Q: Started my 02 beetle and the lights flickered and it went off, now it won't start and the windows won't even close... tried jump s
I have had no issues with this cars electronics recently... I tried to start the car, every thing flickered and it died... the window won't close and I'm stuck. I tried restarting it. Nothing. Any help?
My car has 16000 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.
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