Help car dying

2009 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT
124,000 MILES
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MRS. PARSON
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Car died while driving for no apparent reason . It happened three times today . I bought a new battery and it did it again. the lady checked battery and said it was getting a full charge which did not indicate the alternator being bad. It starts right back up after seizing.
Jun 12, 2016 at 8:38 PM
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MHPAUTOS
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May be a sensor acting up with heat, run a scan to see if there are any fault codes set in the ECU.
Jun 15, 2016 at 1:34 AM
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MRS. PARSON
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Also , an alert code popped up on my dashboard only for a second that read " engine fail workshop! ".....
Jun 15, 2016 at 9:19 AM
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MHPAUTOS
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Get that scan done it should give a fault code that we can work with.
Jun 15, 2016 at 2:40 PM
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