2004 jetta cuts off randomly

[james00011]

MY 2004 jetta has 190000 miles on it when I first noticed the problem was when it cut off at stop sign and it reset the clock and the trip odmeter and would not start back right away only after several tries now every blue moon when I cut the car off the radio turns off before I take the key out and if i try to start it back it takes several tries again like battery has died

[ps2375]

How old is the battery? Sounds like a battery with a bad cell.

[james00011]

I went to the auto parts store and they tested the battery and alt they are good. the battery is a Interstate and only a year old. I have also checked and cleaned the ground to the battery.

[ps2375]

Have you had it scanned for codes? Generally, even if the CEL isn't on, and the car is doing what you indicate, a scan with a competent tool like VAG-Com could reveal something. The generic OBD scanners might not show "intermittent" codes that VAG-Com will. And those are the codes that are produced with "odd" things going on.