# Odd starting issue 2004 Jetta, need help

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**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [August 16, 2011, 8:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/odd-starting-issue-2004-jetta-need-help/259997 "2011-08-16T08:34:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 10:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/odd-starting-issue-2004-jetta-need-help/259997/11 "2011-08-16T10:03:50Z")

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> [@03/08/08 - Snowboarding @ HV or KB](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/03-08-08-snowboarding-hv-or-kb/44640/12):
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> Cliffs?
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> Don’t have time to read the whole thing…sorry lol.

VW is just doing its VW thang, nothing they wernt designed to do. Nothing to see here.

> [@So I just had an idea....NYSPEED Test Drivers??](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-just-had-an-idea-nyspeed-test-drivers/44642/49):
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> Bad ground.
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> It starts right up when you jump it because if throw enough juice at a bad ground it will find a way.
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> That’s my guess from what I’ve seen.

Jumping it DIDNT start it.

> [@So I just had an idea....NYSPEED Test Drivers??](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-just-had-an-idea-nyspeed-test-drivers/44642/50):
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> battery and grounds are fine…
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> needs either a 53 or 109 relay, or a clutch switch.

Got all three between the two of us, will try.

> [@Who wants to know about suede/Alcantara?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-wants-to-know-about-suede-alcantara/44115/48):
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> Needs a TDI

Yes it does, but sadly they all use the same dumb starters, relays and switches. so it will still fail.

> [@Teen Killed Dad For Banning MySpace....](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/teen-killed-dad-for-banning-myspace/44610/47):
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> :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl don’t they all

1.8T’s never lose.

> [@FS: EG Squad Sticker](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-eg-squad-sticker/42789/26):
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> Jump the switch and see what it does for a few days

on it. Wire will be stuffed in the sockets this evening.

> [@So I just had an idea....NYSPEED Test Drivers??](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-just-had-an-idea-nyspeed-test-drivers/44642/61):
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> exactly what i said John.

Yes wayne suggested that as well this afternoon.

> [@Teen Killed Dad For Banning MySpace....](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/teen-killed-dad-for-banning-myspace/44610/55):
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> fixed

5.3L & RWD is how they should all have come!

> [@So I just had an idea....NYSPEED Test Drivers??](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-just-had-an-idea-nyspeed-test-drivers/44642/63):
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> Where ???

Here.

BAM BIGGEST MULTI REPLY SINCE SINGH HIMSELF.

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