Made a 150 mile trip on Wednesday, as usual, the Jetta ran great. Got up Thursday morning and started it up - at idle, pulsating-metal grating noise under hood; front of engine, passenger side. Red battery warning illuminated on dash. Decided to park it and take other car.
Started it up Friday morning. Battery light no longer lit, grating noise is gone. Took it up to local repair guy - alternator is producing correct voltage, pulley inspected good, no trouble codes stored.
What's the next step here? I drive the Jetta a lot and have a 1400 mile trip coming up. Any advice? Purchased Jetta new, it has 102,000 miles on it - mainly my "non-winter vehicle". Thank you for your input!
Started it up Friday morning. Battery light no longer lit, grating noise is gone. Took it up to local repair guy - alternator is producing correct voltage, pulley inspected good, no trouble codes stored.
What's the next step here? I drive the Jetta a lot and have a 1400 mile trip coming up. Any advice? Purchased Jetta new, it has 102,000 miles on it - mainly my "non-winter vehicle". Thank you for your input!