Alternator, battery or short circuit 
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Volkswagen Golf 1994 200000 miles
Hello, everyone. My car's battery unloads too fast and this has been happening since the day I bought the car. The alternator has been repaired but I was told that, in order for it to receive the signal and start charging, I had to give a sharp acceleration to the vehicle. This is how I've had it this whole time but I would like to know if there is another way for the alternator to charge without this first acceleration. Now, if I do not do it, and try starting the engine and turning it off and then on again, this last time it won't start. And it is because the battery is already depleted, and… Read complete
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Finally, it was the feeding wire from the alternator to the batery, which was absolutely worn out due to no replacement since 1994. So I changed it for a new one and now it is charging perfectly. I hope my experience helps someone else in the future.
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Volkswagen Golf 1996 185000 miles
My problem started three months ago when the engine started stalling suddenly, I was able to start it again but it would stall once more after a while. At that moment, I was told it was the coil that was having problems, so I bought the replacements which were not cheap at all, they were installed and the car started working perfectly. Perfectly until two days ago when, I parked the vehicle on the street to do some shopping and, when I returned, I started my car and it did but, when I was about to leave, it stalled and did not want to start again any more. I had to tow it home and I definitely thought it was the coil once again, so I bought it, installed it, but it won't start at all. What should I do? What might be another possible cause?
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