to the side of the road and the engine dies. Surely, this is just the battery being dead, I hoped. I was able to jump the car with a trusty Jump-N-Carry battery pack, but there wasn't enough power to even register the accelerator. I'm stuck.
I order a battery online and have my dad, who works in town, pick it up and bring it to me. Install it, fire up the car, and wooh! I'm mobile again!
But the battery indicator light is still on. Damn it. I went to the local auto store and got them to do a test. 12V when off. Cool. Start the car... 12V. Shit.
$400 of battery and alternator later, I'm finally back at home, off work for the day, and replacing the alternator.
But the kicker is, and it wouldn't be any fun if there wasn't a kicker, I have to be at a wedding rehearsal to shoot it at 2. It's 11:20 now.
Damn you Volkswagen. Couldn't you have waited just one more day?!
burntartichoke
> iforgotmyburnerkeyonce
08/29/2014 at 13:22 |
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My focus did this on my way down to college a while ago.
It was about 8:30pm and I had 20 mi left after 100 uneventful when all of a sudden my gauges started to dim. I though "that was weird" and then as soon as that thought left, my head lights went out, parking indicators were still on. Then the "oh shit" creeps in as I am doing 70+ at night without lights. Well now is the time to get off the road and just as I see the next exit the engine starts sputtering because too little juice for the fuel pump or the injectors. I happen to coast down the off ramp and luckily there wasn't a stop sign so i could coast onto one of the side streets.
I popped the hood to see if there was anything obvious that might have gone wrong. Nothing, I so hopeful for something that i could fix to get those last 20 miles back. Went back and tried to crank and still nothing.
Randomly enough there is a local cop that had already pulled someone over on the other side of the road from where I stopped. After watching a vaudevillian act from the guy getting written up this nice female officer happened to swing around and check if I needed any assistance. I told her thanks but i was fine, the issue had to have been electrical and that it was time to dig out my AAA card and call for a tow. She said don't worry and called it in and the tow truck was there in probably less than 10 minutes. That was the fastest response I think I ever got from them.
So yeah...trolling alternators suck!