2006 Volkeagon passat fsi

Asked by Guru5B1SR Jan 10, 2018 at 01:40 AM about the 2006 Volkswagen Passat 2.0T

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

My car would not start one day so bought a new
battery. Then that battery went dead so replaced
alternator and another new battery.Car ran great on  
two small trips to store and on my next trip out the
car steering wheel light came on and then
locked,then I shut off car and started it back up
and the wheel unlocked and the car started up got
about 3 blocks and died? Lights and radio all
worked normally after car stalled but when AAA
got there the lights and radio lime died
out.Something is draining the power.Any ideas
what it could be.Jumped it again ,starts right up
but does not hold? PLEASE ANY HELP
APPRECIATED.

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you need to take the car to a voodoo doctor :P find a good vehicle electrician it likely has a short some where. Most comman places are in the floor where water collects or wires that dry out and split apart going threw the fire wall.

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