99 Jetta GL battery replacement problem

[snakertman]

This is my GFs car so i know little about it. i replaced the battery and now the car will turn over but will not start. it seems like the anti-theft was triggered with the battery disconnect and won't allow gas to flow. Can someone help me out with this?

[2001bluejetta]

Maybe check the alternator . Try to get the car started and take a multi meter across the battery and neasure the voltage abd see if you get 13 or more volts... Then the alternator is good.
hope this helps??

[BluesCruiser]

try setting the alarm again the disarm it...goodluck

[dataminor2]

I see this is a common problem. I just replaced the abttery on my 99 jetta mkiv and now the engine turns over but won't run. Anyone out there have any "help".

[veedubmechanic]

Your car knew that it wasnt at a dealer getting the battery replaced so it decided to mess with you and shut off.

If the battery isnt the same cca as the vw one it might not start. I believe the factory cca is 540

[RYES]

Did you ever find the problem? I'm having the same problem?

[New2GasEfficiency]

I Replaced my battery and had a similar problem, it would crank up but ran really crappy like the timing was off, so i had a friend of mine who is a mechanic reset the computer( once the battery is disconnected it loses its memory, throttle body was actually my problem) after that was reset my alarm went off until i disconnected the battery... Would we did for that is disconnect the neg. cable and i had someone in the car and right as he tried to crank it i connected the neg. cable to the post... it tricked out the car into starting and havent had a problem since... so check and see if anything needs to be reset if not try the battery thing... sounds really retarded trust me i questioned it myself but it worked like a charm..